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This summer, UB’s Research Experience for Undergraduates brought 15 students from around the country to Western New York to explore climate, atmospheric, and geological challenges.

Eight new battery-electric buses are now a regular part of UB’s Stampede transit system that carries around 16,000 passengers daily, with more to come. The transition is a part of UB’s Climate Action Plan, which serves as a roadmap to a zero-emissions campus by 2030.

For many middle and high school teachers, hands-on learning experiences for their students often equate to significant time investments. UB is aiming to help alleviate that stress for science teachers in Western New York through UB’s EarthEd Institute.

CrowdHydrology is a UB citizen-science project that relies on thousands of volunteers to collect water-level observations from streams and other waterways that are not routinely monitored, helping researchers understand how smaller streams respond to changing environmental conditions.