News and Events

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  • UB, partners awarded $2.8 million grant to improve nation’s power grid
    3/14/24

    A UB research team has secured a nearly $3 million grant from the Department of Energy to enhance semiconductor technology, aiming to upgrade the nation's power grid. This grant, among the $48 million in projects unveiled by the energy department in February, will drive the development of advanced high-voltage power switches for better management of electricity flow and a reduction in energy usage, ultimately improving grid resilience against unforeseen outages.

  • UB, partners work to make algal fuel more efficient, affordable
    3/12/24

    A new UB-led research project — funded by a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant - is working to cheapen and optimize algal biofuel production through the integration of polyculture farming, artificial intelligence, microscopy, and various other interdisciplinary research techniques.

  • More than 400 discuss ‘How We Change the Black East Side’
    3/11/24

    At one of the largest public gatherings ever hosted by UB's medical school, over 400 East Side residents, academics, and community advocates gathered to discuss the East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project, a novel approach for neighborhood revitalization aimed at radically transforming communities located on the Black East Side.

  • UB engineering professor lands $1.5 million grant to create clean hydrogen
    3/7/24

    A UB-led research team has just secured $1.5 million in funding, including $1.17 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to develop a two-year project that works to produce clean hydrogen, furthering UB's committment to achiveing carbon neutrality across campuses by 2030.

Signature Initiatives and Events

Erie Hack.
Transforming our Tomorrow.
WCC.
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