• Testing innovative addiction recovery program
    10/2/26

    Social work researchers have partnered with a local agency to test a program that prepares clinicians to integrate recovery capital into care planning.

  • Will AI spell an end to shopping?
    10/2/26

    Legal scholar Mark Bartholomew discusses his recent paper forecasting a world where AI “shopping agents” take over marketplace decisions previously made by people.

  • UB resources regarding sexual violence cases
    10/1/26

    UB leaders emphasize that “UB has zero tolerance for incidents of sexual assault or harassment of any kind.”

  • Shaping the future of Gen Ed at UB
    10/1/26

    A campus-wide committee considering what general education should provide UB students over the next 10 to 15 years wants to hear from faculty, staff and students.

  • New York Fed president visits UB
    10/1/26

    Williams met with President Genco, attended a roundtable with students and delivered remarks in the Student Union Theater.

  • Oral biology faculty receive NIH funding
    10/1/26

    One project will explore genes’ effect on tongue cancer while the other looks at Sjögren’s disease.

  • A path to recycling plastic films
    9/30/26

    UB chemical engineering researchers are working to advance a recycling process to separate individual types of plastics from multilayer films, allowing them to be recycled.

  • Romanticizing college, one UB library at a time
    9/30/26

    While making Pinterest boards, Anisha Aktar would find herself longing for access to a beautiful, historic library like those seen online. Then, she found Abbott Library.

  • UB’s Holly Jean Buck named MacArthur Fellow
    9/29/26

    The social scientist and Department of Environment and Sustainability faculty member is among the 2026 recipients of the highly selective $800,000 “genius grants.”

  • UB lab links data to design
    9/29/26

    Building and Environment Visualization Lab seeks to shape a healthier, lower-carbon and more resilient planet for future generations.

  • UB ice sheet expert elected AGU fellow
    9/29/26

    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor Sophie Nowicki is an internationally known ice sheet scientist and climate modeler.

  • Genco’s listening tour continues over the next 16 weeks
    9/28/26

    President’s priority in the weeks ahead is simple: listen, learn and get to know the people that make UB such a special place.

Photographs, slideshows and videos capturing life at UB

  • Taking a break

    A hot tip led University Communications photographer Meredith Forrest Kulwicki to a therapy dog visit at Cooke Hall, where she captured plenty of furry friends and happy faces. Therapy dogs and other stress-relief activities are offered throughout the semester at spots like Abbott Library and the Student Union.

    Published October 2, 2026

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UB's first Voyager Scholar

When Aisha Makama arrived at UB, she already knew two things: She wanted to make a difference in cancer research, and she wanted to make an impact beyond the lab. Today, as UB’s first recipient of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, a national award that supports students committed to public impact, the biochemistry and political science double major is doing exactly that — blending science, service and leadership into her True Blue experience. Read the full story

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