• New app highlights local architecture
    3/4/26

    Designed by UB faculty members Gregory Serweta and Maia Peck, the app brings awareness to overlooked spaces tied to Black history.

  • Remembering longtime SEAS dean George Lee
    3/4/26

    During his 17-year tenure as dean, Lee established the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as a world-class research and teaching institution.

  • UB to host national artificial intelligence leaders
    3/4/26

    The summit, being held in June, will explore AI’s incredible potential to improve health care, education, the environment and other areas.

  • UB to host Latino Medical Student Association regional conference
    3/4/26

    More than 300 medical students, residents and clinicians from throughout the Northeast are heading to Buffalo for the event.

  • The expanding meaning of toxicity
    3/4/26

    The UB Humanities Institute's annual conference will explore the range of interpretations now associated with toxicity.

  • The challenges of treating chronic pain
    3/3/26

    UB researchers Andrew Rodgers and Jeffrey Lackner co-authored an editorial about a study on how some patients with pain may benefit from exposure to nature.

  • Public programming addresses Love Canal legacy
    3/3/26

    The series of events is presented by the University Archives and GSE in connection with the archives' "Toxic Archives" exhibition.

  • Come together, right now
    3/2/26

    A new UB study shows why live music benefits well-being.

  • Analyzing women’s digital safety
    3/2/26

    The project co-led by Nadine Shaanta Murshid will measure online harassment, financial fraud, relational surveillance and other risks women face.

  • ‘Echo[es]’ explores visual poetry, typewriter art
    3/2/26

    The series of public lectures and hands-on workshops culminates in a “living wall” installation in May.

  • Williams works to expand pharmacy’s scope of practice
    2/27/26

    The pharmacy school's director of legislative advocacy is using his legal training to benefit current and future pharmacists.

  • AI may help patients missing permanent teeth
    2/27/26

    Orthodontic chair Thikriat Al-Jewair led a study using accurate algorithms to predict the most appropriate treatment approach.

  • Engineers Week

    Each February, the Student Association and UB's student engineering clubs organize a variety of programs during UB Engineers Week to promote interaction among participating clubs and the campus community. University Communications photographers Meredith Forrest Kulwicki and Douglas Levere chronicled the week's events culminating with the always popular Battle Bots.

    Published March 3, 2026

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The mouth-body connection

Oral health has a major impact on overall health. Leading oral biologist Frank Scannapieco explains how bacteria in the mouth factor into diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s and more — and outlines simple ways to keep that all-important mouth healthy. 

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