• Why replacement ‘forever chemicals’ still show up in fish
    3/6/26

    A DoD-funded project will investigate how fluorotelomers — once thought to be safer PFAS alternatives — penetrate zebrafish cells.

  • Welcome home, GSE
    3/6/26

    The Graduate School of Education was officially welcomed back to its original home in Foster Hall last Friday with a special ribbon-cutting at the newly renovated South Campus building.

  • Landmark work joins Rare Books
    3/5/26

    “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” is considered one of the most significant works in American literary and political history.

  • 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.

Photographs, slideshows and videos capturing life at UB

  • Art of dance

    An interesting collaboration took place recently in one of the dance studios in the Center for the Arts. Joan Linder and Kerry Ring got their classes together for a synergistic session. The art students practiced live figure drawing and the dance students practiced for a live audience. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published March 6, 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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