• Abortion ads and free speech
    7/30/26

    Law professor writes in The Conversation that South Dakota's law banning ads about abortion pills violates free speech.

  • Summer Institute offers intro to pharmacy
    7/29/26

    Three-day immersive program exposes high school and college students to the evolving fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.

  • ‘SEE’ program sharpens focus
    7/28/26

    Eighty-four externs at 41 host organizations this summer have discovered the wide career spectrum WNY offers.

  • Furniture making with the ‘coolest machine’
    7/28/26

    In summer Digital Fabrication Furniture studio, architecture students acted as designer, fabricator and client.

  • Grants aim to improve East Side health equity
    7/28/26

    Funding came from a major federal grant awarded to UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute.

  • UB scientists awarded Genesis Mission grants
    7/24/26

    The awards from the Department of Energy showcase the university’s leadership in applied AI and quantum science and engineering.

  • Lu selected as AI Research Fellow
    7/24/26

    GSE faculty member is one of eight fellows selected this year from a pool of more than 300 applicants.

  • High-tech workforce training
    7/23/26

    NSF awards totaling $950,000 will help UB prepare the next generation of the U.S. workforce in AI, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing.

  • Improving trauma triage accuracy
    7/23/26

    Jacobs School researchers tested how LLMs could be used to help improve the accuracy of initial emergency medical services information.

  • Applegarth to co-lead Grand Challenge
    7/23/26

    Social work researcher has been tapped for initiative to promote smart decarceration.

  • School choice and income segregation
    7/22/26

    Parents tend to avoid classrooms populated by a large number of students from low-income families, UB psychologists say.

  • Paris Wicker Named 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
    7/21/26

    GSE researcher will investigate how students’ social support networks influence well-being and academic success.

  • UB on the Green

    UB's free, outdoor, alcohol-free, family friendly festival where the campus meets the community, took place on July 23. Hosted on UB's South Campus, the event celebrated summer and the UB community with food, music and family fun. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published August 5, 2026

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Exploring UB’s unique labs

Go behind the scenes for a tour of some of UB’s most unique labs and facilities on campus, where students and researchers are bringing ideas to life. From simulating extreme environments and earthquakes to testing the transportation technology of tomorrow, these spaces showcase the innovation happening every day at UB.

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