• Keep your chin up
    2/18/26

    A UB-led study shows that the chin is an evolutionary accident.

  • Renamed unit aims to better serve UB employees
    2/17/26

    Employee Engagement and Success has reorganized its team and revamped its programs to better meet the evolving needs of the UB workforce. 

  • Next up: Clark Hall
    2/17/26

    The historic athletic facility will undergo $93 million in renovations to bring an integrated recreation and wellness approach to the South Campus.

  • New AI degrees taking off
    2/16/26

    UB students majoring in AI-focused degree programs are enthusiastic about their job prospects in the burgeoning new field.

  • Using tech to help mothers separated from newborns
    2/16/26

    UB-led research looks at videomessaging and othe tech to help parents connect when their children are transferred to another hospital’s NICU.

  • Philosopher to deliver Mitchell Lecture
    2/16/26

    University of Michigan law professor Elizabeth Anderson will discuss populist alliances in an authoritarian era.

  • UB partners with Kissing Bridge to reimagine resort’s future
    2/13/26

    Architecture faculty and students will help the ski resort expand its focus as an all-seasons destination.

  • UB scientists selected for NASA satellite mission
    2/13/26

    The first-of-its-kind satellite system will use lasers to make high-resolution observations to map Earth's ice sheets and ecosystems.

  • UB moves to decarbonize North Campus
    2/13/26

    UB's Clean Energy Master Plan seeks to recover waste heat from the Empire AI supercomputing center and transform how the campus uses energy.

  • Young visitors all grins during Give Kids A Smile
    2/12/26

    The UB dental school offered free oral health services to area kids for the 25th year in a row.

  • Crystals in a new light
    2/12/26

    A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping molecular arrangements.

  • Celloboxing and the misfit mindset
    2/12/26

    Pentatonix musician Kevin Olusola offered a UB audience a taste of his original music and outlook on life.

Photographs, slideshows and videos capturing life at UB

  • Buon Appetito

    Earlier this month, about 20 students from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures took a field trip to Dalfonso's Italian Imports. Paola Ugolini's class was introduced to the products imported to make the dishes and products served and sold at the store. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published February 24, 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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