• Understanding how telomere length affects disease risk
    1/13/26

    A UB study will examine how early-life factors such as growth patterns and exposure to air pollution affect a key marker of biological aging later in life.

  • The dirt on dirt
    1/13/26

    UB students dig in to study how soil can make Earth — and campus — a healthier place

  • Josephson junctions possible with only one superconductor
    1/12/26

    A UB-led experiment confirms that ferromagent iron found a way to sync with the superconducting metal vanadium.

  • ‘CAVE’ to house UB’s autonomous vehicle research
    1/12/26

    The new facility will support work in self-driving vehicles, autonomous systems, and AI applications and big data analytics in transportation.

  • Charting work of Black women writers, choreographers
    1/12/26

    Nicole Morris Johnson’s new book examines various frameworks and why they are inadequate for examining women’s creative expression.

  • Study guides climate modelers on partnering with Indigenous communities
    1/9/26

    Regional climate data should be useful to the people who live there, UB researcher Yifan Cheng says.

  • Santa-Ramirez receives ASHE Early Career Award
    1/9/26

    The GSE professor spoke with UBNow about his work on campus climate and first-generation students’ transitions and sense of belonging.

  • Bringing silenced histories to light
    1/9/26

    Community members gathered at UB’s Anderson Gallery to share personal stories and artifacts from family members institutionalized at the Buffalo State Asylum.

  • Funding critical to studying effects of social media
    1/8/26

    Potential federal policy changes would limit the funds to study outcomes that vary greatly across gender, socio-economic status and demographics.

  • Julien receives lifetime achievement award
    1/8/26

    The award from the Association for Information Science and Technology honors the UB professor’s contributions to the information science field.

  • UB part of $17M NIH grant to study TMDs
    1/8/26

    Faculty from dental medicine, medicine and philosophy are working on the project that aims to better understand temporomandibular disorders.

  • Sleeping our way to better brain health
    1/7/26

    Nursing professor Carleara Weiss has dedicated her career to demystifying the science of sleep.

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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