• Brashear elected to National Academy of Medicine
    10/21/25

    Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. 

  • Lyu urges protections against AI scams in Assembly testimony
    10/20/25

    The UB deepfake expert says risks from unregulated data collection and AI misuse demand a coordinated response.

  • Studying sex-specific differences in AMD
    10/20/25

    UB ophthalmologist Margaret DeAngelis leads work on the neurological condition that's the leading cause of blindness in adults over 55.

  • School of Nursing expands mobile vaccine initiative
    10/20/25

    Funding from the New York Health Foundation will enable the school to deploy clinical teams to more community locations.

  • GSE PhD student named Spencer Dissertation Fellow
    10/17/25

    The prestigious award will allow Iman Lathan to pursue her research on how the NCAA serves as a secondary diasporic conduit for Black female athletes.

  • UB biophysicist to dive deeper into protein-RNA droplets
    10/16/25

    A $2.1M NIH grant will allow Priya R. Banerjee to continue work on biomolecular condensates and their role in cancer and other diseases.

  • UB to celebrate faculty, staff excellence
    10/16/25

    The UB community will honor outstanding faculty and staff Oct. 29 at the 22st annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.

  • UB’s robot dog sniffs out possible defects in Erie Canal culvert
    10/16/25

    A pilot project with the New York State Canal Corporation aims to make the inspection process safer and more efficient.

  • CoLab recognized by entrepreneurship consortium
    10/16/25

    The Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Centers has selected the CoLab for its Outstanding Student Leadership and Engagement award.

  • Fatty liver disease: a growing, silent epidemic
    10/15/25

    The La Bodega clinic in Buffalo, a national model for treating liver disease along with overlapping conditions, is working to boost early screening.

  • Why magic, witchcraft are inherently human
    10/15/25

    UB anthropologist Phillips Stevens discusses how belief in the supernatural is a survival strategy in the latest Driven to Discover podcast.

  • Supporting LGBTQ+ students
    10/15/25

    The Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention's annual conference will explore strategies to support the well-being and belonging of LGBTQ+ students in schools and communities.

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  • Thanksgiving without Borders

    The UB community turned out in force last Thursday to share their Thanksgiving or fall harvest traditions with members of the university's diverse international community. Here are just a few of the celebrations.

    Published December 3, 2025

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Making chatbots better

UB AI pioneer Rohini Srihari is building chatbots that do everything from supporting mental health care to giving a voice to people with motor neuron diseases like ALS. Explore the many ways she’s making AI work for humanity on the latest episode of the Driven to Discover podcast.

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