• Ice cap completely gone 7,000 years ago
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    Core samples from under Greenland's Prudhoe Dome ice sheet suggest the region is highly sensitive to the temperatures of our current interglacial period.

  • A look back at UB’s research, creative activities
    1/6/26

    The university's research achievements in 2025 are poised to have wide-ranging and long-lasting impact.

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    Feldman@100 commemorates the centennial birthday of Morton Feldman with a series of concerts and lectures.

  • The benefits of a Dry January
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    UB psychologist Megan Strowger offers insights, tips and context into the alcohol abstention movement.

  • FOXG1 expert to be honored at next Spotlight Symposia
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    The College of Arts and Sciences event will bring together leaders in neurodevelopmental disorders to honor Soo-Kyung Lee.

  • The legacy of the Moynihan Report
    12/19/25

    Sixty years after its release, panelists at a School of Social Work symposium examined the influential — and controversial — report on Black poverty in the U.S.

  • UB solidifies leadership in AI, data science in 2025
    12/19/25

    UB is tapping AI’s incredible power to address global challenges by advancing education, research and outreach.

  • 2025 in photos
    12/18/25

    Take a look back at another stellar year at UB through the lenses of University Communications photographers Douglas Levere and Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.

  • UB’s AI momentum continues
    12/18/25

    Senior Vice President Venu Govindaraju provided the UB Council with an overview of the quickly evolving AI landscape at UB at the council's Dec. 15 meeting.

  • Nine from UPD awarded highest honors
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    The department members received the Lifesaving Award and the Heroism Award from the SUNY Police Chiefs Association.

  • UB research key to powerful new tools to diagnose MS earlier
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    Paramagnetic rim lesions and other imaging biomarkers that show up on MRI allow patients to be diagnosed and treated much sooner.

  • Binge drinking and cannabis use among 12th graders
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    A UB study has found an increase in the risk of binge drinking among those who use 2 or more cannabis products.

  • 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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