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  • Concept of binge drinking featuring a glass of alcohol in the foreground and a desperate looking woman in the background with a bottle.
    Study: Binge drinking has a powerful impact on the adolescent brain
    5/14/22

    UB preclinical study also demonstrates that low-to-moderate levels of drinking negatively affect the adolescent brain.

  • Matthew Roland.
    Industry exec named director of UB's real estate development program
    5/2/22

    Matthew Roland has worked on real estate and planning projects across Western New York and 20 states.

  • Zoom image: New solar arrays on university-owned property, such as this one on the North Campus, are one way UB is leveraging renewable energy to achieve its aggressive goal of being climate neutral by 2030. Photo: Douglas Levere
    Recent rankings point to UB’s standing as a leader in sustainability
    5/2/22

    UB scores high marks in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, EPA Green Power Partnership Top 30.

  • An older Black man sleep with a CPAP mask.
    Study shows that more Black men have been dying from sleep apnea than white people and Black women
    5/2/22

    A UB study has found that over the past two decades, more Black men have been dying from obstructive sleep apnea than have white people or Black females. 

  • Ukraine flag with crest.
    UB to host panel discussion on war in Ukraine
    5/3/22

    The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 5:30 to 7 p.m. on May 11 on North Campus.

  • Asian businessman smoking and dring in a metropolitan setting.
    Study shows surprising results on association between wealth, education and health outcomes in China
    5/5/22

    Both culture and context, often absent from consideration in Western research samples, might be driving the current study’s counterintuitive findings, according to the researchers.

  • Neighborhood residents standing around a table engaged in an activity at a Bailey Green planning session.
    UB urban design students to share proposals for future heart of Buffalo’s Bailey Green neighborhood
    5/6/22

    Bailey Commons is a community-led development that would transform a series of vacant lots between Zenner and Kilhoffer streets into a mix of green open space, play space, and new urban infrastructure and housing.

  • Marcus Yam head shot.
    UB alumnus Marcus Yam awarded Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography
    5/10/22

    Yam, BS ’06, was honored for his “raw, urgent images” of U.S. departure from Kabul last summer.

  • UB logo with seal behind it.
    UB chooses K16 Solutions to migrate and archive course content
    5/11/22

    The effort, which will start in 2023, will move materials from Blackboard to Brightspace.

  • Michel Bruneau head shot.
    Michel Bruneau named distinguished member of ASCE
    5/13/22

    The longtime UB engineer is one of 10 experts to be honored, a status reserved for the most eminent civil engineers. 

  • UB logo.
    President Tripathi issues statement about mass shooting in Buffalo
    5/14/22

    As a scholarly community, we have both the power and the responsibility to combat hate, Tripathi says.

  • College graduates locking arms.
    UB hosting first in-person commencement season in two years
    5/19/22

    Some 6,450 students are candidates to receive 6,876 degrees and certificates during UB’s 2022 commencement ceremonies, which conclude this weekend.

  • Participants sit at a table during the UB-Indian Institutes of Technology UB-Indo Workshop. Credit: Nancy J. Parisi.
    UB, Indian universities sign historic MOU during nanomaterials workshop
    5/18/22

    The three-day event charts a path for sustained collaborations relating to nanomaterials for electronics, photonics, and biotechnology.

  • Environmental portrait of UB psychology researcher Eduardo Mercado III.
    Study findings contradict the nearly universal belief that humpback whales learn their songs from other whales
    5/19/22

     “I don’t want to say everyone else is wrong, but the evidence suggests that they are wrong,” says UB researcher shaking the foundation of the bedrock social learning hypothesis.

  • Portrait of Monique Kapur-Mauleon.
    With her degree from UB at 18, dental school awaits
    5/19/22

    Monique Kapur-Mauleon will begin a five-year degree program that combines a master’s in oral sciences with a doctor of dental surgery from the UB School of Dental Medicine.

  • Dr. Peter Hotez.
    Media Advisory: Vaccine scientist Peter Hotez will give virtual talk sponsored by UB
    5/20/22

    UB is sponsoring a virtual talk on “The COVID-19 Vaccines: Science vs. Anti-science” by prominent vaccine scientist and “misinformation antagonist” Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, on June 9 at noon.

  • Illustration of an internet-connected factory.
    UB-led team advances cyber-manufacturing systems with $2.3 million NSF grant
    5/23/22

    The effort uses AI, big data and other tools; could aid semiconductor, 3D printing and other industries.

  • Peter Elkin is standing in the medical school atrium.
    Patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia treated with leukotriene inhibitors are more likely to survive
    5/24/22

    Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia had a 13.5% survival advantage when treated with a combination of leukotriene inhibitors (LTIs) and the steroid dexamethasone.

  • Annette B. Wysocki.
    Wysocki chosen as dean of UB’s School of Nursing
    5/26/22

    Annette Wysocki has extensive leadership, exceptional research and teaching accomplishments and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the field of nursing.

  • headshot of Spyridon Stavrou.
    Study: Antiviral gene known to block HIV also shows potent activity against SARS-CoV-2
    5/26/22

    In the ‘eternal arms race’ between pathogen and host, cells employ the same gene to fight both SARS-CoV-2 and HIV, revealing new avenues for potential therapies.

  • balloons falling on commencement.
    UB College of Arts and Sciences 2022 Graduates Accept Prestigious Honors and Awards
    5/26/22

    Students from the College of Arts and Sciences graduated on Sunday, May 22 as many were also were recognized with awards of the highest honors.  

  • 10,000 Maniacs featuring Mary Ramsey group photo.
    UBCFA Presents 10,000 Maniacs featuring Mary Ramsey
    5/31/22

    The UB Center for the Arts welcomes 10,000 Maniacs to perform in celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary in October as part of UB’s Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities.

  • Steve Lipshultz, in white coat, stands in Jacobs School lobby.
    Pfizer chooses the Jacobs School for pediatric study of Paxlovid
    5/27/22

    Paxlovid, the COVID-19 medicine developed by Pfizer, is being evaluated in Western New York in children who are symptomatic with COVID-19 infection, and who are at risk of progression to severe disease.

  • Ananth Iyer.
    Ananth Iyer named dean of UB School of Management
    5/31/22

    Iyer is an expert in operations and supply chain management and senior associate dean at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.

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