Four UB students took first place in the recent Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition for their plan to manufacture an invention that removes problematic vibrations in high-precision devices.
Even if they don't reduce body fat, obesity prevention programs can lower children's blood pressure, according to a study led by UB epidemiologist Youfa Wang.
A new book by UB historian Hal Langfur looks at how the practices of conversion and cannibalism were used by the Portuguese to legitimate their treatment of indigenous tribes in Brazil.
UB is moving forward with one of its signature UB 2020 initiatives with a call for concept papers proposing “bold and creative” ideas for Communities of Excellence.
The UB Technology Incubator has welcomed two new companies, both of which have international ties and are interested in gaining a foothold in the U.S. market.
The School of Social Work has launched the Institute on Sustainable Global Engagement to encourage activities that extend trauma-informed treatment, human rights perspectives and other themes championed by the school to other parts of the world.
UB anthropologist Caroline Funk is researching human impacts on resources and environmental/ecological histories by studying the impacts of the prehistoric Aleuts on Kiska Island in Alaska's western Aleutians.
