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UB launches Center for Translational AI and Digital Health
6/8/26
Center will advance emerging medical technologies that improve the speed, precision and accessibility in which people receive care.

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Swihart receives mentoring award
5/18/26
The SUNY Distinguished Professor is the 2026 recipient of the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.
Buffalo without lake-effect snow?
5/15/26
UB researchers have uncovered new evidence of a reverse snowbelt in which an Ice Age wind system pushed Great Lakes snowstorms west instead of east.
AI spots hidden security flaws in hundreds of 5G smartphone models
5/14/26
The UB-led research prompts fixes from MediaTek and Qualcomm, and leads to work with Apple and Google.
Grant awarded Chancellor’s Horizon Award
5/14/26
The award honors scholarly or creative activities that have already achieved significant recognition and hold strong promise for field-defining impact.
Indigenous Studies PhD candidate earns Smithsonian fellowship
5/13/26
Delaney O'Connell explores how returning ancestral belongings — and sometimes allowing their destruction — can better serve communities.
AI can help find best youth vaping-cessation strategies
5/8/26
UB cancer researchers applied machine learning and XAI to find out why some tactics work and others don't.
Building AI for children from the ground up
5/7/26
UB's National AI Institute for Exceptional Education's work building exceptional education tools was on display as NSF and IES officials came to UB for a site visit.
Shedding light on lipid asymmetry in cell membranes
5/6/26
A UB study finds that cells tune membrane properties to regulate communication, transport and other duties.
Potatoes may have shaped genetic makeup of Indigenous Andeans
5/6/26
A study found that natural selection favored those with a high number of starch-digesting genes following the domestication of potatoes in the Andes.
Elkin selected for inaugural cohort of ACTS fellows
5/6/26
Fellowship recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions and service to the clinical and translational science field.

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