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The exhibit “Serenades for Settling: Tending Ostreidae” with several large screens of ocean life in a darkened room.

Listen like an oyster
12/12/25
An immersive, multimedia exhibition invites audiences into an underwater world of oysters, and how human-made sounds might affect them.

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Clergy adjust ‘privilege’ for peers accused of sex abuse
11/8/18
UB law professor Christine Bartholomew’s research finds a double standard when it comes to clergy divulging sensitive information.
Identifying patients at risk for opioid use
11/7/18
UB's Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions will work with OASAS to assess what risks may occur for people with alcohol use disorder who use prescription painkillers.
JDRF award continues diabetes drug research
11/6/18
The major interventional study being launched by UB scientists could help bring drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes closer to FDA approval for Type 1.
Shedding light on women's shift to heroin
11/6/18
The study is part of a concerted strategy to improve substance use disorder outcomes and decrease HIV infections.
NIH awards $6.6M to UB oral biologists
11/6/18
The grants will fund work to study periodontal disease, Sjögren’s syndrome and bone loss.
Studying learning in ‘makerspaces’
11/5/18
UB researcher Sam Abramovich has secured a grant to study how patrons learn in the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library’s Launch Pad space.
Podcasts primed for STEM education
11/1/18
UB education researcher Sameer Honward is using podcasts to align with Native Americans' traditional way of gathering knowledge through oral traditions.
Perceptions of cities, suburbs more than boundary lines
11/1/18
Social factors also play a critical role in how people describe their communities, according to research by UB sociologist Shelley Kimelberg.
Manganese may solve hydrogen fuel cells’ catalyst issue
10/31/18
A UB-led research team reports the widely available and inexpensive metal could lead to a renewable energy boom.
Grant will help improve transit access
10/31/18
A five-year, $4.6 million federal grant to UB and Carnegie Mellon supports continued accessibility research.

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