Research News

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  • Crystals in a new light
    2/12/26

    A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping molecular arrangements.

  • Alcohol increases sexual risk
    10/22/15

    If a young woman’s first sexual experience involves alcohol, she is more likely to be at risk for problems such as sexual assault, and this risk may persist in her future, new research finds.

  • The campaign that never began
    10/22/15

    Hillary Clinton's strong performance in the recent Democratic debate likely tipped the scales in Joe Biden's decision not to run for president in 2016, UB political scientists say.

  • Focus on Native American health
    10/22/15

    UB faculty member Margaret Moss has published the nation’s first nursing textbook tailored to perhaps the least understood minority population in the U.S.

  • Disparities in arts education
    10/19/15

    A study by the UB Department of Sociology and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Innovation Lab has found considerable variation in arts education across Western New York schools.

  • GRoW Home takes second
    10/18/15

    UB's super-efficient, solar-powered masterpiece placed second overall in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon.

  • IDeA Center receives $4.6 million grant
    10/15/15

    UB’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access has received a fourth round of federal funding to continue its work on a wide range of universal design projects.

  • Celebrating 'Oven Bird's Song'
    10/15/15

    A conference next week at the UB Law School will focus on faculty member David Engel's landmark ethnographic study of personal injury and contract litigation.

  • A new look at the old witch
    10/15/15

    UB anthropologist Phillips Stevens wil talk about the evil witch to open the College of Arts and Sciences' Scholars on the Road lecture series.

  • Medicare open enrollment offers opportunity for savings
    10/15/15

    Medicare’s open enrollment period allows beneficiaries to re-evaluate their prescription drug plans and make a change that could cut their costs by nearly one-third. But few actually make a switch, UB faculty member Louanne Bakk says.

  • Making its mark
    10/15/15

    With only two days left before the overall winner is unveiled, the Solar Decathlon is really heating up — and the UB GRoW Home is in the thick of the action.