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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.

  • Hacking kids' accounts
    12/3/15

    The cyberattack on digital toymaker VTech is the first that involves stealing personal information from minors, UB cyber expert Arun Vishwanath says.

  • Testosterone-insulin link
    12/3/15

    Men with Type 2 diabetes who have low testosterone levels can benefit significantly from testosterone treatment, UB researchers have found.

  • Mother Nature knows best
    12/3/15

    UB researchers are investigating whether plant sterols can be used as a natural alternative to drug therapy in expectant mothers who have high cholesterol.

  • #SaferRoads
    12/3/15

    Go ahead, rant about the snow on Twitter. It can ease traffic on slippery, congested roads.

  • Physiology of stress
    11/30/15

    UB neuroscientist Zhen Yan has received a $2 million grant to explore what stress does to the brain.

  • AAAS fellows
    11/30/15

    UB researchers Luis A. Colón and Mark T. Swihart have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Fueling terrorism
    11/20/15

    Social Work professor Hilary Weaver says preventing Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. would fuel, not curb, terrorism.

  • Unintended consequences from tight security
    11/19/15

    Security measures in American high schools can have unintended consequences that hinder, rather than help students learn, according to new UB and Canisius College research.

  • False Positive
    11/19/15

    Performance art created by UB faculty member Mark Shepard raises awareness of online privacy issues.

  • Addressing pediatric obesity
    11/19/15

    New UB faculty member Carroll McWilliams Harmon, co-author of a national teen weight-loss surgery study, brings a fresh perspective to Western New York’s pediatric obesity problem.