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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.

  • Risky to allow kids of any age to try alcohol, study finds
    6/10/25

    In a piece in The Conversation, UB PhD student Bernard Pereda says parental permission to sip or taste alcohol leads to more drinking in young adulthood.

  • What to do with dirty PFAS filters?
    6/9/25

    A DoD grant will support a UB project that aims to remove “forever chemicals” from granular activated carbon filters and destroy them.

  • Six UB faculty receive Fulbright Scholar awards
    6/9/25

    The prestigious awards will support the faculty members' teaching and research abroad in the coming year.

  • UB researchers working on light-infused pancreatic cancer treatment
    6/4/25

    The team has been awarded a $2.5 million grant to develop a system for inserting tiny light-emitting fibers directly into tumors.

  • Alumna returns to deliver Graham lecture
    6/2/25

    Epidemiologist Christine Ambrosone spoke about her work at the annual lecture named for the UB faculty member who helped inspire her career.

  • UB launches Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI
    6/2/25

    CELaRAI will provide critical literacy and learning opportunities to K-2 students using AI-driven technology and innovation.

  • Better pitch means vivid earworms
    5/30/25

    A UB study found that your musical ability may be why that song is stuck on mental repeat.

  • Markowski named American Heart Association fellow
    5/29/25

    The nursing professor has been honored for significant contributions to cardiovascular and stroke research and clinical leadership.

  • Advancing wireless communications for research, education
    5/23/25

    UB's partnership with Florida Atlantic University will tap UB’s expertise in wireless networking, AI, autonomy and more.

  • Remembering Chet Langway
    5/22/25

    Considered the pioneer of ice core drilling, the late UB professor emeritus' work extracting climate data from ice sheets continues at the university today.