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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.

  • Tobacco misperceptions
    9/3/15

    A study by UB public health researchers Marc Kiviniemi and Lynn Kozlowski has found “considerable lack of knowledge” about the risk associated with different types of tobacco products.

  • Hitler at home
    9/3/15

    A new book by UB architectural historian Despina Stratigakos shows how propagandists used lifestyle stories to soften Hitler’s image prior to World War II.

  • NYSCEDII revamp
    9/3/15

    UB's New York State Center of Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation has a new name, a new director and updated technology, but its mission remains the same: industrial outreach, academic research and engineering education.

  • Katrina prompts better planning
    9/3/15

    UB urban planner Daniel Hess says American cities are "better off" when it comes to evacuation planning, thanks to lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.

  • Vitamin D linked to eye disease
    8/31/15

    A study by UB epidemiologist Amy Millen has found that vitamin D may play a key role in the possible prevention of age-related macular degeneration.

  • New insights into addiction
    8/27/15

    National experts on behavioral neuroscience, adolescent substance abuse and prescription drug addiction will visit UB’s Research Institute on Addictions during its Fall Seminar Series.

  • Fellowship honors Dimitriadis
    8/27/15

    The Civic Engagement and Public Policy initiative has established a research mentoring fellowship in memory of colleague Greg Dimitriadis.

  • Tracking ‘farm to table’ spurs purchases
    8/27/15

    Customers are more likely to purchase food products when grocers can show where and how the food was produced and shipped, according to new research from the School of Management.

  • Shooting highlights ‘American phenomenon’ of disgruntled former employee
    8/27/15

    The concept of a disgruntled former employee shooting co-workers — as happened on Wednesday to a Virginia TV news crew — seems to be an especially American phenomenon, UB trauma expert Nancy Smyth says.

  • No worries for average investor
    8/27/15

    UB finance professor Cristian Tiu says the recent volatility in the stock market poses little concern for the average investor who is in the market for the long haul.