The Southern Association for Women Historians has awarded UB historian arole Emberton its 2014 Willie Lee Rose Prize for the best book on Southern history written by a woman or women in 2013.
Internationally recognized materials scientist Amit Goyal has been named director of RENEW, UB’s new interdisciplinary institute dedicated to research and education on globally pressing problems in energy, environment and water.
Some drugs used to treat diabetes mimic the behavior of a hormone that a UB psychologist has learned controls fluid intake in subjects, a finding that creates new awareness for diabetics, who already are at risk for dehydration.
UB researcher Alexander N. Cartwright, who serves as SUNY’s provost and executive vice chancellor, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
A new UB study has shown that smoking can inhibit the success of treatment for alcohol abuse, putting people who are addicted to both tobacco and alcohol in a double bind.
