Research News

The exhibit “Serenades for Settling: Tending Ostreidae” with several large screens of ocean life in a darkened room.
  • Listen like an oyster
    12/12/25

    An immersive, multimedia exhibition invites audiences into an underwater world of oysters, and how human-made sounds might affect them. 

  • Friedman receives another honor
    10/9/14

    UB faculty member Kathryn Bryk Friedman has been appointed to a prominent SUNY fellowship program designed to foster research collaborations across the state campus system.

  • Reducing precancerous polyps
    10/9/14

    An oral biologic medication has successfully treated chronic, precancerous inflammation in the intestine, according to results of an animal study authored by a UB MD/PhD student.

  • Communities of Excellence moving forward
    10/9/14

    Out of nearly 100 concepts from faculty across the university, 14 multidisciplinary teams are preparing to submit preliminary proposals for the next phase of the selection process for UB’s Communities of Excellence.

  • NFL concussion lawsuit could have wide impact
    10/6/14

    The $765 million class action settlement of concussion claims for retired NFL players is a “potential template” for other professional athletes, according to UB Law School faculty member Christine P. Bartholomew,

  • Mother's cocaine use can influence negative behavior in children
    10/6/14

    It is not only prenatal drug exposure, but also conditions related to drug use that can influence negative behavior in children, according to a new study from UB’s Research Institute on Addictions.

     

  • Legal globetrotter
    10/2/14

    The Society of International Economic Law conference held in July in Bern, Switzerland, and co-chaired by UB faculty member Meredith Kolsky Lewis, was a truly global gathering.

  • Patients breathe easier with Lung Flute
    10/2/14

    Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) report improved symptoms and health status when they use a hand-held respiratory device called the Lung Flute®, according to a new UB study.

  • State extends contract
    10/2/14

    The New York State Department of Health has extended its contract with UB biostatistician Randolph L. Carter to fund his evaluation of the state’s Early Intervention Program for young children through 2016.

  • Lund elected AIChE fellow
    10/2/14

    Carl Lund, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

  • Treatment of substance abuse can lessen risk of future violence in mentally ill
    10/2/14

    Although some may believe that improving symptoms of mental illness is more likely to lessen the risk for future episodes of violence, a new UB study suggests that reducing substance abuse has a greater influence in reducing violent acts by patients with severe mental illness.