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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.

  • Force of nature
    2/26/15

    UB researchers turn to Newton's Laws of Motion to predict chimp behavior.

  • Harsh weather building resilience
    2/26/15

    UB psychologist Mark Seery says enduring negative events like this winter's brutal weather fosters adaptability and resilience.

  • Plant packs big wonders into tiny genome
    2/26/15

    Great, wonderful, wacky things can come in small genomic packages, according to new biology research from UB.

  • Why good things don’t always make sense
    2/26/15

    UB psychologists say the match between quality of early family experiences and self-esteem contributes to how clearly and confidently people view themselves and their place in the world.

  • Making an impact
    2/26/15

    SUNY Distinguished Professor Paras Prasad is the recipient of UB's inaugural Innovation Impact Award recognizing high-impact innovations created by university faculty and members of the university research community.

  • Boosting myelin synthesis
    2/26/15

    A UB study has found that a drug that's already on the market can promote the production of myelin, the fatty insulator that is damaged in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and other devastating neurological diseases.

  • Swihart to lead CMI
    2/23/15

    Mark T. Swihart, UB Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named executive director of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics.

  • Overcoming our e-waste problem
    2/19/15

    The reluctance to part with mobile phones, laptops and other gizmos – sometimes called “gadget hoarding” – is part of a larger and more troubling issue: managing electronic waste.

  • New standard of stroke care
    2/19/15

    UB neurosurgeons led a clinical study that they say will revolutionize the standard of care for stroke patients.

  • Insights for first responders
    2/19/15

    When terrorists strike, emergency workers who have the proper training, information access and a positive work environment will make better decisions, according to research from the School of Management.