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  • New hearing loss test checks the eyes — not the ears
    12/8/25

    UB spinout Auspex Medix advances AI-powered hearing test to help older adults thwart cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and more.

  • Curriculum opt-outs and the classroom
    11/6/25

    UB educator LaGarrett King examines how a recent Supreme Court ruling may impact inclusive education.

  • UB-RIT-Wendel team wins national home design competition
    11/6/25

    “California Rebuilds” invited architects to showcase the power of passive house design in creating sustainable, fire-resilient communities.

  • Grants support work to develop advanced recycling technologies
    11/5/25

    The projects include creating new uses for discarded tires and establishing a testbed for advanced sorting technologies.

  • UB launches new quantum institute
    11/5/25

    The initiative will harness UB’s wide-ranging research expertise and unlock advancements in computing, medicine, semiconductors and more.

  • Study links climate anxiety to social media use
    11/4/25

    Climate doom, the belief that climate change will cause societal breakdowns, predicts support for radical actions, according to study.

  • UB key player in NYS semiconductor initiative
    10/31/25

    The new SUNY - NY Creates Technology Innovation Institute will advance semiconductor research and workforce development.

  • WNY patients major contributors to NEJM knee pain study
    10/31/25

    More than half of the participants were UBMD Ortho patients in the national research study that confirmed that exercise and PT help ease knee pain.

  • What’s really happening when whales sing?
    10/30/25

    Contrary to the scientific consensus, they're exploring, not courting, says UB psychologist and cognitive scientist Eduardo Mercado III.

  • State social policies reduce joint pain prevalence
    10/28/25

    More benefits and easier access to care mean fewer people living in pain, says UB researcher Rui Huang.

  • Carotid artery stent placed in patient who goes home same day
    10/28/25

    UB neurosurgeon Elad Levy says the case proves complex endovascular procedures can be performed in outpatient neurosurgery centers.