A new book by UB political sociologist Barbara Wejnert has found that nations consistently are drawn to democratic reform not by what is happening inside their own nations, but by an attraction to what is going on in other places.
UB statistician Alan Hutson says the odds of picking the winners of all 63 NCAA basketball tournament games — and winning Warren Buffett’s $1 billion sweepstakes — are "infinitesimal."
UB research has found that social relationships, fatigue and other coexisting medical problems have a stronger effect on how patients with irritable bowel syndrome rate their overall health than the severity of their gastrointestinal symptoms.
UB cognitive scientists may have produced the strongest evidence yet that humans have separate and distinct cognitive systems with which they can categorize, classify and conceptualize their worlds.
UB faculty member Heather Orom is working with partners in the Delavan-Grider neighborhood to build a healthier community in this section of the East Side of Buffalo.
UB will present the Performing Economies Colloquium next month to highlight the many grassroot initiatives that are taking progressive approaches toward urban development.
As many as 2,000 engineers will visit Western New York in August to participate in a four-day conference in downtown Buffalo hosted by UB that will focus on advanced manufacturing and design.
