• Jennefer Winikus.
    Winikus receives SWE award
    10/5/21

    The UB computer scientist has been recognized as a Distinguished New Engineer by the Society of Women Engineers.

  • Digital image of an antibody.
    Treatment teaches immune system not to attack drugs
    10/5/21

    Reverse vaccination, developed by UB scientists, prevents the body from developing antibodies against drugs for hemophilia A and Pompe disease.

  • Young kid reading a book in a library.
    Morality in stories can alter judgment for early adolescents
    10/5/21

    A UB study looks at how exposure to the specific moral values of care, fairness, loyalty and authority might influence the weight kids place on those values.

  • Graphic showing proven oral hygiene tools: basic toothbrush; interdental brush; water pick; and mouth rinses.
    The best, worst and unproven tools to care for your teeth
    10/4/21

    A UB-led study found that interdental brushes and water piks are good at fighting gum disease, but the jury is still out on floss.

  • Barry S. Willer and John J. Leddy are photographed with a treadmill.
    Exercise after concussion speeds recovery in teens
    10/1/21

    Daily aerobic exercise significantly reduced the risk of prolonged recovery in adolescent athletes, UB concussion experts report.

  • Young girl holds her stomach, in obvious pain.
    Acupressure could help treat chronic pain in kids
    9/30/21

    Stimulating the ear’s pressure points could be a promising treatment for a group of disorders that cause chronic abdominal pain in 13.5% of children and adolescents.

  • Two women holding coffee cups.
    No link found between caffeine, breast cancer risk
    9/29/21

    The overlap of ages at diagnosis of breast cancer and high caffeine consumption, and previous inconsistent findings spurred scientists to conduct the study.

  • Kelsey Sommer in the operating room with a mannequin on the table.
    Could AI help optimize aneurysm surgeries?
    9/28/21

    UB spinoff QAS.AI is developing software — trained on past cases — to inform decision-making during surgical procedures.

  • headshot of John E. Tomaszewski.
    Two Jacobs faculty serve on SUNY board
    9/28/21

    Steven Fliesler and John Tomaszewski are members of the board of the SUNY Distinguished Academy, the formal organization of all active SUNY distinguished faculty.

  • Wooksoo Kim.
    Immigrants, refugees a plus for Buffalo
    9/28/21

    Social work researcher Wooksoo Kim says the newcomers drive population growth — including Buffalo’s first population gain in 70 years — and improve the quality of life.

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