• Map of U.S. with overall education ratings for each state.
    New report card gives U.S. schools a C
    1/19/21

    The grade from UB education researcher Jaekyung Lee assesses students' physical and emotional health, as well as academics.

  • Diagram of the NMDA receptor protein (cyan) on the left illustrates its closed conformation; diagram on the right illustrates the open conformation, discovered by UB researchers. (Credit: Han Wen).
    New form of brain protein has clinical implications
    1/15/21

    A UB study shows the absence of a single interaction within a brain receptor reduces its activity, a discovery that advances understanding of how certain brain diseases arise.

  • a contingent from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB at Niagara Square at the end of a "White Coats 4 Black Lives" march.
    2020 a milestone year for Black Lives Matter movement
    1/15/21

    UB faculty members Kelly Patterson and Michael Mwenso review the year and predict what's ahead for 2021.

  • headshot of Kris Tjaden.
    CDS’ Tjaden gets grant to study Parkinson’s patients
    1/14/21

    The $3.1M NIH grant will support work to examine why patients treated with deep brain stimulation can have unpredictable speech after DBS surgery.  

  • Microscope images show expression of mRNA for growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) in the hypothalamus of a young mouse with functioning copies of the MLL4 gene and of a littermate with the MLL4 gene deleted.
    New insights on role of MLL4 gene in Kabuki syndrome
    1/13/21

    The research suggests that MLL4 controls the production of neurons that are vital to growth.

  • Photo/graphic illustration of someone rating a doctor's services.
    Accuracy an issue for doctor rating websites
    1/13/21

    A School of Management study finds the main concern is the absence of negative reviews.

  • Instructor works with a student to improve STEM outcomes.
    Boosting student success in STEM-gateway courses
    1/12/21

    An NSF grant to UB psychologist Lora Park will focus on feedback strategies that may improve students’ confidence in classes such as intro calculus.

  • Signs for Republicans and Democrats pointing in opposite directions.
    Invoking 25th Amendment will further divide nation
    1/11/21

    UB political scientist James Campbell likens invoking the amendment to remove President Trump from office to throwing gasoline on a bonfire.

  • Rioters supporting President Trump assembled on the lawn in front of the Capitol building.
    UB experts offer perspectives on attack on Capitol
    1/11/21

    UB faculty members from a variety of disciplines have something to say about the Jan. 6 siege by rioters on the U.S. Capitol.

  • Rioters at the U. S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
    Race of Capitol rioters determined treatment
    1/11/21

    Henry Louis Taylor Jr. says that had predominantly Black and Brown rioters attacked the Capitol, it would have been “a bloodbath.”

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