• A tweet posted by President Trump on December 19, 2020 includes false claims about the 2020 election, encouragement to attend the Jan. 6, 2021 protest and a twitter label noting the false claim.
    In clash between free speech, democracy, misinformation won
    1/11/21

    UB information literacy expert Heidi Julien says Facebook and Twitter’s efforts to ban Trump are “too little too late.”

  • Amit Goyal at the Solar Strand.
    Goyal named IEEE fellow
    1/8/21

    The honor recognizes the RENEW Institute director “for contributions to high-temperature superconducting materials.”

  • William Mangione; PhD student; Department of Biomedical Informatics; Ram Samudrala PhD; Professor and Chief, Division of Bioinformatics; Zackary Falls PhD; Research Assistant Professor.
    Drug repurposing aids fight against COVID-19
    1/8/21

    UB researchers have developed a computational approach to make drug discovery faster and less expensive while also being safe and effective.

  • A stop sign with the name "Trump" spray painted below the word "stop.".
    Gardner calls Trump’s actions ‘act of treason’
    1/8/21

    The UB election law expert offers options for lawmakers seeking the president’s removal from office.

  • Bacteria that causes gingivitis.
    Bacteria borrow from neighbors to thrive, UB dental study finds
    1/6/21

    P. gingivalis, which causes gum disease, can't produce its own growth molecules, so it borrows some from V. parvula, according to a new, UB-led study.

  • A researcher using a microscope in a lab setting.
    Twenty UB research stories from 2020
    1/5/21

    From honoring a Buffalo civil rights activist to reviving a mammoth’s broken genes, UB researchers excelled in a difficult year.

  • An illustration of the chip. A gloved hand holds a thin gold film which is struck by a beam of red light. An inset shows the chemical element abbreviations for gold and silver and the particles illuminated by the light.
    Improvements to chemical sensing chip reported
    1/4/21

    The progress reported by UB researchers could lead to handheld devices that detect drugs and other trace chemicals.

  • From left to right: UB students Joycelyn Moss, Philip Sales and Shaina Chechang hold PPE materials that they, along with a team of other students, created for local dentists.
    How UB faculty, staff and students fought COVID-19
    12/21/20

    In a year of unrelenting challenges, members of the UB community have worked tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Person collecting samples in test tubes.
    Partnership to increase access to COVID trials
    12/21/20

    The Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences' partnership with Circuit Clinical will provide WNY patients access to COVID-19 clinical research opportunities.

  • Cecil Foster sitting at a table full of books.
    UB professor’s book inspires TV series
    12/21/20

    The CBC and BET co-production inspired by Cecil Foster's book about Black sleeping car porters is the largest Black-led TV production in Canada's history.

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