• First amendment.
    NEH award supports Barbas’ new book
    9/8/20

    The book looks at the landmark Supreme Court ruling that First Amendment protections of free speech limit public officials’ ability to win a defamation lawsuit.

  • Moot Courtroom.
    Helping imprisoned domestic violence survivors
    9/7/20

    A major grant to the new Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic will address “a historic blind spot in the judicial system.”  

  • Scanning electron microscope image of the Shiga toxin E. coli strain the UB researchers studied.
    Insights on a virulent, emerging foodborne pathogen
    9/4/20

    UB researchers have completed the genomic analysis of a specific strain of Shiga-toxin E. coli (STEC) that can cause severe disease outbreaks and is increasingly common. 

  • Shenqiang Ren pictured bending a sheet of the CoolPak Hydrogel.
    Cooling clothing
    9/4/20

    UB engineer Shenqiang Ren is working with two local companies to develop technology that can improve performance by helping to prevent overheating.

  • A teleconference meeting among people of various ethnicities.
    Reducing worry, stress during pandemic
    9/4/20

    A School of Nursing project aims to help adults living in low-income, racial- and ethnic-minority neighborhoods in Buffalo.

  • An example of a thermal image of several people.
    Streamlining process of detecting fevers
    9/3/20

    UB-affiliated startup Buffalo Automation adapted thermal-imaging technology it developed for self-driving boats to take the temperatures of several people at once.

  • Setting up of a birthing room for a patient with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 undergoing labor and delivery.
    When mom-to-be has COVID-19
    9/1/20

    UB neonatologist Praveen Chandrasekharan’s paper setting best delivery room practices is attracting attention worldwide.

  • Axons in vitro 24 hours after injury.
    Discovery suggests therapeutic target for diseases like ALS
    8/28/20

    Schwann cells “sense” when axons have been harmed and respond by releasing protective sugars, a UB preclinical study finds.

  • Tubes of algae set up in front of grow lights.
    UB engineer joins project to purify water, produce fuel
    8/27/20

    Ian Bradley is part of a $2 million project to study the use of algae to purify wastewater while producing biomass for fuel production.

  • Concept of certainty, a survey response with the "strongly agree" choice selected.
    Study sheds new light on certainty of opinions
    8/25/20

    UB research suggests how attitude certainty might predict behavior on matters other than preexisting options.

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