• Close-up of a person smoking marijuana.
    Public health can do better on cannabis harm reduction
    6/2/20

    A survey of Hash Bash attendees shows that frequent cannabis users aren’t as knowledgeable as they should be about harm reduction strategies.

  • A modern electric locomotive.
    Transistor handles more than 8,000 volts
    6/2/20

    A gallium oxide-based transistor under development at UB could help improve distances that electric cars and locomotives can travel.

  • A self-assembling molecular trap.
    Tiny, self-assembling traps capture PFAS
    6/1/20

    Future research could explore whether the molecular traps can be used to remediate water and improve detection of these toxic chemicals.

  • Laura Smith.
    Gates Foundation awards funding to UB epidemiologist
    5/28/20

    Laura Smith will develop a decision-making tool that can plan more effective health campaigns in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Adult son with his arm around his elderly mother, gives her a kiss on the head.
    Nursing professor secures NIH grant with first proposal
    5/27/20

    Suzanne Sullivan will use the funding to develop approaches to prepare Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers to make end-of-life decisions.

  • Portrait of Chemistry Professor, Janet Morrow and Bradford La Salle of startup company Ferric Contrast in the Natural Sciences Complex.
    UB spinoff Ferric Contrast wins federal R&D funding
    5/21/20

    The company, co-founded by UB chemist Janet Morrow, is developing iron-based contrast agents for MRI.

  • The Los Angeles skyline barely visible through thick smog.
    Engineer receives grant to study air pollution impact
    5/21/20

    Kang Sun has been awarded a $100,000 NASA grant to study air pollution in three regions of the world as it relates to COVID-19.

  • Community Health Equity Research Institute launch press conference.
    Virtual colloquium to focus on health disparities research
    5/20/20

    Planned before the COVID-19 pandemic, the event has become even more relevant with the devastation the virus is causing in the African American community.

  • Skyline of a Chinese city shrouded in air pollution.
    Traffic restrictions lower air pollution-related deaths
    5/20/20

    Researchers note sharp reductions in two common air pollutants in Chinese cities, thanks to COVID-19 restrictions.

  • Business people's silhouettes in a meeting.
    Going overboard?
    5/19/20

    Investors prefer directors who serve on fewer corporate boards, a School of Management study has found

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