• A nurse shows a patient the plasma they've donated.
    To help sickest, UB seeks those who've recovered from COVID-19
    4/16/20

    In the few days since UB launched its convalescent serum program with Kaleida and ECMC, more than 150 Western New Yorkers have expressed interest in donating. 

  • Prescription bottle full of marijuana buds opens onto a prescription pad.
    Cannabis users overestimate cannabinoids
    4/16/20

    In UB-led study at Hash Bash, frequent users reported low knowledge of, and substantially overestimated, cannabinoid content and effective dosages.

  • Man in business suit riding in a boat made from dollar bills, riding on a sea of money.
    Money can’t buy love — or friendship
    4/15/20

    Basing self-worth on financial success creates pressures that hurt important social connections, UB researchers say.

  • View from the rear of an elementary school classroom to the teacher standing at the front of the room.
    Personal growth taking backseat to test scores
    4/14/20

    A UB-led study finds school principals prioritized academics at the cost of job skills and student self-esteem and self-awareness.

  • Concept of global health: a stethoscope wound around a small world globe.
    CGHE produces next textbook
    4/14/20

    The work from the Community of Excellence provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary look at the field of global health.

  • Doctors with protective suits in hospital with patient.
    Developing models to help prepare for COVID-19 surge
    4/13/20

    The models are changing, but so far they signal social distancing is working in Western New York, UB experts in health informatics say.

  • Digitalis lanata, grown in a greenhouse. This species of foxglove plant makes digoxin, a chemical that is used sparingly to treat heart failure.
    Foxgloves produce heart medicine. Can science do it better?
    4/13/20

    Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist’s quest to understand how the popular garden plants make medicinal compounds.

  • Concept of innovation.
    Innovation Hub awards $450,000
    4/10/20

    The funding to researchers at UB and Roswell Park aims to rapidly commercialize technology.

  • Businessperson showing laptop, tablet and smartphone with cyber security signs on screens.
    Cyber tips for teleworkers
    4/9/20

    UB faculty member Alan Katerinsky says security is particularly key for those whose infrastructure was not built with significant remote access in mind.  

  • 500 stacked tubes of VTM.
    Stepping up to break bottlenecks in COVID-19 testing
    4/9/20

    After hearing about the lack of VTM for local COVID-19 testing, Jacobs School faculty quickly teamed up to help Kaleida Health fill the need.

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