• Young smoker is vaping e-cigarette or vaporizer.
    Contributing to CDC report on vaping-related lung injuries
    1/15/20

    A UB professor and two alums are co-authors of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that identified vitamin E acetate as a likely culprit.

  • Brian Tsuji.
    Tsuji receives NIH grant to continue superbug research
    1/14/20

    The award is the second largest NIH R01 grant in pharmacy school history.

  • Erika Ruhl holds the Finnish national costume she made for herself.
    Passion for textiles fuels research
    1/10/20

    A lifelong interest in fabric informs anthropology PhD student Erika Ruhl’s research on children’s burial clothing from pre-modern Finnish churches.  

  • An international student and a domestic student working together.
    Bridging social divide between students
    1/10/20

    Self-esteem and university identity are predictors for improved socialization between international and domestic students, a UB study suggests.

  • UB chemistry professor Diana Aga and chemistry PhD candidate Luisa Angeles in the lab.
    Removing medicines from wastewater
    1/9/20

    New UB-Stony Brook research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensive.

  • A young woman stands and leads a meeting of colleagues at a table.
    Women have the advantage in servant leadership
    1/7/20

    The leadership philosophy can help women overcome gendered stereotypes regarding leadership, a UB study has found.

  • A barium zirconium sulfide thin film held by a tweezer.
    Scientists create thin films with tantalizing electronic properties
    1/6/20

    As predicted by theorists, experiments show that barium zirconium sulfide thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.

  • Jellyfish from Ocean Cube exhibition.
    UB stories heard around the world in 2019
    1/3/20

    From analyzing the avocado genome to designing a stingray-inspired space exploration vehicle, here are some highlights from a year of discovery.

  • real trees at the Los Alamos Survival-Mortality experiment site.
    Existing roots may help conifers survive drought
    1/2/20

    While scientists can’t see underground, UB-designed computational models provide a new way of seeing how root systems may be changing.

  • Brooke Lerner standing at the back of an ambulance.
    Working to improve emergency care for children
    1/2/20

    UB faculty member Brooke Lerner directs research to improve treatment before a child arrives at the hospital.

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