• Red blood cells moving in blood vessels with depth of field.
    Addressing shortage of specialists
    9/10/18

    Funding from the Hemophilia Center of WNY will help the Jacobs School address a shortage of physicians to treat non-malignant blood disorders.

  • Photo illustration: Physicists Avto Kharchilava, Ia Iashvili and Salvatore Rappoccio appear to be standing in Large Hadron Collider.
    Physicists study inner workings of universe
    9/7/18

    Receipt of a $1.45M NSF grant comes as the field marks its latest big discovery: the observation of the Higgs boson’s most common mode of decay.

  • Caregivers turning a patient to prevent a bedsore.
    Bedsores tied to poorer inpatient rehab outcomes
    9/6/18

    The frst-of-its-kind study shows the federally mandated pressure ulcer quality indicator is a valuable measure of care.

  • rear view of three older women walking down a leaf-strewn path in autumn.
    Walk more to reduce heart failure risk
    9/6/18

    A study by UB researcher Michael LaMonte is first to show an association between increased physical activity and lower risk of two subtypes of heart failure in older women.

     

  • 3D rendering of a political imbalance concept.
    Big House gains for Dems predicted
    9/5/18

    Faculty member James Campbell's forecasting model sees Democrats picking up 44 House seats in the mid-term elections while the GOP adds 2 in the Senate.

  • illustration of information security.
    Grant to fund cybersecurity training
    9/5/18

    UB has received a $2.39 million NSF grant to train the next generation of experts who will protect the U.S. from cyberattacks.

  • Illustrated concept of innovation, coming up with an idea.
    Thinking like an entrepreneur
    9/4/18

    The SUNY ZAP! program helps scientists and engineers like UB’s Natesh Parashurama move their research from the lab to the marketplace.

  • illustration of a a carnivorian skull with jaw joint highlighted.
    When it comes to chewing, size does matter
    9/4/18

    UB researchers studying the jaw joints of carnivorans found that the joint’s structure and strength is related to the animal’s body size, not its diet. 

  • Domestic and international students in the classroom.
    Examining prejudice on campus toward internationals
    9/4/18

    A UB researcher has identified factors that predict prejudice against international students, some of which administrators can influence.

  • Illustration of a crowd of people with a city skyline in the background.
    Democracy depends upon diversity
    8/31/18

    It’s segregation, not diversity, that divides us, UB philosopher Ryan Muldoon writes in a white paper for the Knight Foundation.

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