• Close up of an alarm clock reading 3:00 am as a woman in the background lays awake.
    Treating insomnia in cancer patients
    12/14/18

    UB researchers have received a $2.2 million grant to test behavioral therapy as a remedy for insomnia in cancer survivors.

  • An intense reaction occurs after water is injected into molten rock.
    What happens when lava meets water?
    12/10/18

    UB scientists are conducting explosive experiments with manmade lava to better understand lava-water interactions, which can make eruptions more dangerous.

  • A man removes electronic transistors and other e-waste from computer motherboards.
    Examining e-waste industry in Bangladesh
    12/7/18

    Engineering prof Nirupam Aich and colleagues are looking at the effects of recycling and repairing electronics on residents' health.

  • Close-up partial view of nurse measuring the blood pressure of a senior woman.
    Tooth loss linked to high blood pressure in older women
    12/7/18

    The UB study found that women who had loss all their teeth had 20 percent higher risk of developing hypertension than women who still had natural teeth.

  • UB researcher Elizabeth Thomas places vials into a machine.
    UB ranks in top 60 for R&D activity
    12/7/18

    The university is No. 39 nationally and No. 1 statewide among public universities for research and development activity, according to new data from the NSF.

  • Three pairs of female college students lounging on the steps of a classroom building.
    Transforming friends into guardians
    12/6/18

    UB researchers have received a federal grant to develop a training program that teaches friends to protect one another from sexual assault on campus.

  • mRehab team members Sutanuka Bhattacharjya and Chen Song pose with New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker.
    UB team makes finals of statewide competition
    12/6/18

    An innovative stroke recovery system landed the UB team in the finals of the Aging Innovation Challenge.

  • Paolo Bourdeau, Civil Engineering BS student (left) with graduate student Reda Snaiki.
    Plans to protect Haiti begin in Ketter
    12/5/18

    Haiti native Paolo Bourdeau plans to use the research he conducted during a LSAMP internship to make his home country more resilient to hurricanes.

  • From left, President Tripathi, Moog CEO John Scannell, Moog Professor of Innovation Kemper Lewis, and Engineering Dean Leisl Folks.
    Moog gift establishes professorship
    12/5/18

    Kemper Lewis, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will be the first professor of innovation.

  • Soldier in camouflage being comforted by a counselor.
    Examining alcohol misuse among never-deployed reservists
    12/4/18

    A UB study finds that Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who have negative emotions about not being deployed are more likely to misuse alcohol.

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