• UB faculty working with robotics.
    UB receives $4.5 million from SUNY
    6/22/17

    The funding from the Empire Innovation Program will support faculty hiring in robotics, AI, pharmacology and X-ray laser science.

  • A driverless car in UB's Motion Simulation Laboratory.
    Driverless car demo a highlight of conference
    6/20/17

    The event this week showcases the leadership role that UB and NYS are playing in next-generation traffic systems.

  • bar graph of pension plan growth.
    Rich get richer under new pension law
    6/19/17

    An act passed by Congress in 2012 isn’t stimulating the investment and job creation promised by its proponents.

  • A doctor assists a patient during a mammogram.
    Culture influences decision to have mammograms
    6/16/17

    A new study provides evidence that could help increase participation in breast cancer screenings and other preventive health care.

  • Sea otters.
    Otter tooth suggests new migratory route
    6/14/17

    The discovery of an ancient otter tooth in Mexico is the first evidence of a new east-west route across America, a UB researcher says.

  • A woman's hands hold up a blue sign featuring a map of the U.s. and the words Abortion: Safe, legal & accessible.
    Travel distance shows abortion inaccessibility
    6/13/17

    Abortion fund recipients who must travel out of state for an abortion travel 10 times farther than those who get care in their home states.

  • closeup of a man smoking marijuana.
    Different paths for cannabis, tobacco
    6/12/17

    Tobacco control advocates push for "a kind of prohibition" on cigarettes, while the cannabis community does the opposite, researchers say.

  • Illustration of the structures of the human lung.
    Improving antibody delivery in lungs
    6/9/17

    UB pharmacologist Javier Blanco has been awarded a $400,000 grant to study how therapeutic antibodies are handled in the human lung.

  • photo of Rina Das Eiden.
    Eiden named chair of NIH study section
    6/8/17

    The RIA senior research scientist will lead the section on psychosocial development, risk and prevention.

  • Silhouette of a police officer standing in a street at dusk.
    Research examines shiftwork, fatigue
    6/8/17

    The UB study of police officers found those working the afternoon shift report being more tired, putting them at higher risk for accidents, stress and errors.

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