• Concept of incentivizing healthy behaviors featuring a stethoscope and a tape measure wrapped arounf a stack of cash.
    Food insecurity and cardiovascular disease risk
    11/4/24

    UB scientists will assess the effectiveness of structured financial incentives in lowering CVD risk among African Americans facing food insecurity.

  • Concept of AI research featuring images of a network branching out to different types of industries and a server bank in the background.
    Three UB faculty members receive SUNY-IBM grants
    11/1/24

    Tevfik Kosar, Baishakhi Mazumder and Jinjun Xiong are recipients of 2024 SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance grants.

  • Helmeted delivery worker hands off a bag to a customer.
    Surprising way to motivate digital gig economy workers
    10/31/24

    A UB study finds that traditional incentives don’t work in the unique environment of on-demand services.

  • Diana Aga delivers remarks during the first annual Spotlight Symposia Series.
    Timely message on future of water
    10/30/24

    The College of Arts and Sciences' first Spotlight Symposia Series honored UB chemist Diana Aga, a world leader in environmental analytical chemistry.

  • Publin domain image: The 'Land of the Ever Young' depicted by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920).
    Gene could aid muscle function after traumatic nerve injuries
    10/29/24

    The work on the gene named for the mythical Irish land could lead to new therapies for people injured in auto accidents and gunfire.

  • A parody review shirt for Jackbar that shows one yelp star with the words: I wish I could give this place zero stars.
    Why demoted Yelp reviewers still matter
    10/29/24

    A UB-led study finds “elite” online critics maintain influence, even after losing status.

  • DNA helix.
    Grant supports DNA replication research, diversity program
    10/28/24

    The award will fund work on DNA replication and pathways for cancer treatment, and create a community lab for local students to get research experience.

  • Jinjun Xiong looking at plants growing in a phonebooth-sized greenhouse monitored by AI.
    UB CMI funds six faculty-industry manufacturing R&D projects
    10/28/24

    The projects range from health care and agriculture to new battery technology and superconductors.

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    Unlocking the mysteries of language learning
    10/25/24

    UB researcher Federica Bulgarelli has secured two grants to explore language development.

  • A brain, depicted as leaves of a tree, is cradled by branches and trunk that appears like caring hands.
    Shedding light on severe MS
    10/25/24

    UB studies of this rare form of the disease show that grey matter volume, not lesions, are key in severe MS and that novel tools can better assess them.

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