• a tent set up on the Greenland Ice Sheet under the Northern Lights.
    Glaciers, fieldwork and AI
    1/26/24

    UB students in Kristin Poinar's Glacier Modeling Lab are mixing fieldwork with the latest developments in AI to map and understand the ever-changing glacial ice in Greenland. 

  • Concept of AI-analysis of medical imaging featuring an MRI machine.
    Applying AI to improve medical imaging
    1/25/24

    UB computer scientist Mingchen Gao aims to improve health outcomes and make health care more accessible.

  • Zoom image: UB chemist Luis Colon works in his lab in the Natural Sciences Complex. Colon is principal investigator on an NSF grant to develop adsorbent materials for detecting forever chemicals. Photo: Douglas Levere
    Key to detecting forever chemicals could involve this common mineral
    1/23/24

    UB chemist Luis Colón has received an NSF grant to study how hybrid forms of silica, the chief component of sand, can help sleuth for PFAS.

  • Dheeraj S. Roy.
    Contrasting memories occurs at cellular level
    1/23/24

    A new study shows how the brain is able to distinguish between similar experiences, findings that could lead to treatments for memory disorders.

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    UB sleep expert offers 5 tips for a better night’s rest
    1/22/24

    Carleara Weiss says improved sleep can have emotional, physical and mental health benefits.

  • Winter Storm Knife - Town Line, NY.
    Most expensive winter storm damage largely preventable
    1/19/24

    While blizzards are inescapable, UB expert Michel Bruneau offers suggestions to help make snowstorms a day off rather than a disaster.

  • Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee.
    UB launches center to find treatments for FOXG1 syndrome
    1/19/24

    The research will be led by biologists Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee, whose daughter has the rare neurological disorder.

  • Close up of a pregnant person receiving prenatal care, sonogram.
    Health disparities at beginning of life focus of UB study
    1/18/24

    The study aims to fill a gap by looking at socioeconomic, racial and ethnic disparities in children’s health and development from birth through the first year.

  • collage of diverse faces.
    New deepfake detector designed to be less biased
    1/18/24

    With facial recognition performing worse on certain races and genders, algorithms developed at UB close the gap.

  • Dawnavyn James holding her book, "Beyond February Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day and All Year Long.".
    PhD student publishes guide to teaching Black history
    1/17/24

    The text for elementary students by Dawnavyn James promotes teaching Black history beyond one month a year.

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