• Study examines pre-quit time of smoking cessation drug
    12/1/22

    A UB-led study found that extending the pre-quit duration of a leading smoking cessation medication doesn’t help smokers quit.

  • Company addressing opioid issue with tech licensed from UB
    12/1/22

    Channavix Therapeutics and Peregrine BioVentures are developing patent families related to long-lasting, non-addictive pain therapeutics.

  • Local teens with obesity see dramatic weight loss in trial
    12/2/22

    The results of a UB clinical trial on the drug semaglutide turned out to be better than anything the participants — or researchers — expected.

  • New sports performance center announced
    12/1/22

    The gift for the state-of-the-art center for UB student-athletes is the latest from the Tunney Murchie family to UB Athletics.

  • An alternative method to map neuron activity
    12/2/22

    A  paper published recently by UB mathematicians suggests that “hypergraphs” 
    better explain how neuronal networks communicate.

  • Campaign for the Community
    12/5/22

    2020 chair Ann Bisantz talks with UBNow about what the campaign means to her and why it's important for UB employees to support the effort. 

  • Fliesler recognized for retina research
    12/5/22

    The SUNY Distinguished Professor has been named the 2022 recipient of the Retina Research Foundation’s Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research.

  • New tool developed for Kawasaki disease
    12/6/22

    The UB-developed scoring system is twice as accurate at predicting antibody resistance among U.S. children with the rare disease.

  • Bowl bound!
    12/5/22

    UB will take on Georgia Southern in the Camellia Bowl on Dec. 27 in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • Redevelopment plans for land adjacent to Central Terminal
    12/7/22

    UB architecture and real estate development students have been working this fall to help transform one of Buffalo’s most iconic spaces.

  • Scientist receives NIH Emerging Global Leader Award
    12/7/22

    UB CIGBS scholar Waheed Adedeji will investigate the influence of antidepressants on HIV medication among patients in Nigeria.

  • Brashear is elected to AAMC Council of Deans board
    12/8/22

    The council provides a national forum where medical school deans address critical issues facing academic medicine.

  • Initiative aims to recruit more woman as UB police officers
    12/8/22

    The goal of the national “30x30 Initiative” is to increase the number of women by 30% by 2030.

  • Shibley stepping down as dean
    12/8/22

    After a successful 11-year tenure leading the School of Architecture and Planning, Robert Shibley will resume his role as SUNY Distinguished Professor.

  • UB PhD student receives DOE research award
    12/8/22

    Nicholas Cucciniello will use the award to do thesis-related work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • Scholar-activist looks at campus racial climates
    12/9/22

    GSE professor Stephen Santa-Ramirez works with students about their experiences of belonging — or the lack thereof — on their campuses.

  • UB ranked as a top undergrad school for entrepreneurship
    12/12/22

    Making its debut on the list, UB was ranked No. 8 in the Northeast and No. 48 nationwide in The Princeton Review’s 2023 annual ranking.

  • UB Police investigator recognized by SUNY
    12/12/22

    Guy Harvey was among members of SUNY police departments recently recognized for heroism and professional commitment to public safety.

  • McVee, Qiao recognized for mentoring
    12/13/22

    The UB faculty members have been named recipients of the 2021-22 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award.

  • Study explores how ‘me time’ affects social interaction
    12/13/22

    How you feel about social interaction on days when you spend more time alone depends on why you wanted to be alone, a UB study finds.

  • Labs find key metabolic regulators of drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
    12/13/22

    The team found several therapeutic vulnerabilities of drug resistance that could be targeted to improve outcomes.

  • On-site solar arrays fire up
    12/14/22

    The initiative is part of the university’s aggressive climate action plan goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

  • Origins of new autoimmune drugs found in UB lab
    12/14/22

    A groundbreaking discovery by Joseph Balthasar’s research team has led to new treatments for autoimmunity.

  • New customizable scaffold could improve dental implant healing
    12/16/22

    Researchers have found that scaffolds loaded with strontium at any concentration stimulated wound healing.

  • ‘True brothers’ reflect on UB’s Camellia Bowl bid
    12/15/22

    Bulls linebackers James Patterson and Shaun Dolac spoke with UBNow about their friendship, the season and their time at UB. 

  • COVID-19 and the holidays
    12/15/22

    UB experts weigh in on how to stay safe and healthy amid some increasingly concerning signs.

  • 2022 in photos
    12/16/22

    Take a look back at UB's inaugural year as NYS's flagship through the lenses of University Communications photographers Douglas Levere and Meredith Forrest Kulwicki. 

  • Workshop focuses on hydrogen-based clean energy
    12/16/22

    Industry experts and researchers recently gathered at UB to evaluate opportunities and challenges in pursuing hydrogen as a form of clean energy. 

  • UB hosts torch relay for World University Games
    12/19/22
    UB hosted the games in July 1993,  including housing the games’ 5,000 participants in the Ellicott Complex.