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  • A happy young couple contemplates future happiness.
    Don’t worry, be happy? It’s not that simple
    6/1/23

    New UB research suggests that people’s beliefs about happiness matter in shaping their everyday goal pursuits and well-being. 

  • Zoom image: Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra prepare for their 2018 June in Buffalo performance. The BPO will open this year's festival on June 6. Photo: Irene Haupt
    June in Buffalo set for June 6-11
    6/1/23

    The annual new music festival and conference is under new leadership this year with the appointment of UB faculty member Jonathan Golove as artistic director.

  • A group of students from Buffalo Health Sciences Charter School visited the Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
    New generation explores careers in medicine, research
    6/2/23

    Students from Buffalo Health Sciences Charter School gained some insight from a panel of experts during a visit to UB's CTSI.

  • Chancellor's Award medal.
    UB faculty, staff receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    6/7/23

    Twenty have been recognized for consistently superior professional achievement and the ongoing pursuit of excellence.

  • A group of people including Chancellor King and UB President Tripathi seated around a table.
    Tripathi joins SUNY event marking AAPI Heritage Month
    6/2/23

    UB's president was on a panel discussing Asian American and Pacific Islander data disaggregation and student success.

  • Nurses practicing patient care simulation.
    Helping students handle patient deaths
    6/5/23

    A patient simulation program for UB nursing students prepares them to deal with a sensitive, but common, workplace experience.

  • Jonathan Golove.
    New artistic director for June in Buffalo
    6/5/23

    UB faculty member Jonathan Golove talks about his new role and plans for the festival as he takes the reins from longtime leader David Felder.

  • Benjamin Hilligas.
    Hilligas named executive director of BEOC
    6/5/23

    Currently executive director of the Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of Western New York, Hilligas received an MSW from UB.

  • Zoom image: The media in the "In Conversation" exhibition in the UB Anderson Gallery ranges from artist books, large-scale paintings and works on paper to sculptural pieces and prints of various kinds. Photo: Douglas Levere
    Exhibit explores collaboration, artistic influence
    6/6/23

    “In Conversation” is Anna Wager's first exhibition as the new curator of the UB Art Galleries.

  • The hybrid vehicle (left) carries protein targets to a dendritic cell, which then alerts and mobilizes the immune system to fight cancer.
    Harnessing ‘sentinels’ of immune system
    6/7/23

    Researchers will use a grant for dendritic cell immunotherapy to study a hybrid drug-delivery vehicle that breaks through intracellular traffic jams.

  • A parking ambassador inside a car.
    Parking permits going virtual
    6/7/23

    No more parking hang tags as of July 1; your license plate will be your permit.

  • Natalia Kalmykova.
    Ukrainian Fulbright scholar studies veterans, leadership
    6/8/23

    Nataliia Kalmykova’s research examines women in the military and aims to build U.S.-like programs to serve Ukrainian veterans.

  • Fans make heart signs with their hands at a music concert.
    The Academic and the Idol
    6/9/23

    Asia Research Institute postdoctoral associate Stephanie Choi examines the K-pop phenomenon.

  • Promotional graphic for the 2022 movie, "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.".
    SA Summer Film Series back for another run
    6/12/23

    The popular outdoor series kicks off with screenings of the multiple Academy Award winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

  • Person with head in their hands, a glass of alcohol on the table in front of them.
    Increasing chances for recovery from alcohol abuse
    6/8/23

    An innovative project will explore how a person’s emotional changes during the early stages of recovery can influence its potential success.

  • Jo Freudenheim.
    Freudenheim named fellow of American Society for Nutrition
    6/9/23

    The UB scientist has focused her work on factors related to breast cancer epidemiology, including the role of nutrition during the life course.

  • Zoom image: Keynote speaker Blair Peters, assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University and a gender-affirming surgeon, discussed how medicine can have a “binary bias” and noted that gender isn’t always binary. Photo: Sandra Kicman
    Gender-affirming surgeon speaks at Jacobs School event
    6/9/23

    Blair Peters gave the keynote address at the inaugural LGBTQIA+ Education and Inclusivity in Health Care event.

  • Nels Otterson.
    UB undergraduate wins Boren Scholarship
    6/12/23

    Nels Otterson will use the prestigious award to study languages in Dakar, Senegal, in preparation for a career in the U.S. foreign service.

  • A pediatrician congratulates a patient on weight loss.
    Family focus key for kids’ weight loss
    6/13/23

    UB research has found that an intensive, behavioral approach in a primary care setting benefits the child, parent and even siblings who aren’t directly being treated.

  • Ebony Dixon.
    Dixon named associate vice provost, director of admissions
    6/13/23

    Ebony Dixon joins UB with a distinguished career in college admissions and student success.

  • Sathy Balu-Iyer in the lab.
    UB scientists awarded $1.5 million for hemophilia treatment
    6/14/23

    Awards from EDI and CBLS provide an additional $850,000 to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Aerial view of North Campus from Lake LaSalle at dusk.
    UB making progress toward Top 25 Ambition
    6/14/23

    Success in research and academics has helped bring UB closer to becoming a Top 25 public research university, President Satish K. Tripathi says.

  • Researchers looking at a vial in a lab setting.
    UB photographer’s perspective gaining wider audience
    6/15/23

    Douglas Levere’s visual presentations of UB’s stories are placing in the Top 10 in a national contest for higher ed photographers.

  • Jason Diffenderfer.
    Diffenderfer named VP for Advancement
    6/15/23

    As interim VP, Diffenderfer has led the Boldly Buffalo campaign, which hit its original goal a year early and is well on its way toward an extended goal of $1 billion.

  • John Leddy observing study participants using a treadmill.
    Panel supports UB guidance for exercise after concussion
    6/15/23

    An international panel is recommending early prescribed aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion, validating the findings of multiple UB clinical trials.

  • A hand gripping the side of a cliff.
    Cliffhangers keep audiences … [to be continued]
    6/16/23

    A UB study suggests these plot devices are not necessarily a buzzkill when compared to endings having either the hero or villain prevail.

  • S. Todd Brown.
    S. Todd Brown named interim law school dean
    6/16/23

    A UB faculty member since 2009, Brown is an expert on bankruptcy trusts, chapter 11, complex litigation and mass torts.

  • Zoom image: New York State Sen. Tim Kennedy speaks during the press conference announcing state funding for the UB James Joyce Museum. At Kennedy's right are Bonnie Kane Lockwood, WNY regional director for Gov. Kathy Hochul, and UB President Satish K. Tripathi. At Kennedy's left are Dermot Fitzpatrick, vice consul general of Ireland in New York, Evviva Weinraub Lajoie, vice provost for university libraries, and James Maynard, UB Libraries Poetry Collection curator. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    State gives big boost to UB James Joyce Museum plans
    6/16/23

    New York State Sen. Tim Kennedy and UB officials announce $10 million in state funding for the project.

  • Julia Czerniak.
    Czerniak named dean of School of Architecture and Planning
    6/21/23

    The highly regarded architectural designer, landscape architect, writer and educator comes to UB from Syracuse University.

  • Ozempic injection pens.
    Ozempic ‘important moment’ for weight management
    6/21/23

    UB expert Katherine Balantekin says that while anti-obesity drugs are helpful, they are best used as adjuncts to behavioral obesity management.

  • Greenland ice sheet.
    Communication of climate risk improving
    6/20/23

    The consequences are enormous, as climate scientists’ risk assessments are incorporated into planning efforts.

  • Marijuana plants.
    How cannabis legalization is impacting WNY
    6/22/23

    A graduate student project found there were some contradictions in how cannabis legalization was being rolled out in New York State.

  • Zoom image: Workers remove the gray panel on the upper left side of the CTRC building, revealing an overhead garage door. Once the door is raised, the 5.5-ton MRI could be placed inside the building. Photo: Sandra Kicman
    Crane hoists massive MRI into CTRC
    6/22/23

    UB is the first place in the nation to use the powerful Philips MR 7700 scanner solely for research that will prioritize underrepresented groups.

  • President Satish K. Tripathi meets Prime Minister Modi.
    Tripathi to attend address to Congress by Indian prime minister
    6/21/23

    UB's president will attend the joint meeting of Congress at the invitation of Rep. Brian Higgins.

  • A woman looks entusiastic while spreading seeds in an empty field.
    Diefendorf Meadow bringing blooms to South Campus
    6/26/23

    The temporary “meadowscape” will bring an “explosion of color” to the site of the old Diefendorf Annex.

  • Steven Lipschultz at Children's Hospital.
    Lipshultz chairs group writing AHA statement
    6/23/23

    The UB pediatric cardiologist chaired the writing group that developed the treatment statement for pediatric cardiomyopathy.

  • Concept of gender inequality, with a silhouette of a woman standing on a low block, and a silhouette of a man standing on a higher block, holding a ladder.
    Academic fields valuing ‘brilliance’ less welcoming to women
    6/27/23

    A review of CVs shows fewer women enter and more leave these fields, a pattern explained in part by gender-based prejudice.

  • People gather in front of Hayes Hall for UB on the Green.
    Celebrate summer at UB on the Green
    6/29/23

    UB’s free, outdoor performance series is back for a 15th season on July 20.

  • Two people toss a yellow ball back and forth.
    Helping older adults keep fit
    6/28/23

    UB faculty member Nikhil Satchidanand’s Movers and Makers program combines exercise and art-making to encourage long-term health.

  • Three people in a bookstore setting.
    Bookstore expands conversation on education justice
    6/30/23

    In the inaugural installment of the new Out of Office series, faculty member Corrie Stone-Johnson brings the dialogue to a Buffalo neighborhood.

  • Interlocking UB brand.
    Addictions training program closes care gaps
    6/29/23

    The School of Nursing’s Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training grant aims to expand services in underserved communities.

  • UB Pharmacy students visit local schools to teach about poison prevention.
    UB students teach poison prevention and awareness
    6/30/23

    First-year PharmD students visited local schools to educate students on the importance of poison prevention and awareness.

  • 4-up portrait collage of (l-r) Edith Gonzalez, Daniel Hess, Kasia Kordas and Amy Vanscoy.
    Four faculty receive Fulbright awards
    6/30/23

    Edith Gonzalez, Daniel Hess, Katarzyna “Kasia” Kordas and Amy VanScoy have received the prestigious awards to study and teach abroad during the coming year.

  • Aerial view of North Campus Flint circle and Capen Hall.
    UB statement on court's race-based admissions decision
    6/29/23

    President Satish K. Tripathi reaffirms UB’s commitment to cultivating a diverse, equitable and welcoming academic environment for all.

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