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  • First aid items needed to treat a wound.
    AI smartphones may help monitor chronic wounds from home
    5/1/24

    The technology, being developed at UB, could help millions of people and ease the busy health care system.

  • Two medical school grads, Grace Flores (left) and Paige Guy(right) pose with Dean Brashear (center) upon receiving scholarships.
    Two Jacobs School grads have more reason to celebrate
    5/3/24

    Jessica Grace Flores and Paige Guy are recipients of $120,000 WNY Medical Scholarships, which will cut their medical school debt roughly in half.

  • Confocal image of a macrophage (a type of white blood cell in the immune system) differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells shows that the human specific gene CHRFAM7A rearranges the actin cytoskeleton.
    Some of us have a uniquely human gene that enhances immune function
    5/1/24

    UB researchers are finding that the active form of this gene promotes a broad range of protective traits.

  • SUNY Distinguished Professor medal.
    Nine named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    5/3/24

    The UB faculty members were promoted to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system by the Board of Trustees at its April 16 meeting.

  • S. Todd Brown.
    Brown named dean of School of Law
    5/1/24

    The nationally renowned legal scholar in bankruptcy law emerged from a highly competitive pool of candidates.

  • National Science Foundation logo.
    Four from UB receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    5/2/24

    The latest awards continue UB’s success in placing its students as winners in the prestigious scholarship program.

  • Fiona Ellsworth.
    UB geology student selected for Department of Energy program
    5/2/24

    Fiona Ellsworth will conduct research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on plants' response to drought.

  • Members of the "All of Us" program talk with potential volunteers on UB South Campus.
    ‘All of Us Journey’ visits UB
    5/2/24

    The mobile tour of the national initiative aims to gather health data from a diverse group of Americans to further research to improve health for all.

  • A smart phone with the Truth Social app on screen, an image of Donald Trump in the background.
    Tale of two social media platforms for Donald Trump
    5/6/24

    Trump’s ability to attract news attention doesn't rely on a specific platform, but on his ability to engage users, says UB communication researcher Yini Zhang.

  • UB logo.
    Tripathi issues statement on campus protest
    5/2/24

    UB's president stresses that members of the campus community can express multiple perspectives, but must do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.

  • The Celebration of Student Academic Excellence Student Showcase poster presentation in UB Alumni Arena.
    UB celebrates student academic excellence
    5/6/24

    Campus community gathered May 2 to recognize students for their research and academic accomplishments.

  • Illustration of a root canal.
    Next-gen treatment could reduce need for root canals
    5/7/24

    UB dental researcher Camila Sabatini has received a grant to study strategies for the regeneration of tooth defects.

  • Jessica Fisher pictured with the characters from her film.
    Unexpected path to film award
    5/9/24

    A film class sparked biology major Jessica Fisher's new journey that includes recognition at last year's Buffalo International Film Festival.

  • Marijuana plants.
    Reclassification of cannabis
    5/8/24

    UB experts weigh in on the DEA's move to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance.

  • Blue Table Chocolates storefront viewed from outside.
    UB faculty, student architecture design nominated for award
    5/8/24

    The design of the Larkinville location of Blue Table Chocolates has earned a nomination for an Architizer A+ Teamwork award.

  • Concept of research and investigators.
    Recruiting study participants with ResearchMatch
    5/9/24

    The free, web-based tool helps connect people interested in research studies with researchers from institutions like UB. 

  • Volunteers from the School of Social Work participated in a neighborhoos sweep day of service.
    Showing up for the City of Good Neighbors
    5/9/24

    The School of Social Work marked its 90th anniversary with a day of service.

  • Jun Qu in the lab with UB's new mass spectrometer.
    UB’s new mass spectrometer can accelerate discoveries
    5/10/24

    The state-of-the-art machine can significantly speed discoveries of new drug targets and biomarkers.

  • Ginny Stoffel.
    Gresham lecturer shares personal definition of compassion
    5/10/24

    Ginny Stoffel urges audience members to be compassionate in their professional — and personal — lives.

  • Thomas Brachmann, Kevin Cullinan and Gary Nottingham, the team in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Instrument Machine Shop.
    CAS Instrument Machine Shop makes research possible
    5/13/24

    The team works with faculty to plan, design, fabricate and repair the precision devices needed to conduct their work.

  • Students Haley Martinez, Valerie Ortiz and Chris Bevan giving final presentations in GRoW home.
    New ways to reduce – and count — emissions
    5/14/24

    In UB’s Carbon Reduction Challenge course, students bring their ideas about how local companies can reduce their carbon footprints.

  • Young girl smiling at the camera.
    Providing free dental care to kids
    5/13/24

    The School of Dental Medicine is partnering with TeamSmile and the Buffalo Bills to treat more than 200 kids in Highmark Stadium.

  • Login screen on a tablet.
    Campus systems to display chosen names
    5/14/24

    Beginning June 11, UBmail, Zoom and Microsoft 365 applications will use preferred/chosen names for everyone who has set their chosen name.

  • James Reynolds.
    Ranibizumab is safe for treating retinopathy of prematurity
    5/15/24

    The UB-led study could change the standard of care for the condition that can lead to blindness in low birthweight babies.

  • brain of a patient with multiple sclerosis. The two images on the left show iron content, with the top image displaying a whole brain slice and the bottom magnifying a lesion. The images on the right show oxygen extraction fraction, with the top image depicting a whole brain slice and the bottom magnifying a lesion.
    Creating toolset for oxygen metabolism mapping
    5/14/24

    The new technology could expand access to medical imaging and improve treatment for MS, Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders.

  • Rachel Ablow.
    UB English professor reworks classic literary anthology
    5/15/24

    Rachel Ablow co-edited “The Victorian Age,” one of six volumes of the classic “Norton Anthology of English Literature.”

  • Gorilla in the wild.
    Same genes that made gorilla penises small may make men infertile
    5/15/24

    UB scientists find 109 new candidate genes for human male infertility by analyzing gorillas’ unusual reproductive system.

  • Hope Dunbar smiles as she holds up a recently finished ceramics piece.
    UB archivist finds outlet in ceramic artwork
    5/16/24

    Hope Dunbar says working with clay has given her a creative channel and a balance to life.

  • Photos submitted during this year's Step Challenge. On left a person in front of a local business during a walk, on right a beautiful nature photo during a walk.
    UB steps up to the challenge
    5/16/24

    More than 2,200 participants logged more than 400 million steps during the School of Public Health and Health Profession's 2024 Step Challenge.

  • Three views of musicians from around the world playing different instruments.
    Shared acoustic ties among world’s languages, music
    5/17/24

    UB psychologist Peter Pfordresher is part of a study that provides a global view about how the world’s music and languages evolved into their current states.

  • Rendering of 5-14 memorial proposal, "Seeing Us.".
    5/14 commission selects UB architect’s proposal for permanent memorial
    5/17/24

    Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood designed “Seeing Us” to honor the lives of the 10 Black people murdered on May 14, 2022.

  • An aerial image of an opening in the sea cover in Antarica.
    UB scientists part of NASA climate change project
    5/17/24

    The team will conceptualize a satellite mission that can advance understanding of Earth’s response to climate change.

  • L to R: Michael Lamb, Gaby Cordero, Katherine Foote, Pia Corujo Avila and Sydney Johnson in front of an ambulance.
    Med students design course in trauma-informed care
    5/20/24

    Through a diversity fellowship, three UB students worked with physicians and community anti-violence groups to create the elective.

  • An athletic trainer watches dancers during a class.
    Helping dancers get back on their feet
    5/21/24

    Athletic trainers who are former dancers are working with UB dance majors to help them better care for their bodies.

  • Rendering of Hedgeworks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
    UB artist part of Brooklyn public art installation
    5/20/24

    Mark Shepard is among the creators of an urban landscape intervention called Hedgework at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

  • An adolescent girl in the foreground looking at a phone while another group of adolescent girls, also using phones, look at her in an unfriendly way.
    Adolescent friendship and victimization
    5/22/24

    UB psychologist Julie Bowker has received an NSF grant to evaluate previously unexplored aspects of friendships and peer-victimization experiences during early adolescence.

  • Fulbright logo.
    Six with UB ties receive Fulbright student awards
    5/21/24

    The students and recent alumni are recipients of the prestigious national scholarship to study, research and teach abroad.

  • From left, Jeannie Padowski, Rachel Esther Sanyu, Jennifer Surtees during the undergraduate Biomedical commencement ceremony.
    UB biomedical sciences grads excel in community, too
    5/22/24

    Community engagement was a priority for this year’s class of aspiring scientists.

  • UB President Satish K. Tripathi and Sir Hilary Beckles, vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies, hold a memorandum of understanding they had just signed at the UB president's house.
    UB signs MOU with University of the West Indies
    5/23/24

    The memorandum of understanding aims to help achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Above are reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) images. The top two images (a and b) show the germanium layer, while the bottom images (c and d) show the gallium arsenide surface.
    Semiconductor advance could lead to improved electronic devices
    5/24/24

    A new study suggests the innovation could lower costs and increase flexibility.

  • Nathalia P. Andrade.
    Using AI in dentistry
    5/28/24

    UB faculty member Nathalia P. Andrade talks about how artificial intelligence is transforming periodontics and how UB dental students are using it.

  • Students participating in a cybersecurity wifi hacking exercise.
    UBIT partners with Cybersecurity Club
    5/23/24

    UBIT supported the student club by providing equipment and other support for a Wi-Fi hacking exercise.

  • SMART logo.
    Conference at UB to address youth mental health crisis
    5/23/24

    The conference is presented by the SMART collaborative in partnership with the School of Social Work.

  • Heath Tuttle.
    Tuttle named vice president and chief information officer
    5/28/24

    Tuttle joins UB Aug. 1 from the University of Nebraska system, where has served as associate vice president for IT.

  • Sheet music and musician.
    June in Buffalo set for June 9-15
    5/31/24

    The annual new music festival and conference features instruction for student composers, as well as concerts for the general public.

  • Concept of AI security featuring a padlock composed of d data network.
    UB faculty part of AI security initiative
    5/30/24

    The faculty will serve as key members of a project to secure the Department of Defense’s most critical AI models while also speeding the tech’s commercialization in the private sector.

  • Concept of Artificial Intelligence.
    IBM research leader to deliver keynote at AI chat series
    5/29/24

    Darío Gil, senior vice president at IBM, will discuss exploring the future of AI for maximum industry impact.

  • Peter Elkin stands by a mainframe computer.
    RNA editing sites likely play larger role in genetic disease
    5/30/24

    The UB research reveals how environmental challenges can affect human gene expression through RNA editing.

  • From left, Cris Greene, A. Scott Weber, Connie Constantine, Satish Tripathi, Sam Russo.
    HWI to join UB
    5/29/24

    The move will bolster health, well-being and innovation in Buffalo Niagara and beyond.

  • SUNY Chancellor's medal.
    UB faculty, staff receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    5/31/24

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

  • A person standing at the front of a classroom gives instruction on a first aid technique.
    Stopping the bleed in Belize
    5/31/24

    UB medical students trained rural farmers in lifesaving techniques during a spring break trip to the Central American country.

  • Nellie Drew.
    Paying student-athletes
    5/30/24

    UB sports law expert Helen “Nellie” Drew says the recent landmark NCAA agreement opens a ‘new world’ of intercollegiate athletics.

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