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  • An autonomous Lincoln MKZ4 parked near the Solar Strand on UB North Campus.
    Probing safety of AI in driverless cars
    9/3/24

    Ongoing UB research suggests the technology is vulnerable, with implications for the auto and insurance industries.

  • Dominic Sellitto and Edward Snell.
    HWI, UB awarded grant for AI-assisted biomedical research
    9/3/24

    The project will use experimental and artificial intelligence approaches to understand the health impacts of low-dose radiation exposure.

  • David Heppner.
    New lung cancer drug an ‘impressive one-two punch’
    9/4/24

    UB chemist David Heppner published the first 3D model of lazertinib, a chemo-free drug the FDA has approved to be used in a combo therapy.

  • Promotional graphic for the 2024 Humanities Festival, "Hauntings.".
    Percival Everett to open Buffalo Humanities Festival
    9/5/24

    “Hauntings” is the theme of this year's festival, now in its 11th year.

  • Per Stromhaug.
    Stromhaug named senior AVP for economic development
    9/4/24

    Stromhaug will drive economic growth via industry engagement, tech commercialization and entrepreneurial initiatives.

  • Conor Dowling.
    Yes, political debates still matter
    9/5/24

    UB political scientist Conor Dowling says the early September debate between Trump and Harris could shift polls either way.

  • Concept of cannabis for pain management featuring a prescription pad , a stethoscope and dried cannabis buds.
    Guidelines needed for cannabis use for cancer pain
    9/6/24

    A UB study suggests a paradigm shift in patient attitudes regarding cannabis and prescription opioid use for treating cancer-related pain.

  • Students on a low-ropes course.
    First-year students learn the ropes with Design Your UB Experience retreat
    9/6/24

    Twenty-one first-year students began their college experience a week early this year with an overnight camp retreat offered by the Career Design Center.

  • Concept of plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimers disease.
    New treatment for Alzheimer's
    9/9/24

    Jonathan Lovell is leading a research team that's developing a novel immunotherapy approach to Alzheimer's treatment.

  • Concept of organizational change featuring arrows changing direction.
    How to support employees through organizational change
    9/10/24

    Political skills such as networking ability and interpersonal influence are essential, School of Management study finds.

  • A professor demonstrates an activity for a student.
    UB launches SUNY’s first Indigenous studies major
    9/9/24

    The program will prepare students for a wide variety of careers, including those in Indigenous nations and organizations.

  • Sungmin Shin pictured with his guitar.
    Joining UB’s music faculty is ‘a dream come true’
    9/9/24

    Sungmin Shin talks about his new solo project and his love for UB and for teaching students.

  • Group of students conducting an experiment.
    Student's ‘crazy’ idea creates opportunity for children of Makhanda
    9/10/24

    Medical student Anna Walsh started a STEM camp for kindergartners through seventh-graders at a school in South Africa.

  • Concept of climate change affecting health featuring a globe and a stethoscope.
    'One health' champion takes helm of new SPHHP center
    9/11/24

    Kelly Baker joins UB as the director of the new Center for Climate Change and Health Equity.

  • Melinda Haas.
    Haas chosen for '40 Under 40'
    9/11/24

    The Nursing adminstrator has been named by Buffalo Business First as a professional under 40 who is successful in their profession and involved in their community.

  • Taji Johnson pictured during the home-opener game on Aug. 29, 2024.
    MAC honors Bulls wide receiver
    9/11/24

    Taji Johnson earned the conference's student-athlete award for demonstrating tremendous impact and excellence in inclusion efforts.

  • Daniel Jackson Smith.
    Nursing researcher to attend White House Extreme Heat Summit
    9/12/24

    Daniel Jackson Smith is the first nursing faculty member to be invited to attend a White House Summit.

  • Language of Magic exhibit.
    ‘Language of Magic’ exhibit opens in Poetry Collection
    9/13/24

    The new exhibit explores how the poets, artists and activists of the San Francisco Renaissance engaged with occult influences to create queer identity.

  • Aerial view of UB North Campus featuring Lake LaSalle, the Center for the Arts and the Student Union.
    UB’s historic building boom
    9/12/24

    Construction on the campuses will total $1.64 billion over the next decade.

  • Leonard E. Egede deliverd the featured speech at the 2024 Lawrence and Nancy Golden Memorial Lectureship on Mind-Body Medicine.
    Treating depression in primary care
    9/12/24

    Leonard E. Egede, the new Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of medicine at the Jacobs School, spoke on the topic as last month's Golden lecturer.

  • Woman stands at the head of a table; four individuals sit around the table.
    Training WNY’s new sustainability workforce
    9/13/24

    The inaugural class goes through the Community Climate Leadership program offered through a partnership between UB and PUSH Buffalo.

  • Elad Levy.
    Levy awarded Dacey Medal
    9/13/24

    The award recognizes neurosurgeons who have made novel and outstanding contributions to the basic, translational and/or clinical understanding of cerebrovascular disease.

  • Siwei Lyu in front of computer screens.
    UB’s DeepFake-o-Meter democratizes deepfake detection
    9/16/24

    The free tool gives everyone from journalists to social media users the resources to combat misleading information.

  • Anthony Martinez.
    Martinez honored for working to eliminate hepatitis globally
    9/16/24

    The UB faculty member is one of eight people worldwide being recognized by the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination.

  • The “Bauhaus and National Socialism” exhibition in the Bauhaus-Museum Weimar, © büroberlin Architecture and Exhibition Design.
    Otto co-curates exhibition on Bauhaus, Nazis
    9/17/24

    The UB art history professor reflects on the exhibition in Germany that attracted over 80,000 visitors and plenty of news coverage across Europe.

  • Woman examines a pair of headphones she's taken out of a packing box.
    The power of marketing from the inside out
    9/16/24

    A new School of Management study finds the visual depiction of products influences consumer perception.

  • A person lifting a bike over their head with Niagara Falls in the background.
    Student’s Empire State Ride honors retired professor
    9/19/24

    Dental student Emily Genovesi was inspired to take part in the cycling fundraiser by David Brown, who is battling cancer.

  • Multicolored figures of people with speech bubbles above their heads, text reads, "Campus Community Conversations, Bringing the UB community together in learning and conversation.".
    New conversation series tackles current issues
    9/18/24

    “Campus Community Conversations” opens on Sept. 25 with a discussion of the parameters of First Amendment free speech protections.

  • Several people pose together near a fan array for a wind tunnel.
    Kennedy announces $475,000 grant for wind tunnel research
    9/16/24

    UB will train future engineers and scientists while helping make communities more resilient to hurricanes, tornadoes and extreme wind events.

  • Daniel Woo.
    Jacobs School names Woo chair of neurology
    9/17/24

    The new Irvin and Rosemary Smith Endowed Chair is an internationally recognized leader in stroke research.

  • Daniel Smith.
    Meet Daniel Smith
    9/18/24

    The new nursing professor focuses his work on the effects of climate change on the health outcomes of marginalized populations.

  • Christy Rupp, Boom or Bust, recreated 2024. Collage.
    Exhibit of work by eco-artist Christy Rupp to open in UB Anderson Gallery
    9/20/24

    “Runoff” examines the intersection of waste, environment and human impact.

  • Mother lies in bed next to a child wearing an oxygen mask.
    Mental health challenges of kids with cystic fibrosis
    9/19/24

    A UB team has been key in identifying and addressing how a patient’s mental health affects disease progression and outcomes.

  • Exterior view of the Haupman-Woodward Insititue.
    UB Council approves name for HWI building
    9/17/24

    The University at Buffalo Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, or UB-HWI for short, will advance medical science research and education.

  • Groundbreaking ceremony for Agrusa Hall.
    UB breaks ground on Russell L. Agrusa Hall
    9/17/24

    The new building will support students and programs in the rapidly growing School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

  • A dance performance takes place in the Center for the Arts atrium that is lit in autumnal colors and motifs.
    UBCFA celebrates 30 years of the arts
    9/18/24

    While some big names in entertainment have appeared at the CFA, many memorable performances have showcased UB students and faculty.

  • View of the stage at a jam-packed concert venue.
    Drive to feel socially embedded as critical as need to belong
    9/20/24

    Social embeddedness provides a new understanding of human behavior that can also inform and support other research in psychology.

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae.
    What turns bacteria into drug-resistant killer?
    9/23/24

    UB research has identified the genetic elements responsible for turning classical Klebsiella pneumoniae into a hypervirulent version.

  • Cartoon featuring a snowman picking through the carrots in the produce section of a market with a manager looking on. The title of the cartoon: Frosty gets caught picking his nose.
    Humor may help engagement with colorectal cancer information
    9/24/24

    UB researchers were surprised by their findings, which provide new information on health information avoidance.

  • A teacher and students seated on the floor, each with a tablet.
    UB awarded $10M grant for center on early literacy, responsible AI
    9/19/24

    The grant further strengthens UB’s national leadership in artificial intelligence research. 

  • PCORI logo.
    PCORI workshops set
    9/20/24

    A series of workshops aims to help UB researchers navigate the uniquely complicated process of securing research funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

  • Two people seated at a table with a tablecloth reading, "Register," with students gathered in front of it.
    Election expert urges students to vote
    9/23/24

    During a visit to UB, alumna Christy McCormick helped with a voter-registration drive, lectured in a class and took part in a panel on election integrity.

  • Africa Hands pictured in the Silverman Library.
    Protecting the right to read
    9/23/24

    As Banned Books Week begins, UB faculty member Africa Hands offers her perspective on the rising trend of book bans and censorship.

  • Outside of a UB polling place.
    Preserving democracy
    9/25/24

    UB philosophers argue for a minimal standard of democratic competence.

  • Members of the LGBTQ Faculty Staff Association pose together on the Pride Path.
    LGBTQ FSA celebrates 10 years
    9/25/24

    The group will mark a decade of advocacy and support for UB's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer faculty and staff at a special luncheon on Oct. 2.

  • Melissa Harris Perry.
    Social Work to host 90th Anniversary Lecture and Celebration
    9/24/24

    Award-winning writer and media host Melissa Harris-Perry will speak on the complexity of equity in social work scholarship and practice.

  • Aerial view of North Campus.
    UB continues to rank among the top public universities
    9/24/24

    The university is No. 36 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report's latest rankings of the top universities in the nation.

  • Luis Colon in the lab.
    Colón named standout Latino for 2024 by NBC News
    9/25/24

    The UB chemistry professor is on the network’s list of 10 Americans whose Hispanic heritage is intrinsically tied to their work.

  • A researcher in Hao Zeng's lab works on semiconductor research.
    Grant supports work on energy-efficient microelectronics
    9/26/24

    As AI stresses the electricity grid, UB scientists are working on new transistors based on 2D semiconductors and magnetoelectric materials.

  • Yotam Ophir.
    Science News recognizes UB communication researcher
    9/26/24

    The publication has selected Yotam Ophir as one of its 10 “scientists to watch.”

  • A young man vapes and looks at his phone while in a cafe.
    Nursing researcher to study e-cigarette cessation
    9/27/24

    Eunhee Park will use a National Cancer Institute grant to evaluate use of a smartphone app in helping adolescents quit e-cigarettes.

  • People posing together following a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the the FOXG1 Research Center.
    ‘Hope and love’ key to UB research center
    9/26/24

    Hope and love aren’t often mentioned in the same breath as scientific research, but they’re the foundation of UB’s FOXG1 Research Center.

  • Man looking at computer monitor.
    Unlocking AI’s full potential
    9/27/24

    A new UB study shows AI investment, plus a connected, skilled workforce, is a winning combination.

  • 3 scientists wearing masks examine a small vial.
    UB CAT supports nine faculty-industry life sciences projects
    9/27/24

    Projects focus on cancer therapies, robotic clot-removal catheters and mRNA vaccines, among other technologies

  • Siwei Lyu.
    Lyu calls for regulations for generative AI
    9/30/24

    In testimony before New York State lawmakers, the UB AI expert cited the harmful effects of deepfakes and other false content.

  • Elad Levy holding 3-D printed model of a patient’s anatomy and vascular structures.
    Study assesses safety of brain-computer interface
    9/30/24

    The Congress of Neurological Surgeons is awarding UB neurosurgeon Elad Levy the Duke Samson Award for his abstract on the COMMAND trial.

  • "Hidden Gems" logomark.
    National group names UB’s PPE program a ‘Hidden Gem’
    9/30/24

    The American Council of Trustees and Alumni's Hidden Gems initiative highlights high-quality, liberal arts programs.

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