• Marking 40 years of inclusive design
    12/2/24

    UB's IDEA Center is celebrating its achievements while embarking upon a transition in leadership.

  • NSF grant to support UB crystallography research at premier X-ray synchrotron
    12/3/24

    Chemist Jason Benedict is co-PI on the ChemMatCARS’ beamline at the Advanced Photon Source.

  • UB Nursing joins with Roswell for oncology training program
    12/2/24

    A $2 million National Cancer Institute grant supports the program to provide specialized training for nurses with advanced degrees.

  • Forum explores AI in the classroom
    12/2/24

    UB faculty and staff heard about the latest developments in artificial intelligence at the university during a recent “AI at UB Forum.” 

  • Weeping willows add to beauty of Lake LaSalle
    12/3/24

    The 32 trees planted around the lake are replacements for some willows that have been lost in recent the years.

  • Searching for primordial black holes
    12/5/24

    A theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels.

  • Winter weather reminders
    12/4/24

    With wintry weather back in the forecast, UBNow offers some reminders to the campus community should weather conditions turn severe.

  • Preparing students to work with veterans
    12/4/24

    Joining Forces-UB trains students who want to make a positive impact on veterans and their families while also conducting research related to the issues they face.

  • Mentoring program offers support for students of color
    12/5/24

    Envision matches professionals in the community who can offer their experience, insight and support with undergraduate public health students.

  • UB proposes new AI department
    12/4/24

    The department would offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs focused on AI and its impact on society.

  • Service, community and connection
    12/5/24

    UB Daniel Acker Scholars and students from the Proud to be First program learned about social justice and service during a recent visit to Buffalo's Pilgrim St. Luke’s Church.

  • UB oral surgeon performs life-changing procedure on newborn
    12/9/24

    The procedure led by Michael Markiewicz has enabled an Israeli baby to breathe and eat on her own.

  • Bulls headed to the Bahamas Bowl
    12/5/24

    UB will face Liberty on Jan. 4 in Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau.

  • Gender Institute funds faculty research
    12/6/24

    Projects range from the gender dynamics in an Indigenous South Pacific community to the prevalence of intersex traits among infants.

  • Kruger honored with National Academies of Practice fellowship
    12/6/24

    The public health researcher was recognized for her leadership in interprofessional care. 

  • Studying impact of extreme heat on human health
    12/9/24

    With a new NIH grant, nursing researcher Daniel Smith plans to look at the impact of heat waves on kidney disease.

  • New book sheds light on partner violence
    12/10/24

    Social Work researcher Nadine Shaanta Murshid's “Intimacies of Violence” focuses on middle-class women in Bangladeshi migrant communities.

  • Using AI to analyze social determinants of health
    12/10/24

    UB researcher Marianthi Markatou has received PCORI funding for a project that could impact multiple medical conditions, including opioid use disorder.

  • Zeng elected fellow of American Physical Society
    12/10/24

    The UB physics professor’s nanomaterials work has applications in quantum information, renewable energy, biomedicine and more.

  • Pain drives rising disability rates among older adults
    12/12/24

    A UB study found that from 2002-18, the number of Americans attributing their disability to chronic pain increased by nearly 10 million people.

  • UB among Top 25 in U.S. for social and environmental impact
    12/11/24

    UB comes in at No. 21 in the U.S. and 137th globally in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.

  • UB team visits community health partners in Africa
    12/11/24

    The trip addressed two public health challenges devastating that part of the continent: HIV and tuberculosis. 

  • Blog grabs attention while honing students' skills
    12/11/24

    Posts on the UB Law Sports & Entertainment Forum have gained notice while helping students' improve their research and writing.

  • BEOC shares state job-training grant
    12/12/24

    UB's Educational Opportunity Center will receive nearly $2 million to expand a pre-apprenticeship program for construction trades.

  • UB expert on FDA panel on AI-enabled medical devices
    12/16/24

    Generative AI-enabled devices in medicine should be thought of not necessarily as tools but as “partners in care,” bioinformatics chair Peter Elkin says.

  • UB engineer to use AI, simulation for new nanomaterials
    12/13/24

    Kaihang Shi will use a $110,000 award to create microporous polymers to make natural gas processing more energy-efficient.

  • Sports performance center earns AIA award
    12/13/24

    The Buffalo/WNY Chapter of the American Institute of Architects noted in particular the facility's sustainable design.

  • What PRLs mean for MS progression
    12/13/24

    Two UB studies are the first to longitudinally examine the appearance, disappearance or persistence of these lesions in disease progression in MS.

  • UPlan launches in time for annual resource planning
    12/16/24

    The fully integrated, all-funds budgeting, planning and forecasting system is on line in time for this year’s Annual Resource Planning Process.

  • Investigators embrace community feedback model
    12/17/24

    UB researchers find that feedback from Community Engagement Studio sessions can have a major impact on their studies.

  • Cinnamon, spice and ‘everything nice’
    12/17/24

    Epidemiologst Katarzyna Kordas discusses why lead-tainted cinnamon products have turned up on store shelves, and what questions consumers should ask.

  • Helping students find their voice
    12/18/24

    The Oral Communication Lab offers international, multilingual and domestic students a place to practice professional communication skills.

  • Dolac named AP first-team All-American
    12/18/24

    The UB linebacker is the first Bull to be named a first-team All American by the AP, as well as the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

  • UB’s dental implant center named ITI scholarship center
    12/18/24

    UB is the ninth institution in the U.S. and 35th in the world to receive the designation from the International Team for Implantology.

  • 2024: The year of AI at UB
    12/19/24

    UBNow looks back at a year in which UB has been demonstrating its leadership in the burgeoning field that is critical to the future of the state and nation.

  • Transforming neighborhoods to improve health outcomes
    12/19/24

    Henry-Louis Taylor Jr. talks about his mission to reverse historic health inequities in the Driven to Discover podcast.

  • Mental health affects odds of rearrest
    12/19/24

    Individuals who have a mental illness are more likely to be rearrested while on parole than those without a mental illness, a UB study has found.

  • UB ramping up zero waste efforts
    12/20/24

    Plans are already underway to implement new measures that will help UB reach its goal of achieving a 90% waste diversion rate by 2030.

  • Oral Biology hires four experienced faculty members
    12/20/24

    The investigators bring diverse research interests to the department and the School of Dental Medicine.

  • 2024 in photos
    12/20/24

    Take a look back at how UB has continued to grow as a flagship of SUNY through the lenses of University Communications photographers Douglas Levere and Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.