• Sharing health information with her Afghan community
    2/3/25

    A strong responsibility to keep her community informed led UB medical student Parveen Attai to organize a presentation on women's health.

  • Teaching Black history through children’s literature
    2/4/25

    The new course takes an innovative approach to introduce the topic to pre-service and in-service teachers.

  • Protecting campus trees
    2/7/25

    A project is underway to prune hundreds of trees on campus in an effort to protect and enhance their health and longevity.

  • UB anthropologist's new book explores ‘sideways migration’
    2/4/25

    Deborah Reed-Danahay examines a population shift in which people move from one socially and economically well-off country to a similar one.

  • Improving maternal health outcomes in Western New York
    2/4/25

    UB's Mickey Sperlich and the Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network will use an NIH award to address the effects of trauma during pregnancy.

  • When class meets in the Everglades
    2/5/25

    UB photographer Meredith Forrest Kulwicki joined a class on a recent trip to the Everglades to document what was for many students a memorable and "otherworldly" trip.

  • Meet Renee Cadzow
    2/5/25

    The biological anthropologist shares how she became interested in a career in research and discusses her collaboration with community health workers.

  • BioSCape shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
    2/6/25

    New studies co-led by UB show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and fieldwork.

  • Building trust in artificial intelligence
    2/6/25

    UB study finds framing can boost employee confidence, but one big error can destroy it.

  • Inspiring curiosity
    2/6/25

    Students from the Health Sciences Charter School explored careers in medicine and research during a recent visit to UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center.

  • Vision issues in patients on GLP-1 drugs concerning physicians
    2/7/25

    A small percentage have had vision problems, but a direct causal link with the drugs has not been established. 

  • UB, MSU invite peers to Remembrance Conference
    2/10/25

    In memory of mass shootings in Buffalo and East Lansing, the medical schools are honoring lives lost by addressing this public health crisis.

  • Meet Nathaniel Woodard
    2/10/25

    The new UB faculty member returns to his hometown to promote health equity, often in the context of cancer-related outcomes.

  • The mysteries of lucid and vivid dreaming
    2/11/25

    UB sleep expert Carleara Weiss talks about the popular, but under-researched phenomena and how they might improve our health.

  • Why designing for all species matters
    2/12/25

    In the new Driven to Discover podcast, architect Joyce Hwang discusses her work incorporating habitats for animals into human spaces and why that’s mutually beneficial.

  • Hubbard named acting board chair of NACUBO
    2/11/25

    UB's VP for finance and administration will will continue to serve as board vice chair and will begin her own term as chair this coming August.

  • AI subscription models reshape retail landscape
    2/12/25

    Retailers are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence and subscription-based models to enhance customer loyalty and drive growth.

  • Article on queer pastorals among first in new journal
    2/13/25

    UB professor Cody Mejeur asks readers to rethink and re-examine their relationships with nature and the living beings they share the world with.

  • Collaboration enhances hands-on learning
    2/13/25

    UB PT students worked with medical students recently to help teach musculoskeletal exam technique as part of interprofessional collaboration.

  • ‘Disruptive impact’ on UB research from NIH cap
    2/12/25

    Cutting indirect cost reimbursement for NIH grants will have a significant impact on UB’s ability to carry out lifesaving medical research, UB officials say.

  • Giving kids a smile
    2/14/25

    More than 100 children received free dental care and education during the School of Dental Medicine’s annual Give Kids a Smile event.

  • Copeland charms UB audience
    2/14/25

    The first Black woman to become principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre told those attending the MLK Commemoration event that it all started with Mariah Carey.

  • Frequent cannabis use can lead to cavities, severe tooth loss
    2/17/25

    UB dental school professor Ellyce Clonan's research was published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

  • Air pollution exposure late in pregnancy increases NICU admission risk
    2/18/25

    A new UB study offers insight into air pollution’s effects during this vulnerable time.

  • Li named Cottrell Scholar
    2/17/25

    The UB chemist was recognized by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement for developing a lightning-inspired green ammonia reactor.

  • Green named to statewide advisory council
    2/18/25

    Social work professor will serve on committee that guides New York's Trauma-Informed Network and Resource Center.

  • The need for more age-inclusive, higher-ed practices
    2/19/25

    A  book by UB scholar Collie Fulford on the writing lives of adult learners offers a look into the value they bring to an age-integrated classroom.

  • Ansell to deliver Beyond the Knife lecture
    2/19/25

    The Chicago physician will discuss “Diversity and Equity in an Age of Denial” at the fifth annual event dedicated to promoting health equity in WNY.

  • 30 years later, Buffalo Chips still singing
    2/20/25

    UB’s lower voices a cappella group has become one of the more recognizable — and beloved — traditions at the university.

  • Gonzalez accepted to SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute
    2/20/25

    The program aims to identify, foster and support Hispanic/Latinx leaders for a diverse university system and nation.

  • Talal to receive award from Clinical Research Forum
    2/21/25

    The award recognizes UB work that leveraged facilitated telemedicine to cure hepatitis C in 90% of people with opioid use disorder.

  • Hello, Hollywood!
    2/20/25

    UB computer scientist and deepfake detective Siwei Lyu provides technical expertise for a new Viola Davis flick.

  • Renewed U.S.-Russia relationship might have deeper consequences
    2/21/25

    UB political scientist Jacob Kathman says both leaders might have ulterior motives in trying to work together on Ukraine.

  • State funding will help UB transition to clean energy sources
    2/21/25

    UB will install a thermal energy network with its $12 million share of funding from the Environmental Bond Act.

  • Giving the Gift of Life
    2/24/25

    UB junior Alissa Bowers works to raise awareness about bone marrow and stem cell registries, while encouraging the UB community to help make more of these treatments happen.

  • UB researchers find mindfulness benefits for COPD patients
    2/25/25

    A recent study found that participants who practice mindfulness reported significantly less severe symptoms of anxiety, breathlessness, fatigue and insomnia.

  • Will Lake Erie completely freeze over?
    2/21/25

    Joe Atkinson, director of UB's Great Lakes Program, says it's definitely a possibility, with ice cover well above average since mid-January.

  • UB enters multinational partnership for cannabinoid R&D
    2/24/25

    Scientists will work with DENT Neurologic Institute and a Jamaican pharma company to advance global clinical research.

  • Growing global perspectives for first-year students
    2/25/25

    The U.K. joins Costa Rica as sites for UB"s First-Year Global Experience program, offering more opportunities for students to study abroad.

  • A novel framework for developing environmental policy
    2/26/25

    UB sociologist Jordan Fox is part of a team that has developed a more flexible approach for addressing environmental change in urban areas.

  • Transitions of care paper wins national award
    2/26/25

    The UB study shows pharmacist-physician collaborations reduce hospital readmissions and save money.

  • Meet Manoj Mate
    2/28/25

    The new UB faculty member looks at the role courts play in responding to and addressing democratic crises and threats to democracy.

  • Racial disparities identified in NY’s felony murder law
    2/27/25

    Black people are not only disproportionately arrested for felony murder, they are  disproportionately convicted, scholars say.

  • Building community through dance
    2/27/25

    A weekly Cuban dance class provides an opportunity to connect and enhance UB’s relationships with WNY and its own diverse students, faculty and staff. 

  • UB undergrads addressing real-world problems
    2/27/25

    SUNY is funding a program in which students work on faculty-led research while interacting with peers and graduate students.

  • UB showcases its community-based research
    2/28/25

    Recipients of grants from UB’s Civic Engagement Research Fund discussed their work at a reception stressing the value of community-engaged research.

  • UB Humanities Conference to focus on Black studies
    2/28/25

    The conference will examine how Black studies contributes novel, practical approaches for thinking about and managing global problems.