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  • Ursus spelaeus Sergiodlarosa, cave bear.
    Evolutionary adaptation helped cave bears hibernate, but also may have caused their extinction
    4/1/20

    A study published in Science Advances on April 1 reveals a new hypothesis that may explain why European cave bears went extinct during past climate change periods.

  • Concept of genetic interconnection, DNA molecules.
    Modern humans, Neanderthals share a tangled genetic history, study affirms
    4/1/20

    New research adds to growing evidence that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals at multiple times in history.

  • Kemper Lewis in Davis Hall.
    Kemper Lewis named dean of UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    4/1/20

    A UB faculty member since 1996, Lewis has steadily risen through the ranks of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

  • Image of the novel coronavirus.
    Speeding up COVID-19 testing in Erie County
    4/2/20

    Jacobs School faculty members arranged for transfer of equipment from university to Kaleida Health.

  • Gene Morse in the lab.
    UB is collaborating with Roswell Park on international clinical trial for COVID-19
    4/2/20

    UB and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched a collaborative clinical trial that will make a new treatment option available to local patients diagnosed with COVID-19. 

  • Photo of UB students loading a vehicle with meals.
    Amid the pandemic, UB students find a new way to help
    4/3/20

    Jacobs School students have teamed up with Buffalo Public Schools to deliver meals to at-risk families twice a week.

  • headshot of Mark Hicar.
    Why does COVID-19 kill some adults but barely affect children? UB study aims to find out
    4/6/20

    A new clinical study on COVID-19 is investigating why the novel coronavirus is so potentially devastating for adults but barely causes a reaction in most children.

  • Graphic on blue background with interlocking UB logo and the phrase "COVID-19 UPDATE".
    Jacobs School statement on early graduation of medical students
    4/6/20

    Governor’s Executive Order enables members of our Class of 2020 to volunteer to participate as new members of the WNY health care workforce.

  • Interlocking UB logo with the university seal in the background.
    UB partner KSL Biomedical is advancing COVID-19 diagnostics
    4/7/20

    The Western New York-based biotech firm is looking to raise funds and accelerate deployment of these vital innovations.

  • Batches of viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing.
    When bottlenecks showed up in COVID-19 testing in Buffalo, UB researchers and colleagues quickly stepped up to help
    4/7/20

    It’s a national issue: not enough tests or testing materials for COVID-19. To most of us, it’s another thing that feels awful, but out of our control during this unprecedented global pandemic. To members of the research community, it’s a call to action.

  • Children sitting in a classroom.
    Schools prioritize creating better test-takers over better people
    4/8/20

    Personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to an increased focus on standardized test scores in schools across the nation, according to new Âé¶¹´«Ã½o-led research. 

  • Interlocking UB logo on blue background.
    UB statement on fraternity investigation
    4/8/20

    UB will conduct its own review of the circumstances, pursuant to the university’s Student Code of Conduct, that may have contributed to the tragic death of our student Sebastian Serafin-Bazan one year ago.

  • Zoom image: Digitalis lanata, grown in a greenhouse. This species of foxglove plant makes digoxin, a chemical that is used sparingly to treat heart failure. Credit: Zhen Wang
    Foxglove plants produce heart medicine. Can science do it better?
    4/13/20

    Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist’s quest to understand how foxgloves make medicinal compounds.

  • Concept of self-worth based on financial success: a lone man in a paper money boat on an ocean of dollar bills.
    Study: Money can’t buy love – or friendship
    4/9/20

    Basing self-worth on financial success creates pressures that hurt important social connections, according to UB researchers.

  • Doctors with protective suits in hospital with patient.
    UB experts are developing models to help local providers prepare for COVID-19 surge
    4/9/20

    Last month, the Erie County Department of Health and local hospital systems reached out to the Âé¶¹´«Ã½o’s Institute for Healthcare Informatics (IHI) in an effort to better understand how the pandemic could unfold in Western New York.

  • Portrait of Pauline Mendola.
    New epidemiology chair has UB roots
    4/9/20

    Pauline Mendola holds three degrees from UB and started her career here. In the fall, she'll return as chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health.

  • Screen shots of the Color Buffalo map, including monochrome colorable maps showing region-wide, city-wide and city neighborhood views of Buffalo, New York.
    Staying home? Make a customized coloring book of Buffalo neighborhoods
    4/10/20

    A UB geographer created the ‘Color Buffalo’ mapping tool to help people relax and connect with their city.

  • UB logo.
    Startups, empowered by UB programs and students, doing their part in coronavirus crisis
    4/10/20

    Startups Innosek and Tresca Design are working to deliver personal protective equipment in the fight against COVID-19.

  • Photo of the SUNY Distinguished Professor medal.
    Five UB faculty members named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    4/13/20

    M. Laura Feltri, Jo Freudenheim, Amit Goyal, Elad Levy and Stephen Tiffany received the highest faculty rank in SUNY.

  • World map with location markers.
    Asian universities close gap on U.S. schools in world rankings
    4/14/20

    The rise is fueled by increased government funding and a focus on STEM, according to new Âé¶¹´«Ã½o-led research.

  • A row of houses in Buffalo's University Heights neighborhood.
    New model can improve energy demand predictions in New York, other states
    4/15/20

    The model could help utility companies deliver steadier prices and more reliable service, which are important given the country’s aging energy systems.

  • Photo of a pill bottle containing marijuana.
    Study: Cannabis users overestimate cannabinoids
    4/15/20

    Hash Bash participants demonstrate surprisingly low level of knowledge about THC and CBD content and effective dosages, highlighting the need for additional public health education and research.

  • Sanjay Sethi, MD, left and Tim Murphy standing in lab.
    To help the sickest patients, UB seeks people who have recovered from COVID-19
    4/15/20

    Within just a few days of UB and its affiliated teaching hospitals announcing the convalescent serum program, more than 200 community members, many of them health workers, who have recovered from COVID-19, entered the screening process to see if they could participate.

  • Portrait of Erik Seeman.
    UB researcher wins prestigious history prize
    4/15/20

    Erik Seeman’s “Speaking with the Dead in Early America” recognized by the Organization of American Historians for its contribution to cultural history.

  • A system with many narrow tubes connecting jars of water with cylindrical containers sitting atop a large rectangular tank.
    Study describes cocktail of pharmaceuticals in waters in Bangladesh
    4/20/20

    Antifungals, antibiotics and other drugs were found in water in urban and rural areas, raising concerns about the spread of antifungal and antimicrobial resistance.

  • Overweight teen standing on floor scale, viewed from above.
    UB faculty experts review teen obesity treatments in JAMA Pediatrics
    4/17/20

    Multidisciplinary approaches are needed to address the serious and growing public health problem of teen obesity. 

  • Photo of someone reading a book.
    Study: From watching reruns to relationships, there are many ways of feeling connected
    4/17/20

    Don’t worry about how you’re doing it, just keep filling your social fuel tank, UB researchers say.

  • The babe in the womb, sketch and drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (1511). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_babe_in_the_womb;_Leonardo_da_Vinci_(1511).JPG.
    Human pregnancy is weird. A new study adds to the mystery
    4/21/20

    Research provides insight into the evolution of the progesterone receptor gene — and raises more questions.

  • Photo of UB's Solar Strand at sunset.
    Media Advisory: UB aims to be carbon neutral by 2030
    4/22/20

    With updated Climate Action Plan called UB’s 10 in 10, UB puts forth a roadmap of strategies that will guide the university’s climate mitigation efforts over the next decade.

  • Photo of a rainbow trout with iridescent scales swimming above rocks. Credit to Nick Jones / Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
    Climate change’s toll on freshwater fish: A new database for science
    4/22/20

    A searchable directory of peer-reviewed journal articles on fish and climate change could aid in conservation and fisheries management.

  • UB logo.
    Ventilator scare prompts UB team to develop low-cost solution
    4/22/20

    Researchers are working to automate manual resuscitators; could aid sickest COVID-19 patients, developing countries.

  • UB logo with interlocking U and B in white on top of a blue university seal.
    Seven UB students win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    4/23/20

    The fellowships — which provide students freedom and funding — are one of the most competitive for graduate students in the U.S.

  • A scientist using a pipette to load reagents into a multi-well container.
    ZeptoMetrix leverages UB facilities to develop quality control products for infectious disease testing — including for COVID-19
    4/27/20

    The company is developing tools for the infectious disease diagnostics market with support from UB’s Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics.

  • Photo of a basket of fresh vegetables.
    New toolkit offers mobile produce markets a roadmap for success
    4/24/20

    Template was developed by UB, UNC Chapel Hill researchers using evidence-based strategies from Veggie Van model.

  • A map of a section of Buffalo showing food icons representing many food resources.
    This map shows where people can access food in Buffalo during COVID-19
    4/27/20

    As coronavirus threatens food security, UB Food Lab researchers are working with community partners to respond.

  • Head and shoulders shot of Talal in lab.
    Methadone dosing could be far more precise: UB study shows how
    4/28/20

    A new study on how methadone is metabolized reveals how more individualized prescribing could better serve patients.

  • two hands hold a smartphone.
    New UB app could help with COVID-19 contact tracing
    4/29/20

    PocketCare+ aims to track not only where and when the disease spreads, but also how it spreads.

  • A patient is brought to a hospital.
    UB data show COVID-19 hospitalizations in Erie County have reached an extended plateau
    4/30/20

    The UB COVID Analytics Team draws conclusions, which they provide weekly to the Erie County Department of Health (DOH) and local hospital systems’ medical leadership, from hospitalization data that they analyze every day.

     

  • Artist's rendering of the ICESat-2 satellite beaming lasers from above the Earth. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
    Study: Mapping 16 years of ice sheet loss
    4/30/20

    UB climate scientist Beata Csatho contributed to a study that used NASA space laser missions to measure ice loss from Greenland, Antarctica.

  • Icon for UN Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action.
    UB No. 1 in climate action: THE Impact Rankings
    4/30/20

    The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings place UB No. 1 among U.S. universities in SDG 13, which addresses taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

  • Person in lab holding tray.
    UB pharmacy researchers awarded more than $10 million
    4/30/20

    The studies will examine drug toxicity and cognitive disorders in HIV patients, urgent therapies to superbugs, the disease of obesity and COPD treatments.

  • UB logo.
    Media Advisory: UB medical students to graduate today in virtual ceremony
    5/1/20

    One hundred and forty-seven new physicians will graduate today from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB in a virtual ceremony.

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