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  • Zoom image: Yuna flashes a big smile as she plays with her father, Jae Lee, and mother, Soo-Kyung Lee (right). Soo-Kyung and Jae are biology researchers at the 麻豆传媒o. Credit: Douglas Levere / 麻豆传媒o
    For two UB scientists, love means studying their daughter鈥檚 rare disease
    5/4/20

    Biologist Soo-Kyung Lee had researched a gene crucial to brain development. Then, her baby, Yuna, was born with a mutation in that gene.

  • Senior man walking with support of bars with a physical therapist.
    Paper looks at PT's role in ICU patient recovery
    5/1/20

    Researchers offer an evidence-based summary of post-intensive care syndrome as it relates to the care of people who survive critical illness requiring ICU care and are now back home and are recovering.

  • Plague doctor walks along a road near a body of water.
    UB lecturer updating translation of 鈥淭he Plague鈥 for major publishing house
    5/1/20

    The finished work will be the first translation of the French classic for an American audience in more than 70 years.

  • B&W Heat Treating Shop Foreman Fred Myers, far left, explains a matter to the company’s president, Kevin Calvello. At center is Matt Ryan.
    Small businesses advance quality management with UB TCIE guidance
    5/4/20

    The business arm of UB's engineerng school helps small companies grow their business.

  • Judge gavel lies on background of money.
    Providing child support after prison: Some state policies may miss the mark
    5/4/20

    States that limit access to online criminal record databases may reduce the costs of incarceration for fathers, but at the same time, they may be creating opportunities for a different kind of discrimination if employers, in the absence of information, default to racial stereotypes.

  • 15 N95-like respirators.
    UB-led team developing 3D-printed, reusable N95-like respirators
    5/5/20

    Prototype submitted for emergency FDA approval; could help ease shortage of life-saving PPE.

  • When ventilators aren鈥檛 enough
    5/4/20

    A UB professor is a co-author on the international COVID-19 guidelines for patients who will need to go on life support machines during their course of treatment.

     

  • Detail photo of the Chancellor Charles P. Norton medal.
    Mary Wilson to receive UB鈥檚 Norton Medal
    5/5/20

    Wilson is receiving UB's highest honor for her enduring and unprecedented impact on Buffalo and all of Western New York, which will be felt for many generations to come.

  • UB investigators uncover cellular mechanism involved in Krabbe disease
    5/5/20

    Newly published research could lead to improved treatments, better outcomes for patients with the progressive, fatal neurological disease.

  • A screenshot showing friends, family and mentors toasting new UB PhD Luisa Angeles.
    Congratulations, Dr. Angeles! What it鈥檚 like to defend a PhD thesis on Zoom
    5/7/20

    Luisa Angeles shares her experience as the first UB chemistry student to do a virtual defense as a result of the pandemic.

  • Human cells in a mouse embryo.
    Scientists generate millions of mature human cells, far more than have ever been produced
    5/13/20

    A UB team has developed a method that dramatically ramps up production of mature human cells in mouse embryos. 

  • A screenshot of students and professors in the carbon reduction class, which met online for the second part of the semester.
    Carbon emissions fell due to COVID-19. How can we keep them down?
    5/11/20

    A UB class helps companies and organizations cut carbon footprints — with an eye toward post-pandemic life.

  • Graphic of coronavirus.
    UB to host COVID-19 chat series for kids
    5/8/20

    UB will call on faculty, staff and students to answer kids’ most pressing questions about the COVID-19 pandemic through a live, virtual chat series.

  • Graphic of the event poster for the Department of Media Study livestream student show.
    UB Media Study department will present its annual student show online
    5/11/20

    This year’s appropriately themed “Distant Connections” will be presented as a livestream on Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m.

  • 麻豆传媒o logo.
    Century-old drug repurposed to fight ulcers
    5/11/20

    Suramin, a 100-year old drug used to treat sleeping sickness, has been repurposed to fight oral mucositis and diabetic foot ulcers.

  • Portrait of Nicholas Fusco.
    Pharmacy faculty member receives 2020 AACP teaching award
    5/12/20

    Nicholas Fusco, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice, received the 2020 Emerging Teaching Scholar Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

  • Detail photo of a mortarboard with tassle.
    Media Advisory: UB commencements have gone virtual, but there鈥檚 still plenty of ways to celebrate
    5/12/20

    Virtual celebrations include motarboard decorating contest and a virtual toast set for 2 p.m. May 13.

  • Peter Rogerson at UB.
    UB鈥檚 Peter Rogerson elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    5/13/20

    Rogerson — an expert in geography and biostatistics — has been a member of UB’s faculty since 1986.

  • Detail shot of the novel coronavirus.
    Loss of taste or smell strongly predicts which health care workers will test positive for COVID-19
    5/13/20

    Study could lead to new protocols for determining who will be tested and how best to use testing resources.

  • Photo of UB faculty physician Brian Monaco supervising in a local hospital.
    UB鈥檚 front line physicians face exhausting, rapidly changing work conditions posed by COVID-19
    5/14/20

    More than 500 UB faculty physicians provide care to patients, including those with COVID-19, in UB’s affiliated teaching hospitals throughout Western New York, all while balancing the role of professor.

  • UB graduate Adrian Vega Bautista holding a sign that reads: "National First Generation College Celebration.".
    Three graduating UB students share their stories of triumph as the big day nears
    5/14/20

    A first-generation high school and college graduate, an Afghan interpreter for U.S. soldiers and a cancer survivor who will embark upon a career in nursing hope to inspire others.

  • UB logo.
    On path to Black Belt certification, UB students overcome pandemic to deliver industry projects
    5/18/20

    Students learn to delegate and adapt while earning the highly regarded industry distinction.

  • A photo of smog in Beijing.
    China鈥檚 COVID-19 traffic restrictions helped ward off air pollution-related deaths
    5/18/20

    Ban on traffic mobility significantly reduced vehicle emissions, which may have prevented a higher number of deaths that would have been attributable to air pollution than fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus.

  • Tim Murphy, MD, standing in corridor at CTRC.
    UB鈥檚 Murphy testifies at hearing on COVID-19 and health disparities
    5/19/20

    Tim Murphy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and director of the UB Community Health Equity Research Institute, testified Monday at the state Legislature’s Joint Virtual Public Hearing Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Minority Communities

  • Ferric Contrast scientists in a laboratory.
    UB spinoff Ferric Contrast wins $750,000 in federal R&D funding
    5/20/20

    The company is developing iron-based contrast agents for MRI.

  • UB logo.
    Media Advisory: UB event to focus on health disparities research in Buffalo鈥檚 African American community
    5/20/20
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Community Health Equity Research Institute at the 麻豆传媒o will host a live “Virtual Colloquium to Advance Health Equity Research in Buffalo” from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 21.
  • Photo of a rehearsal for June in Buffalo.
    UB鈥檚 pioneering June in Buffalo music festival goes online for 2020
    5/20/20

    June in Buffalo, UB’s internationally celebrated contemporary music festival, will be presented as a remote event that brings together emerging artists and master composers through Zoom videoconferencing from June 1-7.

  • UB logo.
    UB planning for the fall semester
    5/21/20

    The university anticipates sharing decisions next month regarding the 2020-2021 academic year.

  • Portrait of UB epidemiologist Laura E. Smith.
    Gates Foundation awards funding to UB epidemiologist
    5/21/20

    Laura E. Smith will develop a decision-making tool that can plan more effective health campaigns in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Natalia Crenesse-Cozien, UB medical student, pets neighbor's dog while Aaron Sing Bola, recent Jacobs School grad, watches from across the street. All are wearing masks.
    Wear a mask! Western New Yorkers make a video that sends the critical message
    5/22/20

    An enthusiastic group of Western New Yorkers — including members of the UB community — have created a video for a statewide contest.

  • Tildabeth Doscher, MD, left, with staffmembers of Phoenix House.
    Treating substance use disorder amid the pandemic
    5/26/20

    When Governor Andrew M. Cuomo put out the call in March for health care workers to volunteer in New York City during the height of the pandemic, Tildabeth Doscher, MD, eagerly signed up. 

  • Portrait of Jacobs School Dean Michael E. Cain, MD.
    Jacobs School dean appointed to panel monitoring COVID-19 in region
    5/26/20

    Control rooms are designed to monitor metrics in each region during the reopening process.

  • Tiny purple structures, which look like powder.
    These tiny, self-assembling traps capture PFAS
    5/27/20

    Future research could explore whether the molecular traps can be used to remediate water and improve detection of these toxic chemicals.

  • Photo of the cover art for David Felder's Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux.
    Felder releases three new recordings in 2020
    5/28/20

    It's been a busy year for music composer David Felder, who transitioned June in Buffalo to a virtual format and also released three new recordings.

  • Photo of a person smoking a marijuana cigarette.
    Study: Public health campaigns can do better on cannabis harm reduction
    5/29/20

    Researchers found that frequent cannabis users aren’t as knowledgeable as they should be about harm reduction strategies, which should serve as a wake-up call to public health campaigns.

  • Image shows three covers to the Berry Bunny story, in English, Spanish and Chinese.
    In three languages, Berry Bunny teaches kids about coronavirus
    5/29/20

    How should children learn about COVID-19? Two UB medical students created an adorable, original character named Berry Bunny to explain coronavirus to kids in a clear, colorful and easy-to-understand story.

  • 麻豆传媒o logo, with interlocking U and B letters atop a blue crest or seal.
    UB engineer awarded NASA grant to study COVID-19 air pollution impact
    5/21/20

    Kang Sun has been awarded a $100,000 NASA grant to study air pollution in three regions of the world as it relates to COVID-19.

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