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  • Young female student in computer lab.
    UB Graduate School of Education waives GRE requirement for non-licensure programs
    10/1/20

    The UB Graduate School of Education will not require applicants to submit GRE scores for admission to academic programs that do not require professional licensure for the next two years.

  • Portrait of UB professor Robert Adelman.
    Study: No link between immigration, crime
    10/5/20

    Analysis using two estimates of undocumented immigration suggests that, on average, this population reduced or had no effect on crime in 154 U.S. metropolitan areas.

  • Aaron Epstein (second from right) pictured in Iraq.
    Jacobs School surgery resident wins ACS/Pfizer award for volunteerism
    10/5/20

    Aaron Epstein, MD, a third-year general surgery resident at UB, is the recipient of the 2020 American College of Surgeons/Pfizer Resident Volunteerism Award. 

  • Murali Ramanathan standing beside equipment in lab.
    Study to explore if impaired metabolic pathways lead to MS progression
    10/7/20

    UB researchers have received a $957,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command to explore the progression of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis.

  • bottle of pills.
    Nursing professor recruits WNY patients for study to improve patient safety with opioids
    10/8/20

    The work led to the PRODIGY, a risk prediction tool to identify patients at high risk of opioid-induced respiratory depression.

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    Higher doses of vitamin D slowed progression of frailty in older mice, preclinical study shows
    10/12/20

    A preclinical study has found that frailty can be slowed with what might be considered “over” supplementation with vitamin D, 

  • Rachel Drapeau plays the Sofia video game.
    Explore & More launches 鈥淪ofia Learns About Research鈥 in partnership with UB
    10/15/20

    The video game version of “Sofia," which debuted this week at Buffalo's children's museum, was created by researchers in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) to educate childrens and their parents about clinical research.

  • Press briefing at the CTRC with Henry Lewis Taylor speaking at the podium.
    UB-community partnership is helping blunt the effect of the pandemic on Buffalo鈥檚 most vulnerable citizens
    10/14/20

    A powerful partnership that brought UB faculty and community leaders together to fight health disparities has allowed the community to respond more effectively to the pandemic than many cities across the nation.

  • Thiru Vikram in Davis Hall.
    UB ventures into funding, invests $250,000 in student-founded startup
    10/15/20

    Buffalo Automation’s flagship product, AutoMate, is a predictive boat navigation system that guides large commercial ships.

  • Portrait of UB President Satish K. Tripathi.
    Media Advisory: Tripathi鈥檚 recorded State of the University address available Friday
    10/15/20

    UB president discusses university’s response to the global pandemic, faculty and staff achievements over the past year.

  • Screen shot of UB President Satish K. Tripathi delivering his State of the University address.
    State of UB remains strong, despite COVID, Tripathi says
    10/16/20

    In his ninth annual State of the University address, UB president touches on pandemic's impact, university finances and faculty achievements.

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    Online series provides insights in leveraging data for decision making
    10/20/20

    The three courses produced by UB TCIE with Freed Maxick CPAs focus on how to collect and dissect data analytics to improve the bottom line.

  • A portrait of Joseph Balthasar in a research lab.
    Balthasar named first David and Jane Chu Endowed Chair
    10/19/20

    Joseph P. Balthasar has been named the first David and Jane Chu Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery and Development in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Three student-built rockets stand before Davis Hall.
    UB awarded $8.5 million to improve 鈥榟ybrid鈥 space rockets
    10/20/20

    Researchers will simulate and help design safe, low-cost motors to propel nanosatellites, other vehicles into space.

  • Map showing LaunchPad Startup Weekend locations in California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania.
    UB selected to host 54-hour LaunchPad Startup Weekend
    10/20/20

    The fast-paced event will give students a chance to collaborate virtually, a sought-after skill in today’s world.

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    Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region
    10/20/20

    A study concludes that PCBs, PBDEs and metabolites of DDT threaten the terns throughout their lives, from the moment they hatch.

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    Jacobs School researchers help identify biomarker for concussions in saliva
    10/20/20

    In a landmark study led by Penn State College of Medicine, UBresearchers and peers from other institutions found that a combination of biomarkers in saliva can help objectively and accurately diagnose mild traumatic brain injury.

     

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    UB receives $1 million to establish Sunstar Robert J. Genco Endowed Chair in Oral Biology
    10/26/20

    Sunstar Group has donated $1 million to establish a new endowed fund in honor of longtime professor and prolific researcher Robert Genco.

  • A 3D-printed molecular ferroelectric metamaterial. It kind of looks like a square chunk of Swiss cheese made of gold with precise circles in it.
    UB researchers develop new molecular ferroelectric metamaterials
    10/21/20

    The work could advance smart materials, soundproofing materials, shock absorbers, elastics cloaks and more.

  • Concept of "deprescribing" featuring an elderly patient accompanied by a family member discussing medication with a team of health professionals.
    To improve medication use among older adults, UB鈥檚 Team Alice partners with U.S. Deprescribing Research Network
    10/22/20

    Team Alice, an initiative of the Center for Successful Aging, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Deprescribing Network. 

  • Pills and pill bottles on table.
    34% of older adults in the U.S. are prescribed potentially inappropriate drugs, raising health care costs
    10/22/20

    The prescription of potentially inappropriate medications to older adults is linked to increased hospitalizations, and costs patients, on average, more than $450 per year.

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    UB scores high on reputation in U.S. News鈥 global rankings
    10/23/20

    UB ranks 100th in Regional Research Reputation ranking, which measures academics’ opinions of other universities within their regions.

  • William J. Jusko standing in front of two people working in lab.
    William Jusko recognized for lifetime achievements from AAPS
    10/23/20

    SUNY Distinguished Professor William J. Jusko has received the 2020 Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Qiaoqiang Gan and Haomin Song in the lab. Song is taking notes on a notepad as a solar simulator shines light and heat on a dark material.
    Solar still research gets $1.4 million boost from Army
    10/26/20

    A UB-led team is developing a sun-powered water purifier that could provide drinking water in resource-scarce environments.

  • A large white iceberg towering over glassy water.
    Coastal Greenland reshaped as ice sheet mass loss accelerates
    10/27/20

    The changes could have far-reaching impacts on ecosystems and communities, scientists say.

  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo.
    UB to test on-campus students before Thanksgiving break
    10/27/20

    SUNY is requiring that on-campus students be tested within 10 days of a campus’ closing of in-person instruction for the fall semester.

  • Scientists Randall Rasmusson and Glenna Bett in the lab, surrounded by machines.
    UB spinoff Cytocybernetics receives funding to accelerate COVID-19 drug screening
    10/28/20

    麻豆传媒o spinoff Cytocybernetics is developing a high-tech tool called CyberQ to rapidly assess whether or not investigational COVID-19 drugs have arrhythmogenic properties that can result in sudden cardiac death.

  • A close-up view of the RBD particle vaccine that shows green circles with a gray background.
    Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine
    10/28/20

    Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus.

  • Technician inserting patient into MRI machine.
    UB leads $3.7 million project to improve MRI technology
    10/29/20

    While effective, MRIs still have limitations that UB and research partners hope to solve.

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