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  • Illustration of eye anatomy and macular degeneration.
    Novel disease mechanisms for AMD emerge from a decade's worth of systems biology research
    5/3/23

    The first genome-wide significant study of the epigenetics of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has yielded a trove of genetic mechanisms and pathways that are responsible for this disease.

  • A researcher does pipetting in a lab.
    UB dental school breaks into top 10 in U.S. dental research, NIDCR says
    5/3/23

    The School of Dental Medicine is now ninth nationwide, an improvement of five spots from the previous year.

  • Left to right: Jane Halfhill; Emma Correia (seated); Alivia Smeltzer-Darling; Grace Van Vessem (seated) and Fiona Pratt-MacDonald. Not pictured: Caleb Walcott. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki.
    Six Âé¶¹´«Ã½o students and alumni awarded Fulbrights
    5/3/23

    Three of the students are from the greater Buffalo area; the others are from New York State, Oregon and Texas.

  • Howard Stevenson portrait.
    Media Advisory: Recovering and healing topic of May 14 remembrance event at UB
    5/4/23

    Howard Stevenson, an expert on resolving racial stress and trauma, will speak at UB on Thursday, May 11.

  • Norton Medal.
    Pulitzer Prize winner Marcus Yam to receive Norton Medal at UB commencement
    5/15/23

    UB alumnus Marcus Yam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, will receive the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, UB’s highest honor.

  • A researcher works inside UB's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory.
    UB to receive $1.6 million to add new tech to precast concrete
    5/5/23

    The award is part of UB joining a Tier 1 University Transportation Center to enhance nation’s transportation infrastructure.

  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo in white.
    UB Police respond to false reports of a person with a gun on campus
    5/7/23

    UB Police investigated the locations of these reports, which originated through social media, and determined they were false and unfounded.

  • Eduardo Mercado III, professor of psychology at UB.
    UB researcher receives Radcliffe Fellowship
    5/8/23

    Eduardo Mercado III's new project will explore how human noise pollution presents a new threat to the survival of humpback whales.

  • Post-operative panoramic X-ray; fixed implant-supported restoration.
    You, your teeth, and Type 2 diabetes
    5/8/23

    The ability to chew properly may improve blood sugar levels in patients with Type 2 diabetes, study suggests.

  • Buffalo Bayou Park, winner of 2019 Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal.
    Bruner Foundation’s $5M gift will support new center at UB
    5/10/23

    The School of Architecture and Planning will establish the Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, building on the body of work by the national Rudy Bruner Award (RBA).

  • Members of a recovery group lend support.
    UB social work researcher introduces a new tool for treating alcohol and drug addiction
    5/10/23

    The Multidimensional Inventory of Recovery Capital (MIRC) is a reliable measure of resources that contribute to an individual’s successful recovery.

  • Concept of medical marijuana featuring a prescription pad, a marijuana plant and a vial of liquid.
    Study: Access to cannabis for cancer patients is not equitable
    5/11/23

    The same factors driving many health care disparities in the U.S. are also affecting who has access to cannabis for managing symptoms related to cancer treatment.

  • Wind turbine.
    UB TCIE awarded $500,000 grant to grow New York’s offshore wind workforce
    5/26/23

    The effort will provide opportunities to displaced workers and those who have been historically underrepresented in STEM. 

  • Zoom image: After leaving UB in 1999 just shy of getting her degree, Esmedelin Sippel re-enrolled in 2022 and will graduate with pride this weekend. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    New UB grad finishes what she started 30 years ago
    5/17/23

    After leaving UB in 1999 just shy of getting her degree, Esmedelin Sippel re-enrolled in 2022 and will graduate with pride this weekend.

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul was flanked by state nursing education leaders, including Annette Wysocki, dean of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½o School of Nursing, as she shows a ceremonial bill she signed to increase nursing education simulation.
    Wysocki joins Hochul as governor signs key nursing simulation bill
    5/16/23

    Nursing students now allowed to complete up to one-third of clinical work in simulation environment. 

  • Master's student Melanie March and PhD student BreAnna Rice, both curators of the Black literary archives exhibit.
    UB exhibit honors the accomplishments of Black authors
    5/17/23

    Students in the graduate seminar “Black Writers and the Archive” have curated the exhibit through their independent research on Black literature and archival studies in the UB Poetry Collection. 

  • Lili Rassouli photo.
    Engineering student chosen for prestigious Department of Energy research program
    5/18/23

    Lili Rassouli is studying ways to convert solar energy into other clean fuels.  

  • UB logo.
    UB CIGBS to host Zimbabwe faculty development program
    5/18/23

    Effort will boost national university network in Zimbabwe.

  • A commencement ceremony with students in gowns celebrating with balloons.
    Media Advisory: UB commencement ceremonies wrap up this weekend
    5/18/23

    Festivities conclude this weekend with two of UB’s largest commencements.

  • Praveen Arany holds a plaque while another person stands next to him.
    Praveen Arany receives dental laser research award
    5/19/23

    The award recognizes his role in clinical translational research efforts in lasers in dentistry.

  • Map of New York State with the eight counties of Western New York highlighted and encircled by an Alzheimers awareness ribbon.
    UB’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center expands outreach to patients, caregivers and providers
    5/22/23

    UB's Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center is significantly expanding its geographic outreach to patients, families, caregivers and medical providers. 

  • Gloved hands washing someone's foot in foot bath.
    Media Advisory: Fruit Belt residents will get free foot care and health screenings at MOOT senior center
    5/23/23

    Residents of the Fruit Belt and surrounding neighborhoods can get expert care for their feet and critical health screenings on Saturday, June 3, at a free clinic at the MOOT Senior Center in Buffalo.

  • Beech tree (Northofagus betaloides) caught in droplets on a spider web in Cabo de Hornos, Chile. Photo: Adam Wilson.
    Climate change to push species over abrupt tipping points
    5/24/23

    Study analyses data from more than 35,000 species of animals, and seagrasses from every continent and ocean basin.

  • Helene Gayle, MD.
    Helene Gayle, MD, president of Spelman College to give Jacobs School’s Harrington Lecture
    5/25/23

    One of Buffalo’s most prominent native daughters, Helene Gayle, MD, an internationally recognized expert on health and humanitarian issues, will give the 2023 Harrington Lecture on June 3.

  • A happy young couple contemplates future happiness.
    Don’t worry, be happy? It’s not that simple, according to UB research
    5/26/23

    New UB research suggest that people’s beliefs about happiness matter in shaping their everyday goal pursuits and well-being. 

  • Joan Mitchell, Ode to Joy (A Poem by Frank O’Hara), 1970-71. Oil on canvas, 110 1/2 x 197 1/4 inches. Collection of Âé¶¹´«Ã½o Art Galleries. © Estate of Joan Mitchell.
    First show by new UB Art Galleries’ curator focuses on collaboration, artistic influence
    5/31/23

    The items on exhibit are drawn from the collections of the UB Art Galleries and the UB Poetry Collection.

  • The Foolers with headshots.
    Penn and Teller Present: The Foolers at the UB Center For The Arts
    5/31/23

    The act brings four of the world's best illusionists – Alex Ramon, Jessica Jane Peterson, Matt Donnelly and Vinny Grosso – together on-stage.

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