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  • Illustration of the concept of brain develpment.
    Faulty genomic pathway linked to schizophrenia
    3/1/17

    UB research could lead to treatments for pregnant mothers at risk for bearing children with the disease.

  • transgender symbol and flag.
    UB committed to transgender community
    3/1/17

    UB officials offer statement following the rollback of federal guidelines on transgender students’ rights.

  • Mark Czarnecki.
    UB Council member Mark Czarnecki dies from cancer
    3/1/17

    Czarnecki joined the UB Council in 2004, and most recently served as vice chair.

  • Concerned teacher with unhappy student.
    Preventing sexual abuse in schools
    3/2/17

    Using a $500,000 grant, researchers will work teachers to improve how sexual abuse is recognized, reported and prevented.

  • Portrait of James Campbell.
    Book on political polarization lauded by ALA
    3/1/17

    The book was written by James Campbell, UB Distinguished Professor of Political Science.

  • Zoom image: Miguel Guitart’s award-winning project consists of three buildings with a total construction of 30,000 square feet. The rectory and the Parish Center, together forming an L-shape, hold the city fabric behind it and frame and accentuate the church itself.
    Arch. faculty receive national awards
    3/2/17

    Projects by Erkin Özay and Miguel Guitart received 2017 Architectural Education awards.

  • close-up of police car lights with a group of police in the background.
    FBI, others at UB for safe schools seminar
    3/3/17

    The program also includes the Secret Service, New York State Police and U.S. Attorney's Office.

  • Stefan Doyno, UB alumnus and producer at ABC's Nightline, delivers his keynote address.
    UB holds Internship Day
    3/3/17

    The keynote speaker was Stefan Doyno, a UB alumnus and producer for ABC's “Nightline."

  • Photograph of various pills.
    Researching opiod addiction treatment
    3/6/17

    SPHHP's Markatou is key player in study assessing methadone pharmacokinetics as function of liver fibrosis.

  • Audience at the 2016 Genome Day.
    Genome Day promotes STEM
    3/2/17

    Hundreds of BPS students will learn about personalized medicine at Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus on Thursday.

  • UB Logo.
    A broader vision of excellence at UB
    3/3/17

    The beginnings of operational excellence lie in 13 business process and systems improvements initiatives.

  • Portrait of Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS and creator of the HIV blood test.
    HIV co-discoverer tours UB
    3/3/17

    The visit by Robert Gallo coincided with UB joining the Global Virus Network, a prestigious international research community.

  • professor being interviewed while sitting in chair.
    Management video series a hit
    3/3/17

    The videos, featuring faculty discussing their research in two minutes, roll out weekly.

  • Lt. Gov. Hochul speaks at podium.
    Lt. Gov. Hochul visits UB WiSE
    3/3/17

    NY's second highest ranking official encouraged students to continue breaking down barriers in male-dominated fields.

  • Shantell Martin on a cherry picker drawing on a white wall for a special event for the opening of Saks Fifth Avenue's Toronto store in 2015.
    Shantell Martin in residence at UB
    3/6/17

    The artist will create a permanent mural on Buffalo's East Side as part of her Creative Arts Initiative residency.

  • Assortment of e-cigarettes.
    Study sheds light on perceptions of e-cigs
    3/7/17

    Results suggest product satisfaction, perceived harm or danger, and product type all work together to promote use or avoidance.

  • A young child pouring water into a glass from a water bottle.
    Evidence lacking to support ‘lead diet’
    3/7/17

    UB scientist Katarzyna Kordas says more studies are needed to support dietary recommendations for children with elevated blood lead levels.  

  • Jeff Polish speaking to students at Hadley Village Community Room.
    It’s not your parent’s job search anymore
    3/7/17

    A pilot program emphasizes the importance of digital media literacy to enhance the employment opportunities for UB students.

  • A young boy stands in his uniform watching an indoor soccer game.
    ‘Coaching’ dads to be better parents
    3/8/17

    GSE professor Greg Fabiano's parenting workshops for ADHD kids focus on catching good behavior, rather than bad.

  • Fulbright logo.
    Nine students vie for Fulbrights
    3/10/17

    The nine semifinalists for the prestigious award are the largest number ever for the university.

  • photo of the three principals of interactiveX.
    Startup brings traditional classroom into modern age
    3/9/17

    interactiveX's Classavo technology platform helps profs convert their paper-based courses into online experiences.

  • conceptual illustration of brain research.
    Study looks at how MS advances
    3/13/17

    Results of the UB-led study brings us closer to understanding which older adults with MS may be at higher risk of getting worse.

  • Students using tablet pc and their smartphones.
    GSE to present Dean's Lecture
    3/10/17

    University of Michigan scholar Timothy McKay will address how students learn amid the flood of technology.

  • Group shot of speakers at Shared Governance Day.
    Spotlight on shared governance
    3/8/17

    Speakers at UB's second annual Shared Governance Day stressed the importance of open communication in achieving larger goals.

  • poster for changing climate law school conference.
    Climate change topic of law conference
    3/9/17

    The conference will address the legal challenges posed by climate change from both a Buffalo and global perspective.

  • photo of ensemble mise-en.
    Ensemble making Buffalo debut at UB
    3/13/17

    ensemble mise-en, a rising contemporary classical music collective based in NYC, will perform a concert of works by emerging composers.

  • Smile day volunteers, including Ann Costello and Steven Perlman, sit around a table and listen to a welcome from M. Dian ChinKit-Wells, who is off camera.
    Smile Day at Museum of Disability History
    3/9/17

    The UB dental school offered dental screenings to children and adults with special needs, an overlooked population in dental care.

  • computer screen with ontology.
    Ontology-based research funded
    3/13/17

    UB will create and test workflow innovations using a standard vocabulary and set of categories to support digital manufacturing.

  • photo of Jo Freudenheim sitting at a table in her office.
    UB paper among journal's most cited
    3/14/17

    Epidemiologist Jo Freudenheim presented the paper at the American Society of Preventive Oncology Conference.

  • Madison Kuss, Hillery Park School #27 student, looking very focused while doing an experiment on Genome Day.
    UB co-hosts Genome Day
    3/10/17

    Buffalo eighth-graders gathered on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for a program designed to encourage them to pursue careers in STEM fields.

  • UB Logo.
    Survey to help with diversity strategies
    3/15/17

    UB faculty responses to the national COACHE survey will help advance initiatives to enhance diversity and inclusion on campus.

  • e-cigarette.
    E-cigarettes a gateway to smoking?
    3/14/17

    Not likely, according to a UB researcher who cites the shortcomings of studies that appear to link e-cigs to later smoking.

  • Michael May on track in Alumni Arena with a smartphone showing a photo of his 80-pound heavier self.
    Living a healthy life, one step at a time
    3/15/17

    Since taking part in the inaugural SPHHP Step Challenge last year, UB staff member Michael May has lost more than 80 pounds.

  • headshot of Debra Thompson.
    Thompson joins EOC leadership team
    3/15/17

    Debra Thompson has been named associate executive director of the UB Educational Opportunity Center.

  • shot of north campus looking from buffalo statue in front of Center for the Arts.
    UB programs ranked among the best
    3/14/17

    Several UB graduate and professional degree programs have been cited as among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report.

  • photo of Jerome McGann.
    McGann to deliver Creeley Lecture
    3/16/17

    The lecture by Jerome McGann, a founder of the field of digital humanities, honors the work of the longtime UB faculty member.

  • Surgeons in the operating room gathered over a patient.
    Fighting bad posture of surgeons in OR
    3/16/17

    An assessment tool under development by a UB team could reduce chronic pain, prevent economic losses and improve surgical outcomes.

  • Group photo of the Women's Club Ice Hockey team on the ice.
    Club team brings some March Madness to UB
    3/15/17

    The UB Women’s Club Ice Hockey team overcomes the odds to compete in its national tournament this week.

  • The UB Technology Incubator.
    NYSTAR extends WNY Incubator Network
    3/16/17

    Funding and tax incentives are extended to WIN's partner incubator companies until 2021.

  • Darleny Lizardo, a PhD student in chemistry, performing an experiment in the Natural Sciences Complex on North Campus.
    Praxair gift allows WiSE to expand
    3/17/17

    The $75,000 gift will increase support by UB's Women in Science and Engineering program for women in STEM.

  • A neuron that began as a neural crest stem cell.
    Stem cells without genetic modification
    3/17/17

    A UB study yields neural crest cells from adult skin cells, and could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s and other brain illnesses.

  • Annette LeCuyer and Brian Carter.
    UB couple named honorary fellows
    3/17/17

    Architecture professors Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer have been honored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

  • Persian dancer performing at the Norooz (Naw Ruz) Festival and Persian Parade new year celebration.
    Celebrating Iranian New Year
    3/20/17

    Refugees and immigrant families are welcome to attend the Naw Ruz celebration of food, dancing and music.

  • An illustration of the different ways in which proteins vibrate.
    When proteins court, dance moves matter
    3/20/17

    Foxtrot or tango? On the biological dance floor, careful choreography may decide how well a suitor is able to woo a partner.

  • Closeup of a hospital alarm; in the background are the patient in bed, family member by her side and doctor standing with clipboard.
    Easing hospital ‘alarm fatigue’
    3/20/17

    A UB team is developing a tool that uses MP3 principles to alleviate the problem of multiple alarms blending together and failing to alert caregivers to emergencies.

  • photo of Peggy Compton.
    Compton to give Bullough Lecture
    3/17/17

    Penn faculty member Peggy Compton will discuss opioid abuse in chronic pain patients at the UB Nursing lecture.

  • arctic landscape.
    UB hosts meeting on climate change
    3/17/17

    Talks on glacial ice and global warming at the 47th annual International Arctic Workshop are open to the public.

  • Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan, violin; Ralf Ehlers, viola; and Lucas Fels, cello.
    Arditti to perform Felder work
    3/21/17

    The renowned string quartet will perform UB composer David Felder's “Netivot” in a concert March 31 at UB.

  • Pharmacist pictured speaking on the phone while looking at a computer monitor.
    Expanding role in patient transitions
    3/21/17

    A UB study aims to evaluate the role of pharmacists in patients' transition from hospital to home.

  • Two female students examine a large outdoor map of the South Campus in 1967.
    A look back at 1967
    3/22/17

    The UB Libraries presents an exhibit that explores the year that helped to define the university.

  • UN logo on a textured blue background.
    UB hosts Model UN
    3/21/17

    The annual event on the North Campus provides high-achieving high school students with a glimpse of a “big college” experience.

  • photo of Marilyn Morris.
    Morris named chair
    3/22/17

    SUNY Distinguished Professor Marilyn E. Morris has been named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Scene from the ArcheAge medieval fantasy game.
    Calm reigns as world ends, game suggests
    3/23/17

    The UB-led study is based on the virtual actions of more than 80,000 players of the role-playing video game ArcheAge.

  • women wearing lab coats and googles in a research lab holding a petri dish filled with a yellow substance.
    UB to hold Women in STEM Summit
    3/23/17

    The keynote speaker at UB's annual conference will offer advice for women pursuing STEM careers.

  • graphic with three heads and 3 thought bubbles, one with bacteria, one with a microscope and one with a DNA helix.
    GEM awards funding for new studies
    3/24/17

    More than $110,000 in funding will support pilot studies on a superbug, psoriasis and eczema, and three deadly fungi.

  • Emboss Tower.
    Golf balls inspire skyscraper skin
    3/24/17

    UB architect Jin Young Song’s Emboss Tower design was a finalist in an international competition focused on more sustainable skyscrapers.

  • Rendering of finished 1Capen.
    1Capen to transform delivery of student services
    3/23/17

    The second phase of the Heart of the Campus project will consolidate essential student services in one convenient location.

  • global sphere highlighting Africa.
    UB to host African studies meeting
    3/27/17

    More than 200 African studies specialists will visit UB for the annual meeting of the New York African Studies Association.

  • Calm women with a mirror; her image in the mirror is frantic.
    New strategies to manage emotions
    3/27/17

    A UB researcher's streamlined analysis may provide additional tools to treat a variety of psychological disorders.

  • Ologie staff members Erin Burk and Carolyn Kent stand at a podium as they make a PowerPoint presentation (slide on giant screen behind them) in a lecture hall in Kapoor Hall.
    UB holds first communicators conference
    3/24/17

    Practitioners from across UB shared expertise, untangled challenges and learned best practices during UB's inaugural conference.

  • Video screen capture of a graphic of students with lightbulbs above their heads and a school building in the background.
    Improving future faculty's teaching
    3/27/17

    CIRTL@UB aims to improve the teaching skills and increase the diversity of future university faculty in STEM fields.

  • Portrait of Leonard Simms.
    New evidence-based diagnostic model for mental illness
    3/28/17

    The new HiTOP model addresses what the authors say are limitations to the traditional models like DSM-5.

  • ad for cloe conference featuring image of Seth Godin.
    Author Seth Godin to keynote CLOE event
    3/28/17

    The Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness' conference will focus on social innovation and entrepreneurship.

  • Aviva Abramovsky.
    Abramovsky named dean of UB School of Law
    3/27/17

    She is an expert in commercial law, insurance law, regulation of financial entities and legal ethics.

  • Conceptual photo-illustration of polarized views.
    Does adversity lead to political polarization?
    3/28/17

    Illness and other unexpected events can lead to political polarization, pushing moderates toward extremism.

  • garlic mustard.
    Invasive plants feel the heat
    3/31/17

    Study provides evidence that climate change can both stall and promote invasive species growth.

  • UB logo.
    Faculty invited to share their thoughts
    3/31/17

    Faculty are encouraged to weigh in on UB practices, policies and working conditions by taking the COACHE survey.

  • Bored looking teenage boy, brushing his teeth in front of a mirror.
    Kids, diabetes and poor oral health
    3/29/17

    Children with Type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer oral health than children who don't, study finds.

  • girls working together on a STEM project.
    Examining a girls in STEM club
    3/30/17

    Researchers from UB’s Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction will take a closer look at gender in an after-school engineering club.

  • Toyota logo.
    Toyota awards UB $2.4 million grant
    3/31/17

    Grant will be used for materials science research that aims to make next generation vehicles carbon-neutral.

  • Pavani Ram speaks with students during Last year's Global Innovation Challenge.
    Global health equity is focus of events
    3/31/17

    Refugee Health Summit and Global Innovation Challenge highlight offerings organized by two global-focused offices at UB.

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