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  • Students dining at the C3.
    Feeding UB
    9/1/17

    “What’s for dinner?” Imagine having to answer that question for 20,000 hungry young adults. But it's all in a day's work for Campus Dining & Shops.

  • MBA Advantage team building.
    Not your father’s orientation
    9/6/17

    The School of Management’s MBA Advantage program leads students beyond their familiar territory.

  • A runner ran last year's Tunnel to Towers 5K race in his firefighter gear.
    Honoring 9/11 first responders
    9/1/17

    UB group brings second Tunnel to Towers 5K event to Buffalo.

  • newborn baby.
    Research looks at kids from unintended pregnancies
    9/5/17

    UB's Jessica Su found that while these children may experience depressive symptoms in early adulthood, there's no causal link.

  • Rima Yamazaki.
    Artist in residence to produce film
    9/1/17

    Filmmaker Rima Yamazaki will produce a new documentary on Buffalo architecture as part of her Creative Arts Initiative residency.

  • UB logo.
    Grant bolsters doctoral training
    9/5/17

    The grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund interdisciplinary training in cancer epidemiology for PhD students.

  • Protesters hold signs at Peoples Climate March, which backed action on climate change, in Washington DC on April 29, 2017.
    McKibben headlines Humanities Festival
    9/8/17

    The environmentalist, who is a leading voice on the global threat of climate change, will be the keynote speaker for the Buffalo Humanities Festival.

  • rock bass.
    Antidepressants found in fish brains
    9/6/17

    The drugs are building up in the brains of fish common to the Great Lakes region, threatening aquatic life, scientists say.

  • A student experiences what it would be like to crash while texting and driving in the Allstate Reality Rides driving simulator.
    Driving simulator comes to UB
    9/1/17

    Students “drove” the Allstate vehicle while engaging in distracting activities in a bid to gain awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.

  • Medical School, under construction.
    The move downtown
    9/12/17

    With the new home of the UB medical school set to open this fall, Dean Michael Cain talks about the move and his goals for the school in the coming years.

  • South campus panoramic featuring Hayes Hall.
    South Campus remains a priority
    9/12/17

    While the spotlight has been on construction of the new medical school building, the plan to revitalize UB's historic campus is moving ahead.

  • Molli Oldenburg Warunek, clinical assistant professor in nursing.
    A new view of health care
    9/6/17

    A weeklong mission to a refugee camp in Greece was a transforming experience for some UB dental and nursing students, and faculty.

  • A 1953 photograph of Humboldt Parkway. Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society.
    Lost to the wrecking ball
    9/7/17

    UB's Kerry Traynor joins other architecture professors in naming the one American building or structure they wish had been preserved.

  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science building under construction, August 2017.
    In the home stretch
    9/11/17

    With faculty and staff preparing to move in later this fall, crews are focused on the final stretch of work on the new home of UB's medical school.

  • Boyne river.
    Crowdsourcing 7-day waterway forecasts
    9/7/17

    A UB-led project will use texted data from citizen scientists to create weekly forecasts of fishing, flood and other stream condition.

  • The UB SEDS team poses for photo after putting the rocket on the launch rail. From left: August Bartoszewicz, Owen Langrehr, Peter Wilkins, Sayre Stowell and Jonathan Przybyla.
    ‘Rocket fever’ brings UB to competition
    9/8/17

    Ten UB engineering students took a long drive to New Mexico this summer, with a rocket called Volans Tauri in tow.

  • UB logo.
    Tripathi reaffirms UB's support of DACA
    9/6/17

    UB's president co-signs a letter from the AAU in support of the program.

  • ub logo.
    Tripathi addresses former employees' guilty pleas
    9/7/17

    UB is taking measures to ensure that appropriate financial controls are in place across the university.

  • Illustration of how medical wristband will work.
    Diagnostic devices get under your skin
    9/11/17

    A UB team is developing technology using implantable sensors, wearable devices and software to better identify and monitor illnesses such as lung cancer.

  • girl on her phone being cyberbullied; caring friend looks on.
    Bullying and tech topic of conference
    9/14/17

    Nebraska professor Susan Swearer will talk about “hackathons” as a powerful tool to combat bullying and online harassment.

  • Video still of ocean wind turbines from the Sentient Science video.
    Firm knows when machine will break
    9/13/17

    Sentient Science can look into the future to forecast when a specific component on a wind turbine will fail.

  • Mathematical equation on a white board.
    UB to host major math meeting
    9/12/17

    Mathematicians from across the Northeast are expected at UB this weekend for a meeting of the American Mathematical Society.  

  • student bundled in parka walking in front of the Health Sciences Library in a snowstorm.
    UB RENEW awards seed grants
    9/12/17

    The three projects will tackle extreme weather, air pollution and autism spectrum disorder, and sustainable energy.

  • Overview of vendors at Sustainable Living Fair.
    Living the ‘green’ lifestyle
    9/14/17

    The annual Sustainable Living Fair aims to help UB employees reduce their environmental footprint.

  • Stethoscope on a crystal globe with a green background.
    Birnbaum to deliver RENEW lecture
    9/12/17

    The renowned toxicologist will discuss the impacts of global environmental health and what they mean for local families and communities.

  • greiner hall.
    UB gets high marks in U.S. News ratings
    9/12/17

    UB has achieved an all-time high ranking among the nation’s best public and national universities, according to U.S. News and World Report.

  • student entrepreneurs.
    UB to hold inaugural Entrepreneurs Festival
    9/12/17

    The goal of the event, hosted by Blackstone LaunchPad at UB, is to inspire students to start a business.

  • A GEC volunteer does an experiment with Kitenga students to clean dirty water.
    Support girls' education
    9/14/17

    The Girls Education Collaborative urges Buffalonians to join DSS speaker Malala Yousafzai in the campaign to educate girls worldwide.

  • University Hospital in downtown New Orleans, following hurricane Katrina.
    Hospitals plan for hurricanes
    9/14/17

    UB's Daniel Hess says advanced planning for extreme events allows hospital staff to focus on what they do best — compassionate patient care.

  • Diabetic person using a glucometer.
    Type 2 diabetes drug also benefits Type 1
    9/15/17

    Type 1 patients treated with dapagliflozin showed a significant decline in their blood sugars, according to results of a new UB study.

  • silhouette of an nineteenth-century woman with her outstretched arm raised in front of a building. Icon for the "She Persists" symposium celebrating the accomplishments of major women innovators in Buffalo’s past, as well as prominent women in the community today.
    Spotlight on women innovators
    9/18/17

    The Gender Institute's “She Persists” symposium will look at Buffalo's women innovators, past and present.

  • Close up detail of public art "Gut Flora" by Shasti O’Leary-Soudant.
    Public art with a biomedical twist
    9/15/17

    “Gut Flora,” a new public art installation, has taken up permanent residence in the Metro Rail station inside the new medical school building.

  • Jason Briner addresses climate scientists.
    Top climate scientists meet in Buffalo
    9/15/17

    How stable is the Greenland Ice Sheet? Researchers addressed that question at a workshop run by UB geologist Jason Briner.

  • UB logo.
    UB tightens financial controls
    9/14/17

    President Satish K. Tripathi takes steps to ensure financial mismanagement never happens again.

  • rendering of fieldhouse.
    UB moves forward on fieldhouse
    9/15/17

    A general contractor and architect have been selected for the 92,000-square-foot indoor practice facility.

  • Students in a preschool.
    African connections
    9/18/17

    The Buffalo Tanzania Education Project supports social change in the African country.

  • Leaders of the GEM, GHE and SMART communities of excellence pose in front of the posters presented at the annual progress review.
    Communities mark two years of progress
    9/19/17

    Members of the Communities of Excellence gathered to review the impact they have had on education, scholarship and outreach.

  • headshot of brenda moore.
    Sociologist to speak to Congressional Black Caucus
    9/19/17

    Brenda Moore will lead a panel on the racial- and gender-based health disparities in veterans.

  • Homecoming carnival on the shores of Lake LaSalle.
    Good to be blue
    9/19/17

    Organizers of this year's Homecoming and Family Weekend promises the event will be bigger and better than ever.

  • AJ Fries, "Temporary Mountains 2" 2015, acrylic on canvas.
    Color is theme of next cabaret
    9/20/17

    Color is a central tool for describing the world around us, for artists and scientists alike.

  • Marshall, Chris, Len and Jon Binns together in Squire Hall.
    UB family is 3 for 3
    9/20/17

    UB staffer Leonard Binns is the embodiment of the proud father, with three sons starting medical and dental school at UB this semester.

     

  • Male hand holding an iPhone.
    Designed for cybersecurity?
    9/20/17

    Arun Vishwanath says many of the decisions Apple has made over the years regarding its iPhones have been driven by design, not security.

  • Illustration of scientific research concept.
    Strengthening STEM learning
    9/21/17

    A grant to UB and the University of West Georgia will fund research to find new ways to support STEM by upgrading rural libraries.

  • Schematic diagram showing the typical profile of fluid height across an undular bore.
    Mathematicians ask: What’s in a ripple?
    9/21/17

    A newly formulated set of equations provides the framework for describing a special kind of ripple called an undular bore.

  • Curt Senf on his trike with UB students Caleb Walters and Austin Powers and Machine Shop staff William Macy, Gary Olson and Xinnan Peng.
    On the road again
    9/22/17

    Two engineering students design an accessible tricycle that helps a former UB staff member return to a favorite pastime.

  • Freedom of speech panel, with moderator Teri Miller.
    Balancing free speech and values
    9/20/17

    A PSS-sponsored panel addressed the divisive issues surrounding inclusion and free speech that have exploded on campuses across the nation.

  • Pregnant woman hold a cigarette.
    Helping pregnant smokers quit
    9/21/17

    Pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they can learn to manage negative emotions that lead to smoking, a new RIA study has found.

  • Students walking on campus framed through the leaves of a tree.
    Freshman enrollment tops 4,000
    9/20/17

    A new recruitment approach and brand and identity strategy are fueling an increase in applications.

  • Baby drinking from a bottle.
    What babies eat can impact them for life
    9/22/17

    A new book co-edited by UB's Mulchand Patel discusses how the path to obesity may start before and just after birth.

  • Environmental shot of a person adjusting a laser in the Lasers, Photonics and Bio-photonics Lab of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine & Electrical Engineering UB Distinguished Professor Paras Prasad.
    Prasad wins three national awards
    9/25/17

    The honors recognize the longtime UB faculty member's pioneering work in nanotechnology and photonics.

  • Malala Yousafzai.
    ‘Girl who stood up to the Taliban’ visits UB
    9/21/17

    Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai tells a sold-out UB audience not to underestimate “the power you have in your voice.”

  • CLOE Leadership discussion panel.
    Creating more effective leaders
    9/22/17

    Molly Anderson, executive director of CLOE, talks about the center's mission and why it co-sponsored Malala Yousafzai's lecture at UB.

  • Volunteers and rescuers working at collapsed building at Colonia Roma, Mexico City after the September 19 earthquake.
    Too soon to decide quake effects
    9/22/17

    UB engineers say early images of collapsed buildings in Mexico City do not mean that engineering failed across the region.

  • GRoW Home being reconstructed on the South Campus.
    GRoW Home getting ready to settle in
    9/25/17

    The student-led project that placed second in the 2015 Solar Decathlon is being temporarily housed on the South Campus.

  • Young woman shopping at a grocery store with a "Low Prices" sign above the shelf.
    Deep discounts work for supermarkets
    9/25/17

    A new study finds that significantly marking down prices brings more people into stores, and increases profits and sales.

  • Poster for the documentary "Gina's Journey: the search for william grimes.
    Conference to focus on racial justice, public history
    9/26/17

    Reclaiming Our Ancestors II is the successor to the groundbreaking 2015 event that was the largest single gathering of descendants of authors of slave narratives.

  • Computer scientists at UB in the late 1960s.
    50 years of computer science at UB
    9/26/17

    Renowned alumni from around the world are expected to attend a four-day event celebrating UB's achievements in the field.

  • SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson listens to a presentation during a recent visit to Akayè, Haiti which is the site where the SUNY village will be developed.
    Building sustainable village in Haiti
    9/25/17

    The School of Social Work is part of a SUNY-wide effort to create a sustainable village and learning community in Arcahaie, Haiti.

  • Google Earth image shows the boundaries of the Santa Clara Valley aquifer.
    Scientists monitor underground water — from space
    9/27/17

    Aggressive conservation helped the Silicon Valley's aquifer rebound quickly after one of the worst droughts in state history, researchers find.

  • Illustration of the new system that uses low-level Doppler radar to measure your heart and run your computer.
    Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan.
    9/27/17

    A new non-contact, remote biometric tool could be the next advance in computer security.

  • stem cells.
    Water determines stem cells' fate
    9/28/17

    A new study is the first to find that cell volume can influence if stem cells become pre-bone cells or pre-fat cells.

  • Conceptual Illustration of the opioid crisis: people falling off of a crumbling ledge made up of pills and capsules.
    Grant aims to battle opioid crisis
    9/29/17

    UB's RIA and medical school will lead an effort to train professionals in medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction.

  • UB logo.
    Update on financial issues
    9/26/17

    The UB Council received a report on the financial controls that have been put in place after fraud was uncovered at the university.

  • Paul Peck (left) and Graham Hammill on stage during the Campaign for the Community kick-off breakfast.
    UB launches employee campaign
    9/28/17

    Campus liaisons and administrators heard how UB employees make an impact on Western New York through their generosity.

  • Maps show the distribution of tropical montane cloud forests, as estimated using cloud cover data from satellites.
    Earth’s changing biodiversity
    9/28/17

    A UB ecologist is developing a new mapping tool that could help us understand how global warming will impact plant and animal populations.

  • riverrun Global Film Series logo.
    Cuba focus of film festival
    9/29/17

    The film and culture of the island nation will be the theme of this year's riverrun Global Film Festival.

  • Kaitlyn Summers and Lori Bendersky show off two Grab n’ Go items that were recently modified to reduce sodium levels.
    Eating healthier on campus
    9/29/17

    CDS aims to help the UB community eat healthier by lowering the amount of sodium in food sold on campus.

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