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  • Thin line flat design of concept of innovation. Modern vector illustration concept, isolated on white background.
    Program to help bring ideas to market
    10/2/17

    UB has received a NSF grant to establish an I-Corps program to develop scientific and engineering discoveries into useful technologies.

  • conceptual illustration of false tweets being spread through social media.
    False hurricane tweets under scrutiny
    10/2/17

    A UB study will look at how misinformation spread on Twitter during Harvey and Irma to improve response to false rumors during emergencies.

  • Highly detailed planet Earth at night, lit by the rising sun, with embossed continents, illuminated by light of cities, translucent and reflective ocean. Earth is surrounded by a luminous network.
    Excelling in geospatial sciences
    10/3/17

    UB has been named a Center of Academic Excellence by two federal agencies with an interest in building U.S. expertise in the field.

  • Students gathered in a large group making the "horns up" hand sign.
    UB moves up in WSJ/THE rankings
    10/2/17

    UB jumped 30 spots to tie for 117th overall among 1,000 ranked U.S. institutions in the latest rankings by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education.

  • Henri Pousseur conducting his Votre Faust March 17,1968 at the Albright Knox Art Gallery.
    Pousseur focus of UB music events
    10/3/17

    A lecture, concert and exhibit will spotlight the life and work of Belgian composer and one-time UB faculty member Henri Pousseur.

  • Bobby Militello, John Bacon, Jr. and George Caldwell.
    Faculty featured in pair of recitals
    10/2/17

    Oboist Megan Kyle and jazz heavyweights John Bacon, George Caldwell and Bobby Militello will take the stage in Baird Recital Hall.

  • Image of the gut microbiome with liver highlighted.
    Microbiome plays key role in NAFLD
    10/3/17

    Elevated bile acids in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease point to novel interventions, such as personalized probiotics.

  • The Alfiero Center on the North Campus.
    Management climbs in Forbes ranking
    10/4/17

    The school has been ranked as one of the best in the U.S. based on the return on investment it provides MBA graduates.

  • The original vinyl album cover shows the MANTRA "formula.".
    UB to present ‘Mantra’
    10/4/17

    The monumental work by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen features two pianos, electronics, Morse code and percussion.

  • Conceptual illustration of STEM disciplines.
    Online series focuses on women in STEM
    10/4/17

    The UB Women in STEM Cooperative is working with colleagues at Cornell to present the monthly interactive series featuring national scholars.

  • Jackie Hausler standing with two projects in her garage workshop.
    Reclaim, reuse, upcycle
    10/6/17

    UB staff member Jackie Hausler's eco-friendly philosophy is gaining traction across social media.

  • Box of Nalozone, aka narcan.
    Narcan revived 653 in county overdoses
    10/5/17

    The UB-led study highlights the benefits of equipping first responders with a supply of the opioid overdose drug.

  • chris St. vil.
    St. Vil receives grant to study RVI
    10/5/17

    The social work professor will use the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to conduct a literature review on recurrent violent injury.

  • Illustration of worldwide transportation concept.
    Alumnus gives $4M to support institute
    10/5/17

    Engineering graduate Stephen Still's gift will fund an endowment to support the Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics.

  • Closeup of the terra cotta faculty mailboxes in Hayes Hall.
    Terra cotta twist on the lowly mailbox
    10/9/17

    The winning entry in the UB architecture competition transforms the traditional receptacle into a vibrant display of color, texture and curiosity.

  • Kenneth English, deputy director of SMART at UB, films an introduction to one of the digital manufacturing and design courses at Moog Inc.
    Promoting UB’s expertise worldwide
    10/12/17

    UB Engineering has completed the nation’s first comprehensive “specialization” on digital manufacturing for the Coursera online platform.

  • Map of the world made up of spices indigenous to each continent.
    Input sought on global market café
    10/6/17

    Focus groups on Oct. 11 will provide the UB community the chance to weigh in on the design of the cafe and the cuisine that will be offered.  

  • HRSA grant principal investigator Yu-Ping Chang and co-investigators Timothy Janikowski, Christopher Barrick, Kim Griswold, Diane Elze and Kurt Dermen.
    Expanding behavioral health workforce in WNY
    10/10/17

    The nearly $2M HRSA grant to UB will support training for 22 students each year in rural and vulnerable communities.

  • colorful petri dishes.
    Coalesce announces artists for 2017-18
    10/9/17

    International artists merge science and art to answer life questions during UB residencies.

  • 43North logo.
    43North semifinalists have deep UB ties
    10/6/17

    Three of the 16 semifinalists that participated in the business plan competition Thursday have extensive ties to UB.

  • monument marking the reinterment site of the remains from the former Erie County Poorhouse cemetery.
    UB to reinter remains from poorhouse
    10/9/17

    The ceremony and service will commemorate the lives of 372 people buried near the university’s South Campus.

  • President Satish K. Tripathi delivers his remarks during the 2017 State of the University Address.
    Tripathi: Momentum continues at UB
    10/9/17

    Annual speech highlights UB's achievements, including a rise in rankings, the new medical school building and growing enrollment.

  • Marcus Yam (standing at a podium with one of his photographs projected on a screen behind him) discussed his path from being an aerospace engineering student to a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer during talks he delivered on Friday.
    Award-winning alum Marcus Yam visits UB
    10/9/17

    The 2006 graduate discussed his young and lauded career as a visual storyteller with UB faculty, staff and students.

  • EMTs attend to a patient in an ambulance while a family member give comfort.
    Looking at end-of-life decision-making
    10/11/17

    A new UB study interviewed first responders for insight into how advance care planning can help people with intellectual disabilities.

  • UB President Satish K. Tripathi, Anthony J. Colucci Jr., Carmela Colluci and UB School of Law Dean Aviva Abramovsky pose in from of the entrance to the Anthony J. Colucci Jr. Esq. ’58 Buffalo Law Review Suite.
    Law school unveils Colucci suite
    10/11/17

    A major gift from alumnus Anthony J. Colucci Jr. has been used to renovate the office suite of the Buffalo Law Review.

  • Das Konzert, Carl Schweninger Jr. (1854-1903), oil on canvas. Painting depicting a audience of noble men and women listening to a chamber music recital in an ornately decorated hall.
    Juilliard ensemble to visit UB
    10/11/17

    Juilliard415, the school’s top period-instrument ensemble, will perform a concert of 18th-century French chamber music.

  • Disabled community member on the sidewalk at a bus stop with an NFTA metro bus in the background.
    All aboard
    10/13/17

    UB's IDeA Center is working with the NFTA to make public transportation more accessible.

  • Mogabi principals Ryan Fiust-Klink, Rob Barber, Amanda Lamardi and Joel Little.
    Using apps to link with customers
    10/12/17

    UB engineering grads launch Mogabi to offer a new engagement tool to mid-sized businesses.

  • Doctors performing surgery wearing different surgical caps: bouffant caps on the left and right, skullcap in the center.
    Skullcap vs. bouffant
    10/13/17

    UB surgeons say evidence alone should determine whether surgeons hold onto their caps.

  • Patricia Lorquet, with the skyline of NYC in the background, holds a 4K for Cancer flag.
    Running for cancer awareness
    10/12/17

    UB senior Patricia Lorquet reflects on her participation this summer in the 4,000-mile 4K for Cancer run.

  • Portrait of Bernard Rands.
    Department of Music to honor Rands
    10/13/17

    The British composer will receive a SUNY honorary degree and attend a concert in his honor during a visit to UB.

  • Kelly Hayes McAlonie, director of capital planning at UB and member of the Steering Committee for the global marketing café, uses a megaphone to attract students’ attention for the focus groups.
    Turnout high for café focus groups
    10/12/17

    Nearly 1,300 members of the UB community offered suggestions for the design of the global market café and the food to be offered.  

  • The For-Robin team: Diala Ghazal, Fatma Zalzala, John Fisk, Sally Quataert, Susan Morey, Kate Rittenhouse-Olson and James Olson.
    Spinoff moves closer to clinical trials
    10/16/17

    New scientific findings show For Robin's cancer-fighting antibody is effective against human tumors.

  • Frank Lloyd Wright designed Greycliff in Evans New York. Photo: Douglas Levere.
    UB to host arts and crafts conference
    10/16/17

    UB professor and conference organizer Jonathan Katz says the time is right to celebrate Buffalo’s place in arts and crafts history.

  • Man in wheelchair testing a securement system.
    Testing wheelchair securement systems
    10/13/17

    UB’s IDeA Center has received $600,000 in funding to test two new types of systems for public transit riders.

  • Yu-Ping Chang.
    Chang named first Garman Professor
    10/16/17

    The nursing researcher's work in mental health and addictions honors Patricia Garman's career as a psychiatric nurse.

  • University flags displayed during Celebration of Faculty, Staff Academic Excellence ceremony.
    Spotlight on faculty and staff
    10/17/17

    UB will recognize outstanding performance by faculty and staff in 2017 at the annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence.

  • Gynecologist performing breast examination for her patient using ultrasound scanner.
    Komen award to aid cancer screening
    10/17/17

    The $450,000 grant to UB engineer Jun Xia will help improve imaging for women with dense breast tissue.

  • City gardening in Enkhuizen Netherlands.
    Shaping discussion on food equity
    10/17/17

    UB researchers served as guest editors of a themed issue of Built Environment that focuses on equity in food systems planning.

  • A view of a crevasse field on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
    UB expands focus on climate science
    10/18/17

    NASA scientist Kristin Poinar, whose study on the Greenland Ice Sheet made headlines early in 2017, joins the geology faculty in January.

  • Traffic travels along the Las Vegas strip.
    In Vegas, fantasy bleeds into tragedy
    10/18/17

    UB sociologist Mark Gottdiener examines Stephen Paddock's mass killing spree through the lens of the city's excessive indulgence.

  • UB logo.
    UB recognized for sexual assault prevention program
    10/18/17

    The university is one of five recipients of a Prevention Excellence Award from the Campus Prevention Network.

  • person typing on a laptop with the website for the Global Database for City and Regional Food Policies on the screen.
    UB launches database of food systems policies
    10/19/17

    The searchable tool allows governing bodies around the globe to see what others have already done.

  • The US flag with gears subtly superimposed, concept of industry in America.
    Ensuring Industry 4.0 is ‘Made in the USA’
    10/20/17

    UB engineer Kemper Lewis says major public and private investment is needed so the U.S. is not left behind.

  • A single football player kneeling in silhouette shadow on white background.
    DifCon tackles free speech in sports
    10/19/17

    Participants in the latest Difficult Conversation are told that free speech issues in sports increasingly reflect those in the greater society.

  • mom and dad watching animated film on tv with their son.
    Disney films help with end-of-life talks
    10/20/17

    Animated films provide opportunities for parents to discuss end-of-life issues with their children, according to new UB research.

  • sad teen girl.
    Parents' alcohol use tied to teen violence
    10/23/17

    An RIA study found that having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teen children.

  • Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton speaking during her Distinguished Speakers Series lecture.
    Cybersecurity system ‘broken,’ expert says
    10/19/17

    Bush White House CIO Theresa Payton talked about the state of cybersecurity and offered tips on keeping data safe during a DSS lecture at UB.

  • UB chemist Jason Benedict holding an alum crystal.
    Ready, set, GROW!
    10/20/17

    UB chemist’s crystal-growing contest gives kids nationwide a chance to shine.

  • Carol Berman observes some of the rhesus monkey population on Cayo Santiago in 1994.
    Scientist seeks help for Monkey Island
    10/23/17

    UB's Carol Berman says Cayo Santiago, hit hard by Hurricane Maria, has enriched our understanding of what it is to be human.

  • Young woman wearing latex glove holding a genetic sample vile.
    GEM funds projects to explain genetics
    10/24/17

    The projects include introducing genetics to high schoolers, strengthening the STEM workforce and tailoring breast cancer info to African-American women.

  • Glass Medicine Vials and Syringe on a white background.
    End of pneumonia? Vaccine offers hope
    10/23/17

    The new vaccine under development provides the “most comprehensive coverage” to date, a UB study finds.

  • Miró Quartet.
    Miró Quartet to visit Buffalo
    10/24/17

    The iconic ensemble returns to WNY for a special residency with the Williamsville schools that concludes with a concert at UB.

  • Video still of the Bates' house featuring a silhouette of a female figure in the window, from the 1960 movie "Psycho.".
    In praise of scary movies
    10/25/17

    Why do we love having the stuffing scared out of us? Let us count the ways.

  • Different direction concept with arrows, various business icons sketches and thoughtful businesswoman on concrete background.
    Exploring career paths for PhDs
    10/24/17

    UB will survey its doctoral students and alumni to learn about their career aspirations and employment as part of a national project.

  • hands texting on a smartphone.
    Grant funding work on phone sanitizing
    10/25/17

    UB engineer Edward Furlani is working with two WNY companies on a light-based disinfection system for mobile devices.

  • Graphic from "Finnegan's Waves" event poster: pink and green zig-zag pattern above a field of symbols with the words "can you read that?" within the symbols.
    Event explores ‘Finnegans Wake’
    10/24/17

    Finnegans Waves features a reading of the legendary Joyce work, as well as other Joyce-themed activities.

  • Nancy Paton.
    Paton honored by marketing association
    10/25/17

    UB's vice president for communications has been named the American Marketing Association's Higher Education Marketer of the Year.

  • Primitive man silhouette against the sun.
    How Neanderthals influenced human genetics in West Asia
    10/26/17

    The region, where humans leaving Africa may have first met Neanderthals, holds a unique spot in human evolution, UB scientists say.

  • Ensemble Linea.
    Linea to premiere Felder concerto
    10/27/17

    The renowned ensemble also will conduct a master class for graduate composers during its visit to UB.

  • Tricks, treats and discoveries on BNMC
    10/25/17

    Kids in costume and their families are invited to attend a UB-sponsored, Halloween-themed party to learn about medical research.

  • Deborah Raines.
    Raines named AAN fellow
    10/26/17

    The designation by the American Academy of Nursing honors the UB prof's contributions to policy, practice and education.

  • pediatrician talks to a child patient during a check up.
    National groups honor UB program
    10/30/17

    Amid a shortage of child psychiatrists, the innovative program developed by UB's David Kaye has helped more than 7,000 New York children and adolescents.

  • lawmakers and academic leaders standing on a stage -- Nancy Pelosi is at the podium -- at a press conference urging passage of the bipartisan Dream Act.
    In support of ‘dreamers’
    10/26/17

    President Satish K. Tripathi and SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson joined lawmakers and other academic leaders to urge passage of the bipartisan Dream Act.

  • graphic with multicolored hands to illustrate diversity and inclusion.
    UB commits to inclusive excellence
    10/27/17

    UB's strategic diversity and inclusion plan works to integrate inclusive excellence into all aspects of university operations.

  • Krishna Rajan, a professor in the new Dept. of Materials, Design and Innovation, teaching in Talbert Hall.
    New paradigm for diversity
    10/30/17

    For MDI Chair Krishna Rajan, diversity means bringing people together from different backgrounds to enrich the community as a whole. 

  • A. Scott Weber speaks from the podium while President Tripathi and Provost Zukoski stand on stage during the Clelbration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence ceremony.
    Celebrating excellence
    10/27/17

    UB faculty and staff were in the spotlight at the annual ceremony recognizing achievement in research, teaching and service.

  • Graphic from the Science & Art Caberet poster promoting their Finnegans Wake event.
    Cabaret to interpret ‘Finnegans Wake’
    10/30/17

    The Science & Art Cabaret will tackle Joyce's legendary work of fiction through music, a talk on AI and more.

  • Booklet entitled "The Constitution of the State of New York" featuring an graphic of the state of New York and the state's seal.
    Law prof advocates for Con-Con
    10/31/17

    James Gardner says dysfunction and corruption make a state constitutional convention imperative.

  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists logo.
    UB geoscientist receives AAPG honor
    10/31/17

    Robert Jacobi has won the John T. Galey Memorial Award from the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

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