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  • Homeless young adult sitting under a bridge with a sign reading "I'm hungry.".
    Food programs fail homeless young adults
    3/9/18

    A study by social work researcher Elizabeth Bowen explores why people are hungry, despite food pantries and SNAP.

  • Medicine Clinical Associate Professor, Anthony Martinez, with a patient.
    Caring for underserved populations
    3/1/18

    UB's partnership with Evergreen Health opens new avenues for clinical research and training in the areas of HIV and hepatitis C.

  • Non-Violence sculpture at United Nations Headquarters in New York. .357 Magnum revolver (the barrel is twisted in a knot) bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward.
    Nickerson joins ‘call for action’ against gun violence
    2/28/18

    The director of UB's Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention and other scholars advocate adding research to the dialogue.

  • An image of a biomolecule shows its intricate internal structure in bright colors.
    New view inside particles in solution
    3/2/18

    A new imaging method developed by UB's Thomas Grant will dramatically improve how scientists “see inside” molecular structures in solution.

  • Diverse students take notes during a class.
    Workshop aims to bridge culture gap
    3/1/18

    A session presented by ISSS tackled the language and cultural barriers that affect international students in and out of the classroom.

  • Distinguished Speaker, Susan Rice.
    Civic engagement is not optional
    3/1/18

    Susan E. Rice told a UB audience that Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest gift was his ability to lead the movement for social change.

  • Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to several thousand supporters at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia on February 21, 2016.
    From ‘Apprentice’ to president
    3/5/18

    Reality TV played a key role in Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, a study by UB psychologist Shira Gabriel has found.

  • Portrait of Nellie Drew.
    Sports blog serves a new niche
    3/2/18

    Law professor Nellie Drew talks about the outlet she created for students to develop networking connections within the field of sports law.

  • Senior couple interacting with each other at home.
    Win prizes for ideas to help the aging
    3/6/18

    UB innovators can take part in a pitch contest to win up to $2,000 for ideas to help older adulsts stay in their homes.

  • Group portrait of Gryphon Trio.
    Gryphon Trio to visit Buffalo
    3/6/18

    The acclaimed trio will present a mix of Shostakovich and Beethoven trios in concerts at UB and at Kleinhans.

  • portrait of Kendra Cadogan.
    Cadogan to lead diversity initiatives
    3/6/18

    Kendra N. Cadogan has been named the School of Law's inaugural director of diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • Repair Fair poster graphic.
    Don’t pitch it — patch it at UB repair fair
    3/7/18

    From phone charger cords to small appliances and more, volunteer fixers will do their best to get items back to working order.

  • headshot of Mike Brown.
    UB junior is Truman Scholarship finalist
    3/7/18

    Michael Brown advances in the selection process for the prestigious award for graduate study.

  • High school students participate in a 2015 Science Exploration Day.
    Exploring science
    3/8/18

    Local high school students will get a taste of the STEM fields at UB's annual Science Exploration Day.

  • Aerial view of South Campus.
    UB Council updated on capital projects
    3/7/18

    Vice President Laura Hubbard gave a presentation on UB's capital needs — and how the university plans to address those needs — at Monday's meeting.

  • Closeup of man shoveling snow from driveway.
    Canty offers advice on snow shoveling
    3/8/18

    The UB cardiologist cautions that snow shoveling could be more strenuous than exercising on a treadmill.

  • ub logo.
    Pharmacy faculty receive funding
    3/9/18

    The grants to four faculty members will be used to advance drug safety for the elderly and improve treatments for COPD and dialysis.

  • nsf logo.
    Velarde lands NSF CAREER award
    3/12/18

    The coveted award will support the UB chemist's work creating research tools to speed development of new materials.

  • Kyle Hughes, a UB senior, celebrates his half-court shot and pizza prize.
    Unexpected fame with half-court shot
    3/8/18

    “SportsCenter’s” fixation on the pizza prize helps give UB senior Kyle Hughes a week in the spotlight.

  • photo of Highgate Heights eighth-grader Paris Thomas showing off her DNA necklace.
    Learning the ‘magic’ behind genomics
    3/9/18

    Hundreds of Buffalo eighth-graders extracted their own DNA and learned about the genetics of wizarding at Genome Day.

  • A handwritten journal page with a pen laid across it.
    Self-esteem affects benefits of writing
    3/12/18

    Expressive writing about bias is not always a beneficial exercise, research by UB professor Melanie Green has found.

  • Nate Oats courtside.
    Oats signs contract extension
    3/9/18

    UB and men's basketball coach Nate Oats have agreed to a new five-year contract.

  • NCAA selection party; the UB Bulls men's team wait to hear their ranking for the NCAA.
    Bulls are bound for Boise
    3/12/18

    Meat-and-potatoes Bulls are headed to the land of the tuber for the first round of the NCAA tournament.

  • Young boy looking through a window.
    Autism’s social deficits reversed by anti-cancer drug
    3/13/18

    New UB research has found evidence that behavioral symptoms may be alleviated by targeting a set of genes involved in the disease.

  • Margaret Atwood takes questions after her lecture.
    Story of humanity
    3/12/18

    Award-winning author Margaret Atwood tells a UB audience that the humanities answer the questions of who we are and what we want to be.

  • Close up of sneakered feet running up steps outdoors.
    Step to it
    3/14/18

    The School of Public Health and Health Professions' is lookiing for participants in its 2018 Step Challenge to take a collective 300 million steps during April.

  • Dentist looking at an X-ray.
    Absence of key protein turns young bones old
    3/15/18

    The absence of TTP, a protein critical to the control of inflammation, may lead to rapid and severe bone loss, according to a new UB study.

  • closeup of lights on top of a police car.
    UB to host Safe Schools Seminar
    3/13/18

    Sponsors include the FBI, Secret Service, U.S. Attorney's Office and the Erie County District Attorney's Office.

  • Cierra Dillard jumps for joy when the women's basketball team was selected as an at-large team in the 2018 NCAA Tounament.
    Headed to Tallahassee
    3/13/18

    The women's basketball team will take on No. 6 seed South Florida after earning its first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

  • The men's basketball team boards a plane to Boise, ID for their first game in the 2018 NCAA tournament. One player flashed the "horns up" sign.
    Bulls feeling the love from Buffalo fans
    3/13/18

    The Buffalo Bills are joining WNY sports fans in supporting the men's basketball team in its historic season.

  • Winners in 3MT competition holding big checks.
    Boiling down the best of doctoral research
    3/14/18

    Participants in the Three Minute Thesis competition proved that it's possible to explain complicated research in a brief — and interesting — way.

  • Adam Bauman listens to a team member as Coach Oats addresses other players.
    The behind-the-scenes Bulls
    3/14/18

    While you won’t find their names on the Bulls’ roster, Tom Fox and Adam Bauman have critical roles in the men’s basketball team’s success this season.

  • Helium as nanny graphic.
    Helium’s ‘nanny’ role
    3/20/18

    A new study suggests the element steps in to help form stable chemical compounds under high pressure.

  • Close up of hands holding an HIV test.
    Hispanic Americans want HIV testing in Spanish
    3/19/18

    Hispanics who were homeless, under 19 or had U.S. citizenship shared a preference for English, UB research has found.

  • Medical students—seated at tables at Hopewell Baptist Church— learn how and why medical disparities develop in different communities.
    Learning about health disparities
    3/16/18

    UB medical students in the new “Health in the Neighborhood” course are hearing from those in the inner city who bear the consequences.

  • The women's basketball team disembarks in Tallahassee, Fl.
    Bulls are ready for Tallahassee
    3/14/18

    The UB women leave snowy Buffalo for sunny Florida, ready to “put the ball down and make it dance” in their first-round NCAA Tournament game on Saturday.

  • CJ Massinburg responds to a question in the locker room.
    A Media Day chat with the Bulls
    3/15/18

    UBNow decided to buck tradition and asked the Bulls a few fun questions to lighten the mood.

  • Coach Felisha Legette-Jack throws her horns up during practice in Tallahassee, FL.
    Coach Jack shows Bulls how to win
    3/15/18

    The women's head coach has taken the team from 12 wins to 27 in her six-year tenure.

  • The UB Pep Band gets warmed up for tonight's game.
    Bulls fans descend on Boise
    3/15/18

    They're coming from all corners of the country to watch their Bulls in the Big Dance.

  • photo illustration of HIV testing book, gloved hand and stethascope.
    Too much support can be harmful
    3/16/18

    A UB study finds support from online forums improves self-care for HIV patients, but excessive amounts can be overwhelming.

  • graphic illustration of neurons.
    Breakthrough discovery in neurotransmission
    3/19/18

    RIA scientist Samir Haj-Dahmane has discovered how certain neurotransmitters are transported and reach their targets in the brain.

  • UB President Satish Tripathi and the crowd cheer the UB Bulls on to victory.
    Bulls fans celebrate historic win
    3/16/18

    Bulls fans in Boise were going bonkers with UB's stunning upset of Arizona in the NCAA tournament.

  • Buffalo fans in Tallahasse cheer for a 3-pointer scored by the Bulls men.
    Men’s victory pumps fans in Tallahassee
    3/16/18

    Bulls fans watching the men's upset of Arizona hope for a similar outcome with the women on Saturday.

  • ESPN SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt at the desk with Bulls graphic on a screen behind him.
    Epic win generates worldwide headlines
    3/16/18

    UB's historic victory over Arizona garnered worldwide news coverage and joyful social media postings from Bulls' fans.

  • Katherine Ups #5, Cassie Oursler #31 and Mariah Suchan #21 during practice in Tallahassee, FL.
    Dance card different for senior women
    3/16/18

    While this trip to the NCAA tournament is not the first for the seniors on the women's team, there's a different mindset this year.

  • Two UB men's basketball players leaping in the air celebrating the team's win over Arizona in the NCAA Tournament.
    Bulls tickets, merch in high demand
    3/16/18

    UB Athletics' ticket sales and marketing staff have been busy trying to keep up with the demand for Bulls basketball tickets.

  • Photo of UB cheerleaders reacting with excitement at UB's NCAA Tournament game against Arizona.
    True Blue peppin' (video)
    3/17/18

    Meet some of the personalities that make UB's spirit squad a force to be reckoned with when the Bulls take the court.

  • KY guard Hamidou Diallo chases down a dribbling Jeremy Harris.
    Men’s hoops made Bulls fans proud
    3/18/18

    While Saturday's loss ended the UB men’s journey through the Big Dance, Bulls fans couldn’t be happier to be along for the ride.

  • The Buffalo Bulls celebrates the 102-79 victory over the South Florida Bulls in round one of the NCAA basketball tournament in Tallahassee, FL March 17, 2018.
    Comeback started with a shimmy
    3/18/18

    The UB women overcame a shaky start to earn a history-making upset of South Florida in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

  • The Florida State Seminoles band filled in as the UB Pep Band for the women' second round game of the NCAA Tournament.
    A little love from the Seminoles band
    3/19/18

    With UB's pep band in Boise, Florida State's band stepped in for the UB women during Saturday's game in Tallahassee.

  • Courtney Wilkins (left) and her sister Sam.
    Bulls getting support from Down Under
    3/19/18

    Sam Wilkins, sister of Bulls forward Courtney Wilkins, wins the prize for making the longest trip to see the Bulls in Tallahassee.

  • view from back of younger woman with her arm around an older woman's shoulders.
    Dementia expert to deliver lecture
    3/20/18

    Penn State professor Ann Kolanowski will discuss the difficulties of delirium during the School of Nursing’s 21st Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture.

  • SEM image of the pathogen that was studied.
    Thwarting a key COPD pathogen
    3/20/18

    A 15-year, UB-led study has created a “looking glass” into the genome of a key COPD pathogen and how to fight it.

  • Parishioners sitting in pews in church.
    Exploring politics' role in churches
    3/21/18

    A new study has found that politics is not the primary reason people are leaving churches.

  • Buffalo guard Cierra Dillard, right, and Buffalo guard Hanna Hall dance at mid-court after defeating Florida State 86-65 in round two of the NCAA basketball tournament in Tallahassee, FL March 19, 2018.
    Cinderella Bulls are still dancin’
    3/20/18

    The UB women  knocked off Florida State, 86-65, on Monday, scrapping and swaggering their way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

  • View of North Campus across Lake LaSalle.
    UB programs ranked among the best
    3/20/18

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

  • Mother talking to teen daughter who is giving her the stop hand.
    Don’t blame the hormones
    3/21/18

    Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in adolescents' social behavior, new UB research has found.

  • Conceptual illustration of a "green city.".
    Make green cities equitable
    3/21/18

    A new book co-authored by UB's Trina Hamilton explores how to keep neighborhoods affordable while pursuing environmental goals.

  • Mark Alnutt.
    Alnutt named director of athletics
    3/21/18

    The deputy director of athletics at the University of Memphis has been tapped to lead UB's athletics program.

  • Scene from "Black Panther.".
    Next DIFCON explores success of ‘Black Panther’
    3/21/18

    The Difficult Conversations series will use the film to inform discussion of whether art is on the side of the oppressed or the oppressor.

  • Close-up of a vintage globe highlighting Asia.
    UB students win scholarships
    3/23/18

    Critical Language Scholarship winners Jenny Simon and Ethan Wolfson-Seely will study in Asia this summer.

  • Poster for the Science & Art Cabaret focusing on death.
    Cabaret to examine ‘death’
    3/22/18

    The Science & Art Cabaret will address the ultimate theme — one familiar to all but also an endless source of curiosity.

  • silhouette of a soldier saluting a flag.
    Studying combat soldiers' resiliency
    3/22/18

    Perception of trauma and marriage satisfaction strongly influence how soldiers deal with trauma from combat, a UB study has found.

  • UB women's basketball team file through lobby of Alumni Arena, fans on one side and cheerleaders on the other.
    Fans give UB women spirited send-off
    3/21/18

    Dozens of fans gathered in the Alumni Arena lobby to wish their Bulls well as they head to Albany for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

  • globe in hands.
    UB to celebrate Sustainability Month
    3/26/18

    Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are forming the framework for UB's events and activities.

  • Chip Blenk, volunteer fixer, works on repairing some electronic device.
    Repair and reuse
    3/27/18

    Members of the UB community were able to patch it — rather than pitch it — at the recent Repair and Reuse Fair.

  • Coach Felisha Legette-Jack giving horns up after victory over South Florida.
    One sweet prediction
    3/23/18

    Bulls Coach Felisha Legette-Jack predicted two years ago that her players had what it takes to make it to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

  • Man with Pinocchio nose.
    Are they lying?
    3/26/18

    A new study by communication professor Mark Frank reveals what non-verbal clues can and cannot tell you about whether someone is telling the truth.

  • UB Communicators participated in the second annual professional development conference.
    UB holds second communicators conference
    3/23/18

    More than 140 communicators, marketers and enrollment leaders from  across UB gathered to learn ways to better tell the university's story.

  • Stepahnie Reid (center) leaps to make a basket during the game against South Carolina.
    UB women reflect on historic season
    3/25/18

    The Bulls’ record-setting season ended with Saturday’s loss to South Carolina on college basketball’s biggest stage.

  • Illustration of a runner wearing a fitness tracker.
    UB to mark National Public Health Week
    3/28/18

    A step challenge and free training on the opioid-overdose medication naloxone highlight activities at UB.

  • UB Bulls huddle up before their game against South Carolina on Saturday, March 24, 2018.
    Kudos roll in for the Bulls
    3/26/18

    Tweets about UB's women's basketball team rolled in from near and far after their season-ending loss to South Carolina.

  • Molli Warunek, hugging a young Haitian child while working in Haiti.
    Final push for Haiti
    3/26/18

    UB School of Nursing accepting donations for humanitarian trip.

  • Close up of fingers holding a capsule.
    Opioid misuse among baby boomers
    3/28/18

    Study connects education, depression and more to prescription opioid abuse in adults over age 50.

  • Conceptual illustration of blockchain technology.
    UB to host blockchain ‘buildathon’
    3/28/18

    More than 200 students and tech enthusiasts are expected to participate.

  • Keri Winter begins the discussion at the most recent if the Difficult Conversations series: "Wakanda Forever: Can Art Save Us?".
    ‘Art helps us reclaim our humanity,’ say DIFCON organizers
    3/29/18

    The latest DIFCON focused on 'Black Panther' and the role of art in society.

  • Potholes and moving car.
    Potholes? A new way to track them
    3/29/18

    UB engineers are developing self-powered wireless sensors that can be embedded in roads.

  • Andrew Gurman, MD, (second from left) accompanied by Michael Cane, visits Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in the new medical school building.
    AMA chief tours new Jacobs School building
    3/30/18

    Andrew Gurman also learned about the school’s innovations in medical education.

  • Brian Higgins, the U.S. Representative for New York’s 26th congressional district, spoke to faculty and students at the Department of Biological Sciences' spring seminar series.
    At UB, Brian Higgins talks political landscape
    3/30/18

    The congressman said he believes in the impact that people can bring by organizing and showing support for causes they believe in.

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