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  • Toddler, who's mother participated in a clinical trial, is held by the doctor who conducted the trial.
    Clinical trial funding increases at UB
    10/1/18

    Thousands of Western New Yorkers are enrolling in studies and receiving the newest and best medical care.

  • Diabetes patient and doctor discuss results during a clinical trial.
    Tools boost access to clinical trials
    10/1/18

    UB works with electronic health records databases and an NIH consortium to better respond to the community’s health needs.

  • two people in a hallway surrounded by mainframes.
    CCR to play key role in Roswell project
    10/1/18

    The Center for Computational Research will provide computing and data storage support for Roswell's ‘moonshot’ project.

  • A still of footwear left behind in sandy soil from Joshua Bonnetta and J.P Sniadecki's "EL MAR LA MAR." Courtesy of The Cinema Guild.
    Series explores Mexican cinema
    10/2/18

    This year’s Global Film Series focuses on a special theme of borders and immigration.

  • 2016 judge Travis Nelson examines a crystal with a jeweler's loop.
    Shining bright
    10/2/18

    The U.S. Crystal Growing Competition — based at UB — is celebrating its fifth year of sharing a love of science with thousands of kids around the nation.

  • Concept illustration of neighborhood networks.
    Neighboring matters
    10/3/18

    Being a good neighbor can have a powerful effect even in disadvantaged communities, according to results of new UB research.

  • Fred Sachs in the lab with a tarantula crawling over his hand.
    Therapy spares muscle loss in DMD
    10/3/18

    The novel drug developed by UB researchers is moving closer to use in humans with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

  • NEW YORK - MAY 3, 2018: NYPD School Safety Officer in front of school in Lower Manhattan.
    Finn organizes school security conference
    10/4/18

    The national meeting in Washington, D.C., will examine the effects and effectiveness of security measures in practice in the nation’s schools.

  • Obese boy enjoys eating vegetable salad, diet and healthy food concept.
    Editorial praises obesity study
    10/4/18

    The piece in JAMA Pediatrics by UB’s Myles Faith and Leonard Epstein notes the study finds that “genes are not destiny.”

  • With childcare accommodations seemingly elusive, many parents make a calculated decision to forego conference attendance and suffer the career consequences. Image courtesy of Dave Cutler (artist).
    Award helps Bass balance family, career in science
    10/5/18

    The UB neuroscientist received a FENS child care award to attend a critical meeting in her field.

  • Magnifying glass examining cancer cell in a lung.
    UB-led team creates portable cancer test
    10/5/18

    The system using smartphone technology and a new gold biosensor may improve early detection of the disease, especially in developing countries.

  • A pharmacy student speaks with a community member during the fall risk assessment and bone density screening that was held by the Pharmacy School's medication therapy management clinic program.
    Reducing falls among the elderly
    10/4/18

    UB pharmacy students recently provided Buffalo-area seniors with fall risk assessments and bone density screenings.

  • Ub logo.
    Update on opioid crisis
    10/4/18

    Nancy Nielsen updated the UB Council on the university's efforts to partner with the community on a regional response to the opioid crisis.

  • Illustration of the human brain and intelligence.
    Study finds reading is a team-lift
    10/5/18

    New UB research shows that different parts of the brain work together to predict proficiency.

  • Science & Art Cabaret promotional poster featuring two people wearing gas masks and the event theme "Hot Spots.".
    Cabaret tackles toxicity and the landscape
    10/8/18

    The popular science and art series opens its 10th season with a theme that’s close to home.

  • Group photo of the students and advisors who participated in an Alternative Spring Break in Selma, Alalbama in 2016.
    Alt break trips life-changing for staff
    10/8/18

    UB’s Alternative Break community service trips have proven to be equally impactful for staff who accompany students on the trips.

  • Various icons that are part of the "Rave Guardian" app.
    UB launching personal safety app
    10/8/18

    The free UB Guardian app converts smartphones into personal safety devices.

  • Students gathered in a group receive final instructions before beginning the pharmacy/nursing escape room challenge.
    Escape room teaches students teamwork
    10/8/18

    The schools of Nursing and Pharmacy have turned to the popular game for interprofessional training.

  • Flags representing ub departments are lined up on the stage of Lippes Concert Hall.
    UB to recognize faculty and staff
    10/9/18

    Outstanding members of the faculty and staff will be honored on Nov. 1 at the 15th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence.

  • Ensemble Signal, performing.
    Ensemble Signal to return to UB
    10/9/18

    The new music “dream team” will perform a portrait concert commemorating the late British composer and conductor Oliver Knussen.

  • virus.
    UB welcomes West Indies fellows
    10/9/18

    The fellows from the Jamaican university will train with SUNY scientists in virology and drug development.

  • Stream gauge used in a Michigan CrowdHydrology station.
    Crowdsourced data could improve flood predictions
    10/11/18

    With new NSF funding, researchers will work to integrate citizen science data into the National Water Model.

  • Alumni Association logo.
    Alumni Association to honor 12
    10/11/18

    Stephen Still will receive the association’s highest honor, the Samuel P. Capen Award, at this year’s award ceremony.

  • badge for College Consensus' top green colleges.
    UB ranked high for green efforts
    10/10/18

    The university has placed No. 22 on College Consensus’ 25 Best Green Colleges list.

  • Closeup of a replica of U.S. Constitution document.
    Drew gives keynote at Constitution Day event
    10/10/18

    The UB faculty member's talk focused on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem.

  • Madeline Davis pictured right at a 1971 protest in Albany, NY holding the "Buffalo Radical Lesbians" sign.
    Radical Histories, Radical Futures
    10/9/18

    The new Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies will look at the past, present and future of the field at UB at a conference this weekend.

  • Stem cell research: cell being drawn off a small cluster under a microscope.
    Stem cells will ‘change medicine forever’
    10/10/18

    UB researcher Natesh Parashurama is developing technologies and tools to grow personalized, 3D internal organs, such as the liver and pancreas.

  • 3D illustration of blood cells that cause malaria.
    Treating humans to protect mosquitoes from malaria
    10/10/18

    Immunized people would transmit anti-malarial proteins to the insects that bite them, reducing spread of the deadly disease.

  • UB logo.
    Promoting trauma-informed model
    10/11/18

    UB Social Work representatives discussed how NY counties can adopt a trauma-informed organizational culture within their social services departments.

  • Male on stationery bike with tubing device around his neck.
    Sexes differ on comfort during and after exercise
    10/12/18

    The UB study is the first to highlight sex differences in thermal behavior and could one day inform development of new athletic apparel.

  • Brian Schultz giving his pitch during the 43North finals.
    43North finals were ‘awesome’ venture
    10/12/18

    Finalist Dimien, a chemical maker with a focus on eco-friendly manufacturing, was founded by a UB chemistry PhD grad.  

  • Skywritten words "dislike" and the thumbs-down emoji.
    Curbing social media harassment, abuse
    10/15/18

    A new system for automatically detecting prejudice in social media posts can help constrain this behavior online, new UB research has found.  

  • Belcea Quartet.
    Belcea to make rare appearance in WNY
    10/11/18

    The acclaimed quartet will perform concerts at UB and in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall.

  • Man on stationery bike in Remediation Station.
    Artists testing limits of nature
    10/12/18

    Seven artists will explore the intersection of nature and the unnatural as the newest residents in UB Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts.

  • Training big data scientists studying dementia
    10/16/18

    The training program funded by a grant to the School of Nursing will help better predict the functional decline, mortality and sleep of patients.

  • stubbing out a cigarette in an ashtray.
    Fong to present J. Warren Perry Lecture
    10/16/18

    The Canadian tobacco researcher will discuss the impacts of science-based tobacco-control policies.

  • Jazz Impressions: 1968 logo.
    Jazz series hits Slee
    10/12/18

    The UB Faculty Jazz Quartet will perform a concert of works by Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner as part of “Jazz Impressions: 1968.”  

  • The GRoW Home is now open on the South Campus as a clean energy and sustainability engagement center.
    GRoW Home is all grown up
    10/15/18

    UB’s student-designed sustainable house is now open on the South Campus as a clean energy and sustainability engagement center.  

  • #SpiritDay lawn sign art project.
    UB to support #SpiritDay with public art project
    10/12/18

    Lawn signs espousing wishes for freedom aim to promote UB’s values as a community.

  • robot with human face ponders a situation.
    Examining ethical issues with AI
    10/17/18

    A new UB project will examine the ethical and social concerns raised by the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system.

  • President Satish Tripathi delivers his 2018 State of the University address.
    Tripathi: The state of UB is strong
    10/15/18

    The president's annual address celebrates record enrollments, multimillion-dollar grants, faculty awards and national rankings that have never been higher.

  • Photo illustration of how the 3D printer fingerprint technology works.
    3D printers have ‘fingerprints’
    10/17/18

    The discovery by the UB-led research team could help trace 3D-printed guns and counterfeit goods.

  • Kunle Odunsi.
    Odunsi elected to National Academy of Medicine
    10/18/18

    The UB professor of Ob/Gyn and Roswell deputy director joins the prestigious academy that informs health policy.

  • Brain showing connections between different regions.
    How does brain structure influence language tasks?
    10/18/18

    Computational modeling shows promise as a tool for probing this question, a study finds.

  • DNA molecule in a test tube.
    Warren’s use of DNA test lacks sensitivity
    10/17/18

    UB geneticist James Jarvis, who is of Native American ancestry, says the reliability of DNA testing is also in question.

  • hands manipulating a smartphone.
    Vulnerabilities exposed in terahertz data links
    10/19/18

    A new study finds that terahertz data links aren’t as immune to eavesdropping as many have assumed.

  • Andrew Talal in the lab.
    Talal named to state task force on HCV
    10/18/18

    The UB expert in liver disease and hepatitis C virus uses telemedicine and other innovations to treat HCV in people who inject drugs.

  • Randall Rasmusson and Glenna Bett in the lab.
    UB spinoff moving into new market
    10/19/18

    Cytocybernetics will use an SBIR award to develop a device for studying drugs that treat neurological disorders.

  • Scott Scheers, Gavin Amos and Evan Supple work with La Laguna community members to survey existing water sources.
    Working to bring clean water to Nicaraguan village
    10/19/18

    UB Engineers Without Borders has formed a five-year partnership with La Laguna to provide clean drinking water to the community.

  • Ambassadors pose for a group photo in the Buffalo Room at the Faculty Staff Campaign kickoff breakfast.
    Faculty Staff Campaign launches
    10/18/18

    The effort seeks to raise $1 million to improve the experience and education of UB students.

  • Illustration of a city and farm, with shining sun.
    It’s time to reflect on efforts in food systems planning
    10/22/18

    A special issue of a peer-reviewed journal outlines the new frontiers in, and challenges to, the governance of food systems.

  • Lisa Jane Jacobsen arrives to lead her cardio fitness class in her white coat armed with Bluetooth speakers, a yoga mat and plenty of water.
    Sharing her drive for cardio-fitness
    10/22/18

    Jacobs School associate dean Lisa Jane Jacobsen leads a fitness class to help medical students stay active.

  • Jessica Kruger (seated in the center wearing sunglasses) in a group shot of her students and the East Side Bike Club.
    Public health means connecting with the community
    10/22/18

    For faculty member Jessica Kruger, students’ commitment doesn’t end in the classroom.

  • Karole Collier (left), Class of '22, spoke about her personal experiences with racism, racism in the city of Buffalo, her family history, and about something that happened on campus that was racist and affected her deeply.
    Essay about Trump sparks discussion
    10/19/18

    A new book club brings together medical students and East Side residents in an effort to better understand and adress racial barriers.

  • Closeup of metallic male symbols pile, on wooden background.
    Gender Institute launches series
    10/22/18

    Philosopher Kate Manne, whose book “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny”  inspired the new “On Misogyny” lecture series, is the inaugural speaker.

  • headshot of Mark Hicar.
    AFM rare, not directly infectious
    10/23/18

    UB pediatrician Mark Hicar offers tips for helping to prevent the viruses associated with the so-called mystery paralysis in children.

  • Rebecca French at the podium speaking at the inaugural conference at the new Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law in Bhutan.
    In her element in Bhutan
    10/23/18

    Law professor Rebecca Redwood French was invited to speak at a conference at Bhutan’s first law school, established just last year.

  • headshot of Nima Arkani-Hamed.
    Renowned physicist to give Rustgi lecture
    10/22/18

    Nima Arkani-Hamed, a winner of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, will speak on “The End of Space-Time.”

  • Illustration of gender equity concept: male and female figures standing on either side of a balanced scale.
    No gender gap found in UB faculty wages
    10/24/18

    The internal study found no statistical evidence of gender, race or ethnicity-based pay inequity among ladder faculty in 2016-17.  

  • Business people gathered for a meeting around a table; a woman talks with an easel behind her featuring a drawing and the words "core values.".
    Moral leaders perform better
    10/24/18

    But what’s “moral” is up for debate, according to results of a study led by School of Management researcher Jim Lemoine.

  • NASA Logo.
    Manufacturing innovation cited
    10/24/18

    The work by UB’s Shenqiang Ren and Chi Zhou earned a spot among the top 25 semifinalists in the third cycle of the NASA iTech competition.

  • Lemma Al-Ghanem spent the summer on an Emergency Architecture and Human Rights' school-building project for Syrian refugees in Jordan. In addition to construction support, she served as a translator between Arabic speaking locals and English speaking team members. Here she helps translate as workers erect the school's first wall.
    UB grad takes her skills to Jordan
    10/25/18

    Lemma Al-Ghanem’s participation in a project to build a school reinforced her desire for a career in humanitarian architecture.

  • Mark Alnutt.
    Alnutt is all in
    10/25/18

    UB’s new AD is bullish on UB Athletics’ future.

  • Bruce Troen in his lab.
    Troen honored by Amherst seniors
    10/25/18

    The UB geriatric medicine specialist was recognized for outstanding leadership by the Amherst Senior Citizens Foundation.

  • Third-year med student Fatima Elabass demonstrates technique to Uju Nwoke (frosh, Bio major), Anna Lange (junior, BioMed Science major), and Whitney Spencer (senior, majoring in BioMedical Science).
    Getting an education on medical school
    10/26/18

    At Rx for Success, hundreds of underrepresented students in New York State learned the ins and outs of applying for medical school.

  • 3-D rendering of human kidneys.
    Unraveling racial disparity in kidney transplant success
    10/29/18

    A $3.5 federal million grant will fund UB research that could advance development of personalized medicine for high-risk patients.  

  • Discontinuous Sequence Series, Charade, ca. 1973, detail.
    Exhibition to feature Breverman works
    10/29/18

    The exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center will include rarely seen work by the internationally known artist and UB emeritus faculty member.

  • Graphic for 45 plays for 45 presidents.
    POTUS the focus of Theatre and Dance production
    10/29/18

    The satirical comedy “45 Plays for 45 Presidents” brings some levity to an intense political season.

  • Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered his Distinguished Speakers Series lecture on Oct. 25, 2018.
    Words matter, Biden tells UB audience
    10/26/18

    The former vice president quotes Yeats in urging the country to heal the divides.

  • roland martin in front of the keyboard of the fisk organ.
    Martin to perform organ recital
    10/30/18

    The UB faculty member will perform his own music, as well as two organ masses by François Couperin.

  • Zodiaque dancers in silhouette.
    Zodiaque to mark 45th anniversary
    10/31/18

    UB's dance troupe will mark the occasion with its fall concert, Celebration 45, and a special gala performance.

  • UB geologist Elizabeth Thomas holds a sediment core — a cylindrical sample of lakebed mud.
    Why a warmer world may equal a wetter Arctic
    10/30/18

    UB research suggests that 8,000 years ago, two climatic processes may have caused western Greenland to become more humid.

  • spyglass highlights Manganese on the periodic table.
    Manganese may solve hydrogen fuel cells’ catalyst issue
    10/31/18

    A UB-led research team reports the widely available and inexpensive metal could lead to a renewable energy boom.
     

  • ub logo.
    Tripathi’s statement on synagogue shootings
    10/30/18

    UB‘s president offers condolences to the victims and their families, and affirms bigotry and racism have no place on campus and in our society.

  • Man with cane walks in crosswalk.
    Grant will help improve transit access
    10/31/18

    A five-year, $4.6 million federal grant to UB and Carnegie Mellon supports continued accessibility research.

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