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  • Jeff Corwin holding a alligator.
    Into the wild at the CFA
    4/6/22

    Conservationist Jeff Corwin introduced a UB audience to some of the Earth's creatures he's fighting for.

  • Aaron Epstein, his image reflected in a mirror.
    UB surgical resident receives 2022 Citizen Honors Award
    4/1/22

    The award given to Aaron Epstein, currently on a medical mission in Ukraine, is considered the second-highest civilian award in the U.S.  

  • Throwing a plastic water bottle in a recycling container.
    Study reports impact of Chinese policy on U.S. recycling
    4/1/22

    The study is part of a project sponsored by New York’s Environmental Protection Fund and Department of Environmental Conservation.

  • Ebony McGee.
    McGee to discuss Black and brown students in STEM
    4/1/22

    The lecture and workshop will feature the author of “Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation.”

  • Sunrise behind Hayes Hall on an early spring morning.
    Architecture celebrates 50 years of innovation
    4/4/22

    The school is opening its doors for a series of public events and exhibitions that put the work of faculty, students and alumni on full display.

  • Gene Zubovich.
    Book explores story of liberal Protestants
    4/4/22

    UB historian Gene Zubovich examines how this vibrant faith community in the mid-20th century helped shape U.S. politics and world affairs.

  • Henry Adler in his lab.
    Film resonates with UB’s Deaf, HOH community
    4/5/22

    UB faculty member Henry Adler's children are real-life CODAs — children of deaf adults.

  • Concept of sustainability parnerships featuring five trees side-by-side with each tree's foliage forming a chain of links.
    Partnerships drive Sustainability Month
    4/4/22

    This year’s events are designed to cover three overarching themes: collective responsibility, professional pathways, and mental health and well-being.

  • Humanities to the Rescue promotional graphic for the upcoming program: "Life (in the age of Artificial Intelligence).".
    UB showcase explores impact of AI on daily life
    4/5/22

    The UB Humanities Institute event April 6-7 aims to thoughtfully consider the social, cultural and historical implications of artificial intelligence.

  • Paresh Dandona.
    Lower dose of drug helps patients with Type 2 diabetes
    4/7/22

    UB scientist Paresh Dandona's clinical experience with the insulin-sensitizing drug pioglitazone led him to advocate for more study.

  • A person receiving a Covid booster vaccination.
    To boost or not to boost?
    4/5/22

    UB infectious disease expert Thomas Russo talks to UBNow about the FDA’s recent approval of a fourth COVID-19 shot.

  • Three micro-credential badges on a blue background.
    Micro-credential programs surge at UB
    4/6/22

    The short-term programs that cover everything from social justice to data science provide students with in-demand skills.

  • Concept of the cosmos featuring stars and colored gases.
    What came before the Big Bang?
    4/6/22

    UB physicist Will Kinney’s new popular science book explains one leading theory.

  • Job Quality Index logo.
    UB takes over U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index
    4/6/22

    The monthly update is a report card of how jobs are really doing in the U.S.

  • doughnuts.
    Carbs, sugary foods may influence poor oral health
    4/7/22

    UB research on postmenopausal women identifies associations between commonly eaten foods and the diversity and composition of oral bacteria.

  • silhouettes of man and woman in from of computer screen.
    SUNY collaboration explores quantum computing network
    4/8/22

    Researchers simulate a quantum network, offering clues into what hardware is needed to support these advanced computers.

  • UB chemistry professor Luis A. Colón with UB alumni Ivonne M. Ferrer and Jesús M. Velázquez.
    STEM partnership wins Sloan Foundation grant
    4/8/22

    The program creates pathways for students at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey to pursue graduate studies at UB.

  • Black Me in White Coats panel discussion.
    Barriers to Black men in white coats
    4/8/22

    The systemic barriers preventing Black men from becoming physicians was the focus of a recent film screening and panel discussion at the Jacobs School.

  • Zoom image: Vincent Lynch (center), associate professor of biological sciences, studies how large and long-lived animals have evolved protections against cancer. Team members in his lab include master’s student Meaghan Birkemeier (left) and postdoctoral researcher Jacob Bowman (right). Photo: Douglas Levere
    Exploring cancer defenses of big, long-lived animals
    4/11/22

    Creatures that live longer and have more cells should have higher risks of developing cancer. A UB team is looking at why they don't.

  • A rendering of the exterior of a reenovated hospital in Seoul.
    Creating buildings of the future
    4/14/22

    UB architecture professor Jin Young Song is internationally known for his award-winning façade renovations and alternative construction systems.  

  • Diverse group of students sitting at desks with laptops, teacher helping one student.
    UB’s Teacher Residency Program a model for nation
    4/11/22

    The U.S. Department of Education has recognized the program as a blueprint to follow to address the national teacher shortage.

  • Arlene Kaukus, Brian Hamluk, David Gray and Barbara Ricotta tapping a chocolate "smash cake" with tiny hammers.
    Faculty partnerships critical to Career Design Center
    4/13/22

    Working with faculty and staff to prepare students for life after college is a key focus for the recently renamed and redefined center.

  • Dr. Timothy Adams, Nigel Marine, Abena Ansah-Yeboah, Dr. Stuti Tambar, and Mario Carrillo standing in a row for a photo.
    Diversity program brings new learning inside, outside OR
    4/12/22

    UB's Summer Diversity Research Mentorship Program is designed to attract more underrepresented students to surgery.

  • the book cover of the "Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World: Beyond Tolerance” by Ryan Muldoon.
    UB philosopher’s book focus of online symposium
    4/12/22

    Ryan Muldoon's book “Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World” is featured on the “Syndicate” discussion space.

  • Banner for SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.
    Fifteen UB students recipients of SUNY Chancellor's Award
    4/13/22

    The students'  achievements inside and outside the classroom are being recognized with the highest honor SUNY bestows upon its students.

  • Professor Sandy Geffner gives a talk to students in the cypress dome within the Florida Everglades swamp.
    Learning from the swamp
    4/13/22

    The Department of Environment and Sustainability's Ecology of Unique Environments course provided some UB students an invaluable experience in the Florida Everglades.

  • Two women working on laptops, one with her arms raised in triumph.
    Why singling out an Employee of the Month may backfire
    4/14/22

    New research from the School of Management reveals how envy can lead to absenteeism and turnover at work.

  • Asad Raza.
    Artist Asad Raza to conduct Working Artists Lab at UB
    4/15/22

    The multidisciplinary project will feature three components: an outdoor sculpture, sailing and song.

  • Rajan Batta in the office with a student.
    Batta receives Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award
    4/15/22

    The IISE’s highest award recognizes contributions to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering.

  • Mark Frank on the set of Curiosity Stream.
    UB professor brings expertise to series on con artists
    4/14/22

    Mark Frank is among three experts offering their perspectives on the psyches of convicted con artists on the Curiosity Stream docuseries.

  • Zoom image: Layered, 3D models of a small section of coral reef. Image: Ángela Martínez Quintana
    3D models of coral reefs are a crucial research tool
    4/18/22

    UB scientist Ángela Martínez Quintana’s is using the detailed models to understand which microhabitats are best for young corals.

  • Virtual Talent Show.
    Jacobs School to show off its talents
    4/18/22

    The second annual talent show, featuring singing, pets, leatherworking and more, will be held virtually on April 22.

  • Female dressed in cap and gown sitting on bronze buffalo.
    Remain COVID-vigilant
    4/18/22

    With local cases on the rise, professor Thomas Russo urges the campus community to continue to take precautions to ensure a successful end to the semester.

  • Matthew Taboni.
    Recycling food to feed others
    4/19/22

    The UB chapter of the Food Recovery Network collects food from the line that is not served at UB dining halls and redistributes it to a local food pantry and dining site.

  • Dr. Koury instructing high school students.
    NIH grant helps teens perform genome sequencing
    4/19/22

    The grant to UB scientist Stephen Koury allows students and their teachers to use a special technology to sequence and analyze an entire genome.

  • Korydon Smith.
    Helping people worldwide with better design
    4/21/22

    UB faculty member Korydon Smith creates design solutions for marginalized people around the world.

  • Concept of doctors studying kidneys.
    How race, sex affect tacrolimus pharmacokinetics
    4/20/22

    A UB study found that Black kidney transplant patients exhibit faster clearance rates of the key immunosuppressive drug.

  • Poster presentation during the Celebration of Student Aacademic Excellence.
    UB to recognize student excellence — in person
    4/20/22

    After two years of celebrating remotely due to the pandemic, UB will gather in person once again for its annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

  • Âé¶¹´«Ã½o faculty mentors in the UB-UZ HIV Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Training Program meet with University of Zimbabwe students and faculty at a community center in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    Partnership receives $1.4 million from NIH
    4/21/22

    The award supports a partnership between UB and the University of Zimbabwe to train future HIV researchers in Zimbabwe.

  • Concept of pelvic pain, close up of a person holding their stomach where a red glow indicates pain.
    Treating chronic pelvic pain without drugs
    4/25/22

    The clinical study, which has been awarded a $1.4 million NIH grant, exemplifies novel patient-centered care.

  • Zoom image: UB staffers and alumni Mary and Mark Busch have an astonishing number of associations with the university — and their ties only keep growing. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    UB connections run deep
    4/22/22

    UB has been a vital part of this ‘True Blue’ family for three generations — and it’s looking good for the fourth.

  • Hao Zeng and Mengying Bian in the lab.
    A new way to stack crystal films
    4/22/22

    Growing thin layers of crystals made from different materials on top of each other isn’t easy. Could a technique called “dative epitaxy” help?

  • CTSI Educational Modules.
    New tools to train next generation of UB researchers
    4/26/22

    Educational Modules are a key component in the CTSI's vision of improving health and reducing health disparities in the community.

  • Crystal Campbell.
    Campbell earns Creative Capital Award
    4/22/22

    The College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Visiting Scholar will use the award for a project on the U.S. Postal Service.

  • John Atkinson.
    Atkinson named one of AAEES 40 Under 40 Winners
    4/26/22

    The UB professor has been been recognized for helping to advance the fields of environmental science or engineering within the past year.

  • CASA MS principal investigators Dejan Jakimovski; Robert Zivadinov; Bianca Weinstock-Guttman; Murali Ramanthan; Ralph Benedict; Michael Dwyer.
    Tackling the question that haunts people with MS
    4/25/22

    A pioneering UB study will examine why some patients with MS develop severe disease while others never do,

  • Panasci winners Sonya A. Tareke and Malkijah Griffiths of Team Real Talk with their big check.
    Diversity, equity and inclusion platform wins Panasci TEC
    4/25/22

    More than $65,000 in startup funding and services was awarded at the annual UB entrepreneurial competition.

  • M. Stanley Whittingham.
    Nobel laureate Whittingham to speak at UB
    4/25/22

    Whittingham, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will speak about lithium-ion batteries as part of the physic department’s Ta-You Wu Lecture Series.

  • Machine room in Center for Computational Research.
    UB team leading cyberinfrastructure project
    4/26/22

    The $10 million, NSF-funded project, which includes Roswell Park and other partners; will help ensure U.S. leadership in science and engineering.

  • UB Sustainable Business Association e-board members Siegel, Hotto and Mesler at UB's GRoW Clean Energy Center.
    Seeing green
    4/27/22

    A new School of Management student club highlights the business value of sustainability.

  • Banner on a table that reads, "UB Climate Action Now.".
    Earth Day challenge to UB community
    4/27/22

    As part of a "difficult conversation," the campus community was asked to think about what they might be willing to sacrifice to advance UB's climate action plan.

  • UB Spider-man pictured at Baird Point.
    UB's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
    4/27/22

    Dressed as the famed superhero, the UB student sows positivity on campus.

  • Zoom image: In a RENEW lab in Hochstetter Hall, students Mindula Wijayahena and Abdullah Islam (from left, sitting) work with researchers (standing in rear, from left) faculty member Shenqiang Ren, student Saurabh Khuje and postdoc Aaron Sheng. Researchers in the lab are working on development of printable conductive materials for hybrid electronics in extreme environments, and evaluating potential human exposures to toxic "forever chemicals" in environmental samples. Photo: Douglas Levere
    New vision for UB RENEW Institute
    4/29/22

    The institute has designated four new focus areas, with proposal support, shared instrumentation and other resources available to UB researchers.

  • Rendering of the entrance to the planned Joyce Museum.
    UB receives NEH grant toward design of Joyce Museum
    4/26/22

    The museum will strengthen cultural tourism in WNY, attracting thousands of visitors each year from around the world.

  • Zoom image: The entrance to the "See It Through Buffalo" exhibit at the CEPA gallery. Photo: Douglas Levere
    CEPA exhibition celebrates architecture school
    4/28/22

    “The City and Its School” presents two exhibitions exploring the school’s 50-year investment in its host city.

  • Plastic water bottle being tossed in a recycling bin.
    UB receives $4.5M for plastics recycling research center
    4/28/22

    The DEC award builds upon the state's efforts to boost recycling and reduce waste, which will improve the environment and fight climate change.

  • Zoom image: Martin Luther King III, the civil rights activist's eldest son, spoke at UB on April 26 at the invitation of the Student Association. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    MLK III carries on legacy of his father during UB visit
    4/28/22

    Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest son touched on many of the same themes that his father preached during a visit to UB more than 50 years ago.

  • Cathy Park Hong.
    Addressing complicated issues
    4/28/22

    Award-winning poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong recently spoke to a "Let's Talk About Race" audience about Asian American race relations in the U.S.

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