UB News Center

Pharmacy school joins UB’s community outreach at Lighthouse medical clinic 7/18/25
Third-year students collaborate with medical and public health students to assist clients.
AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling 7/18/25
Review article analyzes the latest methods in plastic recycling guided by process systems engineering approaches.
Listening well can move you, literally, study finds 7/18/25
High-quality listening identified as contributing to Kama Muta, the feeling of being “moved by love.”
UB statement on disturbing social media comments 7/17/25
The comments are unacceptable and contrary to UB’s values.
Multimillion-dollar grant will help UB project ice sheet loss and sea level rise 7/15/25
Funding allows Sophie Nowicki to continue leading international ice sheet modeling project.
Summer program at UB gives young talent reasons to stay and prosper in Buffalo 7/10/25
The Western New York Sophomore Externship Experience at UB matches students with some of the area’s top businesses and not-for-profits, where they work 20 hours a week.
Study: Quick, pain-free breast imaging system shows promise in early clinical tests 7/10/25
Automated scan takes less than a minute and produces AI-powered, clear 3D images.
UB postdoc awarded NSF fellowship to study evolution of mucus and its role in pregnancy 7/8/25
First-generation American Petar Pajic will complete postdoc at Yale University.
Study uncovers how harmful RNA clumps form — and a way to dissolve them 7/7/25
Linked to neurological disorders, repeat RNAs aggregate inside droplets but can be disassembled with an engineered piece of RNA.
Zebrafish could be key to finding new drugs for kidney stones, gout 7/2/25
University at Buffalo researcher Viviana Monje and colleagues awarded $1.2 million grant to study how popular aquarium fish produces crystals.
Oral biology professor wins global award for pioneering tooth enamel study 7/1/25
Research reveals how targeting gene could help correct oral disorders, prevent craniofacial birth defects.
How can AI be more energy efficient? UB researchers look to human brain for inspiration 7/1/25
Neuromorphic computing, which mimics architecture of brain, could support growing energy demands of AI.
UB student awarded NASA fellowship to map biodiversity in South Africa 6/27/25
Festus Adegbola’s work on BioSCape project monitors how plants and wildfires influence bird diversity.
UB tops New York State public colleges in QS World University Rankings 6/25/25
In addition to being No. 1 in the state, UB ranks 33rd among all public institutions in the U.S.
New book by UB researcher turns urban sociology on its head 6/25/25
Disheartened by what he saw yet encouraged by the possibilities of sharing a new perspective, Gottdiener started down a path to shift the ideological focus of urbanism away from its historically singular focus on large cites.
How structural racism impacts health care is focus of comprehensive textbook edited by UB population health expert 6/24/25
New book edited by Leonard Egede takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to explore the structural factors underlying health disparities
UB surgeons use computer-assisted surgery to reduce head size 6/23/25
Published paper reveals pros, cons of digital planning in cases of hydrocephalic macrocephaly.
UB again ranks among nation’s best in measure of global health, climate action and sustainability research 6/23/25
THE ranked 2,526 universities from 130 countries or territories based on their progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Wheat straw, a farming byproduct, could soon insulate your home 6/18/25
University at Buffalo-led team 3D prints the organic material to create green alternative to common fiberglass insulation.
Study reveals ‘switch-like’ behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease 6/18/25
Most genes express at varying levels, but switch-like genes are only highly expressed or lowly expressed.

UB News Center

Pharmacy school joins UB’s community outreach at Lighthouse medical clinic 7/18/25

AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling 7/18/25

Listening well can move you, literally, study finds 7/18/25

UB statement on disturbing social media comments 7/17/25

Multimillion-dollar grant will help UB project ice sheet loss and sea level rise 7/15/25

Summer program at UB gives young talent reasons to stay and prosper in Buffalo 7/10/25

Study: Quick, pain-free breast imaging system shows promise in early clinical tests 7/10/25

UB postdoc awarded NSF fellowship to study evolution of mucus and its role in pregnancy 7/8/25

Study uncovers how harmful RNA clumps form — and a way to dissolve them 7/7/25

Zebrafish could be key to finding new drugs for kidney stones, gout 7/2/25

Oral biology professor wins global award for pioneering tooth enamel study 7/1/25

How can AI be more energy efficient? UB researchers look to human brain for inspiration 7/1/25

UB student awarded NASA fellowship to map biodiversity in South Africa 6/27/25

UB tops New York State public colleges in QS World University Rankings 6/25/25

New book by UB researcher turns urban sociology on its head 6/25/25

How structural racism impacts health care is focus of comprehensive textbook edited by UB population health expert 6/24/25

UB surgeons use computer-assisted surgery to reduce head size 6/23/25

UB again ranks among nation’s best in measure of global health, climate action and sustainability research 6/23/25

Wheat straw, a farming byproduct, could soon insulate your home 6/18/25

Study reveals ‘switch-like’ behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease 6/18/25