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  • Photo of five young people sitting on the floor in a circle, with two of them high-fiving.
    10 ways to have a happier, healthier 2020
    1/2/20

    UB faculty experts offer tips on how to eat right, move more and stress less.

  • Photo of a female physician reviewing information on a tablet.
    First-year students test-drive electronic medical recording system
    1/7/20

    Innovative program exposes aspiring doctors to important new health care tool.

  • Photo of UB adjunct instructor Jodi Lynn Maracle teaching a student.
    UB receives $3 million Mellon grant in support of indigenous studies
    1/13/20

    The proposed new department will anchor an expansive Indigenous Research Center and will serve as a “home-hub” for broader indigenous inclusion.

  • Portrait of UB researcher Paresh Dandona.
    Jacobs School professor to receive prestigious award for his work in diabetes research
    1/8/20

    Paresh Dandona will be honored with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2020 Life Time Contribution Award in Chennai, India.

  • UB chemists Diana Aga and Luisa Angeles working in the lab.
    Study: How U.S. sewage plants can remove medicines from wastewater
    1/7/20

    New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensive.

  • Photo of students interacting at an international tea time event at UB.
    Bridging the social divide between international, domestic students
    1/8/20

    New UB research suggests that while self-esteem predicts better socialization with domestic students, it is curiously unrelated to how international students socialize with other internationals.

  • A. Scott Weber stands in front of UB's seal on the floor of an office.
    Weber named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
    1/9/20

    The appointment, which comes after an international search, is effective immediately.

  • Student Black Belt candidates Fanni Kozma and Manimanjari “Manjari” Vemula, at center, pose with their supervisors at Sumitomo Rubber USA. At far left is Anthony Lauria and at far right is Christopher Holzmann.
    Companies get brainpower, students get industry experience via UB’s Six Sigma program
    1/13/20

    The program, now in its 16th year, invites companies to sponsor one or more students.

  • Portrait of UB researcher Jo Freudenheim.
    UB researchers contribute to CDC report on cause of vaping-related lung injuries
    1/13/20

    Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers identify vitamin E acetate as likely culprit.

  • Graphic of a computerized model of the human brain.
    Brain model offers new insights into damage caused by stroke and other injuries
    1/14/20

    UB researcher’s background in computer modeling made his pioneering advancement of combining existing approaches seem obvious, a “chocolate and peanut butter moment.”

  • Close up of a woman's eye, concept of a digital eye scan.
    UB researcher employs eye-tracking technology to detect neurological disorders
    1/16/20

    Technology called MindEye uses infrared camera to detect subtle changes in pupil dilation and eye movement.

  • A microscope image showing clumps of alpha-synuclein inside fruit fly larvae neurons.
    Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
    1/16/20

    Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategy.

  • Diabetic child having a blood sample taken with lancet pen.
    Buffalo clinical trial contributed to FDA approval for fast-acting insulin for children
    1/21/20

    Recent FDA approval of a fast-acting insulin for children with diabetes mellitus came about with the help of UB, UBMD Pediatrics and Oishei Children’s Hospital, and some highly committed Western New York families.

  • Young boy raises hand during hearing test.
    Give Kids A Smile Day set for February
    1/16/20

    The UB School of Dental Medicine will welcome hundreds of Western New York children who lack access to dental care to receive free oral health care, hearing and vision exams, and other health services. 

  • High risk cholesterol test results.
    Study finds link between blood fats and artery size in people with MS
    1/17/20

    Researchers' aim was to determine the effect of a person’s blood lipids on the major arteries outside the skull.

  • Lumagination 2020 Display at Buffalo Botanical Gardens.
    Students Prepare ā€œLumaginationā€ at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens
    1/21/20

    UB students from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Theatre and Dance have spent countless hours of planning and creating to help contribute to the efforts of transforming an 1898 tri-domed glass and steel structure into a work of art with light, sound and movement.

  • UB student works with mini-autonomous robot in front of a projected simulation of a city.
    To advance robot swarms, UB engineers turn to video games
    1/22/20

    By measuring gamers’ brain waves and eye movements, engineers could improve artificial intelligence for autonomous robots.

  • Two images of protein structures.
    New X-ray method has ā€˜profound implications’ for the development of lifesaving drugs
    1/21/20

    Researchers have developed a way to unambiguously identify and count metal atoms in proteins in an efficient and routine way, revealing new information that was there, but previously hidden.

  • UB logo.
    UB statement regarding the sentencing of John Kapoor
    1/23/20

    His activities, as well as other individuals convicted and sentenced in this case, are in stark contrast to the values of UB.

  • Abstract art on the book cover edited by Errol Meidinger.
    Law professor edits book on transnational business practices
    1/22/20

    Errol Meidinger and colleagues examine ways to improve climate change, agriculture, sports.

  • Elderly woman active in leisure time painting a picture.
    UB researcher aims to get older adults moving and creating
    1/22/20

    Project will develop and test the impact of a community-based art-making and thinking-while-moving exercise intervention on cognition and motor function in adults 65 and older.

  • University at Buffalo logo.
    William Prescott named chair of pharmacy practice
    1/22/20

    William A. Prescott, Jr., PharmD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • UB logo.
    UB is carefully monitoring coronavirus situation
    1/24/20

    At this time, the university is not aware of any students, faculty or staff who may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

  • Mikhail V. Pletnikov, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB (effective July 1, 2020).
    Jacobs School names new chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics
    1/27/20

    Pletnikov, a native of Moscow, Russia, will relocate to Buffalo and join UB on July 1, 2020. He will be accompanied by his wife, Olga Pletnikova, MD.

  • Blue and white interlocking UB logo on a blue background containing a university seal.
    Theatre and Dance presents 'Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America'
    1/28/20

    The award-winning documentary will be screened Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Center for the Arts.

  • Amanda Adams.
    Nursing school expands outreach in Native American communities
    1/28/20

    The efforts were made possible through $3.4 million in Health Resources and Services Administration grants.

  • Portrait of John Richard, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at UB, in the lab.
    UB chemist awarded $2 million NIH grant for enzyme research
    1/29/20

    One major objective is to understand molecular interactions that enable enzymes to accelerate chemical reactions.

  • Photo of a standard pill bottle containing marijuana tipped over onto a paper prescription.
    Smoke two of these and call me in the morning? Not quite, study finds
    1/30/20

    Researchers surveyed cannabis users about beliefs on marijuana's effectiveness in treating certain medical conditions. The results reveal a big discrepancy.

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