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  • Portrait of Brian F. Hamluk.
    UB names Brian F. Hamluk new VP for student life
    5/3/21

    President Tripathi made the announcement today, citing Hamluk’s leadership and vision as an administrator, instructor and adviser at Syracuse University and The George Washington University, in addition to his experience over the past five years at the University of Pittsburgh.

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    UB statement on missing SUNY Buffalo State student
    5/3/21

    The entire University at Buffalo community continues to hope for the best in this difficult situation.

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    UB is among the nation’s top 20 public universities in QS USA rankings
    5/5/21

    UB is No. 20 among public institutions and ranks 50th among all U.S. universities in the QS USA University Rankings, announced this morning.

  • Microscope images showing single-celled yeast and elongated thread-like hyphae, both of the fungal species Candida albicans.
    From yeast to hypha: How Candida albicans makes the switch
    5/5/21

    C. albicans’ ability to shift forms can help it cause dangerous infections, and a study suggests that a protein called Sir2 aids this transition.

  • Ice shown on a barren landscape that includes land and water.
    Ice sheets and glaciers are shrinking. But we can still slow that process dramatically, study finds
    5/5/21

    Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could halve sea level rise caused by melting land ice this century, according to an international team.

  • Test tubes shown up close, with a pipette dropping liquid into one of them.
    Two UB researchers receive investments from Empire Discovery Institute
    5/7/21

    Teams will seek to develop treatment options that could benefit patients with multiple sclerosis, hemophilia and more.

  • Photo of a graduation cap that reads "Best is Yet to Come.".
    Three graduating UB students share their stories as the big day nears
    5/11/21

    Three soon-to-be UB graduates share their stories, who inspired them, and what they plan to do next.

  • Plastic bags and dishes filled with ocean-bottom sediments, which resemble coffee grounds, but lighter in color.
    Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers
    5/10/21

    A study digs into the history of summer temperatures in southern Greenland, with findings that hold a message of caution as the world warms again today.

  • UB logo.
    UB strongly supports vaccine requirement for in-person students
    5/10/21

    UB will continue to urge all current and in-coming students to schedule their shots as soon as possible.

  • Concept of chronic pain and mediscal intervention.
    Study: Americans are increasingly experiencing chronic pain
    5/11/21

    Findings suggest blanket increases across multiple measures, with pain rising in every adult age group, in every demographic group, and at every site of pain for which data exists.

  • Medical school faculty of 1861.
    On the anniversary of its founding 175 years ago, UB celebrates its origins in the study of medicine
    5/11/21

    On UB’s 175th anniversary, the UB community is marking the occasion by focusing on the university’s roots in medicine with a special commemorative issue of the Jacobs School’s alumni magazine, UB Medicine. 

  • grid of photos of outstanding seniors with text overlay that reads "congratulations class of 2021 outstanding seniors".
    UB College of Arts and Sciences honors outstanding 2021 graduates
    5/14/21

    Graduating students were recognized for their incredible achievements by the College of Arts and Sciences and SUNY.

  • human hand with cling wrap around it.
    UB-led team receives $555,000 grant to improve recycling of plastic packaging
    5/19/21

    The project, supported by the REMADE Institute, aims to find new uses for these multilayered films.

  • Person holding vaccination card in front of U.S. flag.
    WNY COVID-19 Research Collaborative receives funding to reduce vaccine hesitancy
    5/19/21

    The Western New York COVID-19 Research Collaborative has received a $55,000 grant from The John R. Oishei Foundation to promote vaccine acceptance in the region.

  • Older man receives oxygen with help of nurse.
    UB pharmacy researcher aims to develop real-time algorithm to lower hospital readmission rates
    5/19/21

    David Jacobs received a $962,000 award from the NHLBI to combine social information with clinical data to build predictive models that help patients with COPD.

  • Photo of UB's exhibit at Time Space Existence in Venice, Italy.
    UB gives Buffalo world billing at Venice exhibit
    5/20/21

    School of Architecture and Planning mounts international exhibition showcasing the planning of Buffalo’s Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park.

  • Black woman teaching a classroom of students.
    More affirmation, less punishment may reduce harm to Black girls in schools, researchers assert
    5/19/21

    A pair of researchers have conceptualized a new framework to help school leaders rethink anti-Black policies and practices, and help Black children recognize and celebrate their cultural identity.

  • Jamal Williams.
    NIH diversity award recognizes UB grad student’s achievements in neuroscience
    5/20/21

    Jamal Williams, a graduate student in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is one of 18 researchers across the U.S. selected for an NIH award, which supports outstanding graduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience research.  

  • Portrait of Gary M. Pollack.
    Pollack named dean of School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    5/20/21

    Gary M. Pollack, dean and professor of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toledo, will join UB in August.

  • Close up photo of a vial of COVID-19 vaccine.
    Every ‘variant of concern’ has now been detected in Erie County
    5/21/21

    UB scientists doing genomic sequencing on coronavirus say the good news is that U.S. vaccines protect against all the variants circulating.

  • Jon Lovell stands with arms crossed in his research lab at UB.
    Flu fighter: Nanoparticle-based vaccine effective in preclinical trials
    5/24/21

    The vaccine, made of disease-fighting proteins, could boost efficacy, accelerate production of seasonal flu vaccines.

  • A colorful chord diagram of the origins of salivary proteins.
    New wiki on salivary proteins may transform diagnostic testing and personalized medicine
    5/25/21

    The Human Salivary Proteome Wiki is the first public platform that catalogs and curates data on each of the thousands of proteins within our saliva.

  • Portrait of Keith A. Alford, PhD, the new dean of UB's School of Social Work.
    Alford named dean of UB School of Social Work
    5/26/21

    Keith A. Alford, a professor of social work and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Syracuse University, will succeed Nancy Smyth as dean of UB's School of Social Work starting Aug. 15.

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