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  • Zoom image: UB scientists use high-tech facilities, such as the dual chamber thin film deposition system shown above, to conduct advanced semiconductor research. Credit: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo
    UB launches Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies
    1/8/24

    The center aligns with the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse region being designated a federal tech hub under the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022.

  • UB Fast 46 logo.
    UB Fast 46 seeks nominations of alumni-run businesses
    1/8/24

    Named in honor of UB’s founding in 1846, the program recognizes and celebrates the success of businesses owned or led by UB alumni or former students. 

  • Dental school faculty and students provide dental care to a patient in one of the mobile dental units.
    UB mobile dental clinics serve vulnerable populations thanks to Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
    1/8/24

    Foundation recently awarded School of Dental Medicine $350,000 to serve rural and city residents, low-income older adults and more.

  • Researchers inside the server room at UB's Center for Computational Research.
    Gov. Hochul’s proposed AI consortium, with UB as a potential site, will ensure NYS is recognized as a global leader in AI research, Tripathi says
    1/8/24

    A SUNY flagship with a robust cyberinfrastructure, UB has more than 200 faculty working on numerous foundational and use-inspired AI projects.

  • Holliday Sims, far right, stands with Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, and SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr., left, after the governor's State of the State address.
    Computer science student spotlights future of AI at Gov. Hochul’s State of the State address
    1/9/24

    Holliday Sims is using artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to reducing inequities in computer science education.

  • Cover of Phillips Steven's book titled Rethinking the Anthropology of Magic and Witchcraft.
    Inherently human: New book explores magic and witchcraft
    1/10/24

    Magic and witchcraft help explain what it means to be human, says Phillips Stevens Jr., a UB cultural anthropologist and author of the new book.

  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo.
    UB researchers to participate in panel on mental wellness in the Black community
    1/10/24

    Event was arranged in response to community's desire for support for mental wellness amid the pandemic, Tops shooting and Christmas blizzard.

  • Zoom image: University at Buffalo chemist Luis Colón works in his lab in UB's Natural Sciences Complex. Colon is the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to develop adsorbent materials for detecting forever chemicals. Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    The key to detecting forever chemicals could involve this common mineral
    1/18/24

    Luis Colón has received an NSF grant to study how hybrid forms of silica, the chief component of sand, can help sleuth for PFAS.

  • Urban Bush Women Dancing.
    Spring at UB Center for the Arts Features a Diverse Lineup
    1/12/24

    An eclectic array of performances and events will take place at the UBCFA - Western New York’s largest and most diverse multidisciplinary arts organization, where art is made and experienced.

  • Dheeraj Roy, PhD, assistant professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
    Research into the nature of memory reveals how cells that store information are stabilized over time
    1/19/24

    New research published in published on January 19, reveals how differentiation of similar memories occurs on a cellular level.

  • Julia Bottoms standing in front of her mural in progress.
    Art of diversity: A (much) larger-than-life mural takes shape in the Jacobs School atrium
    1/16/24

    Something bright, beautiful and extraordinary is taking shape in the atrium of the UB medical school. 

  • Close up of a person having blood drawn fro a test.
    UB startup receives $2.9 million to develop blood test for brain aneurysms
    1/11/24

    The funding, awarded to Neurovascular Diagnostics, comes from the National Institutes of Health.

  • Zoom image: Deepfake detection algorithms often perform differently across races and genders, including a higher false positive rate on Black men than on white women. New algorithms developed at the University at Buffalo are designed to reduce such gaps. Photo: Siwei Lyu
    Study: New deepfake detector designed to be less biased
    1/16/24

    New algorithms close accuracy performance gaps across different races and genders.

  • UB logo with white "U" and "B" letters against blue backdrop.
    UB cancels classes and activities Wednesday, Jan. 17
    1/16/24

    An intense lake effect snow band is expected to impact the Buffalo metro area. 

  • Zoom image: Biologists Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee, whose daughter has FOXG1 syndrome, will lead the University at Buffalo's new FOXG1 Research Center. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    UB launches center to find treatments for FOXG1 syndrome
    1/17/24

    The research will be led by biologists Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee, whose daughter has the rare neurological disorder.

  • UB logo with white "U" and "B" letters against blue backdrop.
    UB cancels classes and activities for Thursday, Jan. 18
    1/17/24

    UB officials will continue to monitor the weather and update the campus community.

  • A person uses a vending machine to dispense narcan.
    Opioid treatment program expands linkage to lifesaving care, rolls out ‘no stigma’ vending machines
    1/22/24

    MATTERS, an opioid treatment and referral service, is expanding its services throughout New York State and beyond.

  • Close up of a pregnant person receiving prenatal care, sonogram.
    Health disparities at the beginning stages of life is focus of NIH-funded study
    1/19/24

    Study aims to fill a gap by investigating socio-economic, racial and ethnic disparities in children’s health and development from birth through the first year of life.

  • Anete Vaškevica.
    Visiting scholar kicks off partnership between dental school and Rīga Stradiņš University
    1/18/24

    The hope for the partnership is to encourage exchanges of faculty and students and create opportunities to develop joint research projects. 

  • A person looks distressed as they look at their phone.
    Study links social media use to increased inflammation over time
    1/25/24

    Results raise interesting questions about the nature of social media use and what might be driving a relationship that could be contributing to an alarming range of physical and mental health problems.

  • Concept of an inclusive fashion show.
    Dental school students to host fundraiser for Gigi’s Playhouse in Buffalo
    1/23/24

    The event, an Inclusive Fashion and Talent Show, is open to the public and will be held Jan. 27.

  • Woman dancing on stage with a colorful ribbon.
    University at Buffalo Theatre and Dance Announces Spring 2024 Season
    1/29/24

    Nationally recognized directors, choreographers and faculty work with emerging student talent to produce innovative original productions that entertain audiences and explore the human condition.

  • Montgomery Hill teaching an Indigenous Studies class at UB.
    New Indigenous student scholarship provides more than just funds
    1/25/24

    The Ongwe’onwe/Indigenous Student Scholarship is designed to reduce out-of-state tuition to the cost of in-state tuition for any student who is a certified/enrolled citizen in any U.S. federally recognized tribe or nation.

  • Zoom image: Gov. Kathy Hochul announces UB as the home for Empire AI. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    UB ready to be the home for Gov. Hochul’s proposed $400 million AI consortium
    1/26/24

    As part of her announcement, Hochul shared plans to build and utilize a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence computing center that will be located at UB to facilitate innovation, responsible research and economic development.

  • Anne B. Curtis, SUNY Distinguished Professor, seated in her office.
    UB faculty member to receive the 2024 Dr. Carolyn McCue Award for Woman Cardiologist of the Year
    1/29/24

    Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been chosen to receive the .

  • A graphic illustration of NASA's satellite laser altimeter orbiting Earth.
    Study: Space lasers have unearthed plethora of climate data over the years
    1/30/24

    UB scientist and partners synthesize decades’ worth of NASA mission findings, including rate of melting ice caps.

  • John Violanti, research professor of epidemiology and environmental health.
    UB expert on police mental health receives shoutout from U.S. attorney general
    1/31/24

    John Violanti serves on the board of the Howard C. Liebengood Foundation, named for the Capitol police officer who died days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot; has begun study looking at cancer among 9/11 first responders.

  • Zoom image: University at Buffalo professor of communication Mark Frank is an expert on nonverbal communication and detecting signs of deception. Photo: University at Buffalo
    UB expert Mark Frank explains how to detect deception — and yes, the eyes can lie
    1/31/24

    Communication professor talks the nonverbal cues that give away our real feelings on latest episode of Driven to Discover.

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