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  • Andrew Talal is sitting in front of his computer and a woman is shown onscreen in a demonstration of telemedicine.
    JAMA paper shows telemedicine success for HCV treatment
    4/3/24

    People with opioid use disorder who have hepatitis C virus were twice as likely to be successfully treated and cured if they received facilitated telemedicine treatment at their opioid treatment program.

  • A barium zirconium sulfide thin film.
    UB awarded $1.25 million grant to create clean energy research hub
    4/1/24

    The project, supported by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, will tap UB’s expertise in materials science, advanced manufacturing, AI and more.

  • Zoom image: The 2017 solar eclipse is viewed outside Hayes Hall on the University at Buffalo's South Campus. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    UB geoscientists to help photograph total solar eclipse for NASA
    4/2/24

    Teams across the path of totality will take advantage of a rare opportunity to observe the sun’s atmosphere.

  • Margarita Dubocovich is sitting at a desk, surrounded by awards and a plant.
    Jacobs School professor honored for contributions to workforce diversity, inclusion
    4/4/24

    , has been honored by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS).

  • Joseph P. Balthasar sits in a pharmacy lab at UB.
    Abceutics, Inc., a startup at UB, acquired by biopharma company Merck
    4/5/24

    Acquisition includes novel platform technology designed to improve the safety and efficacy of an important emerging class of cancer medicines.

  • A high school teacher speaks sternly with an uneasy student.
    Study: Young adults with a history of school discipline report depressive symptoms, lower well-being
    4/5/24

    “It’s time to rethink school discipline entirely,” says University at Buffalo sociologist and study author.

  • Comcept of female genital mutilation featuring a razor blade with blood dripping forming an image of the globe.
    U.S. health care providers don’t know much about female genital cutting; UB medical students want to change that
    4/9/24

    Jacobs School students are working to educate providers — and fellow classmates — about the medical and psychological consequences of female genital cutting (FGC).

  • UB's South Campus at sunrise.
    UB schools among the best in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings
    4/9/24

    Several schools within the University at Buffalo, New York’s flagship, are ranked among the top nationwide in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings, released this morning.

  • The images above show collagen fibers (left column) and cell-surface proteins that act as markers for macrophages (middle column). The right column shows macrophages aligned with collagen fibers.
    New study probes macrophages’ role in developing pulmonary fibrosis
    4/11/24

    These white blood cells promote scar tissue formation, but certain drugs, such as pirfenidone, may stop this from happening.

  • Zoom image: Priya Banerjee, associate professor of physics, has received a Hypothesis Fund seed grant to explore RNA molecules and their role in the origin of life on Earth. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    Did RNA droplets help originate life on Earth? UB researcher awarded Hypothesis Fund to explore
    4/12/24

    Droplet formation may have protected RNA in the prebiotic world, allowing it to self-replicate and kickstart life.

  • Zoom image: Univeristy at Buffalo medical and architecture and planning students go on a walking tour of Buffalo's East Side, where they talked with residents about issues in the community, in October 2021. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki/University at Buffalo
    Media advisory: EPA to celebrate UB’s East Side air quality monitoring project
    4/15/24

    Media are invited to attend a press conference Tuesday, April 16, at the Delavan-Grider Community Center.

  • Zoom image: Lucia Leone (left), associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, and Jill Tirabassi, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, are co-principal investigators on a food-is-medicine project funded by the American Heart Association. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    UB team receives funding to demonstrate effectiveness of ‘food-is-medicine’ in health care
    4/16/24

    American Heart Association-funded project will assess the successes and challenges of three different food prescription programs in WNY adults over 65.

  • Zoom image: A photo illustration of a coffee plant emerging out of coffee beans with a transparent DNA symbol superimposed over it.
    Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change
    4/15/24

    Study charts family history of Arabica, world’s most popular coffee species, through Earth’s heating and cooling periods over last millennia.

  • AAAS logo that shows the letters AAAS.
    Seven UB researchers elected AAAS fellows
    4/18/24

    AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society; past fellow includes Thomas Edison, W.E.B DuBois.

  • Bronze bison statue.
    RIT and UB School of Law announce 3+3 partnership
    4/17/24

    The program allows students to earn undergraduate and law degrees in six years, saving them one year of time and tuition.

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking at a podium.
    With state budget deal reached, UB ready to help launch Empire AI
    4/22/24

    President Tripathi thanked Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers for finalyzing a budget that makes UB home to the new Empire AI consortium aimed at putting New York State at the forefront of responsible artificial intelligence innovation.

  • President Obama and Nancy Nielsen pose together for a photo.
    Nielsen’s contributions to the Affordable Care Act are recognized, documented in the Obama Presidency Oral History
    4/29/24

    Nancy Nielsen, senior associate dean for health policy in the Jacobs School, is one of the “extraordinary people from all walks of life” invited to participate in the Obama Presidency Oral History project, which is now online.

  • Fiona Ellsworth portrait.
    Prestigious Department of Energy program selects UB geology student studying plants’ response to drought
    4/23/24

    Fiona Ellsworth will conduct research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on root carbon dynamics under drought conditions.

  • Logo for Koolulam.
    Koolulam, the global mass singing experience, to hold event at Asbury Hall
    4/23/24

    Koolulam is a social music initiative that, for seven years, has been presenting mass singing events meant to strengthen societal relationships and connections by singing in large groups.

  • Cristanne Miller, PhD.
    Media Advisory: UB professor to discuss her new book “The Letters of Emily Dickinsonâ€
    4/24/24

    Cristanne Miller will launch her latest book, “The Letters of Emily Dickinson,” at Hallwalls in Buffalo with a reading and conversation at 7 p.m. April 29.

  • water color art of UB Center for the Arts building with text overlay "Spring into Art Creator Showcase".
    Spring into Art at UB Center For The Arts
    4/25/24

    Performances, art installations, exhibits, film screenings, a printmaking station, artist talks and a student art sale are all part of the evening's program. 

  • supplies for wound care, cotton balls, swabs, bandages and antiseptics.
    AI smartphones may soon help monitor chronic wounds from home
    4/25/24

    The technology, being developed at the University at Buffalo, could aid millions of people, ease busy health care system.

  • This confocal image of a macrophage (a type of white blood cell in the immune system) differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells shows that the human specific gene CHRFAM7A rearranges the actin cytoskeleton (green). Photo: Szigeti lab.
    Study: Some of us have a uniquely human gene that enhances immune function
    4/29/24

    The UB team that discovered how a gene found in 75% of us protects against neurodegeneration has now found that this same gene enhances immune function as well. The new findings were published in .

  • Zoom image: Naoki Masuda, professor of mathematics, is the lead author of a study that identifies the best data points for prediciting tipping points across various systems. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki/University at Buffalo
    New algorithm cuts through ‘noisy’ data to better predict tipping points
    4/26/24

    UB mathematicians’ theory determines which data points matter most when calculating early warning signals.

  • Zoom image: President Satish K. Tripathi has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining 250 other new members of one of the oldest scholarly societies in the United States. Photo: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
    UB President Tripathi named Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    4/26/24

    University's 15th president joins 249 other new members of one of the oldest scholarly societies in the United States.

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