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Jonathan Lovell, UB professor of biotechnologies and co-founder of UB spinoff POP Biotechnologies, advances a vaccine platform, proven effective for COVID-19, that could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains.

Thanks to programs like 43North and START-UP NY, Buffalo outranked major cities including Los Angeles, Charlotte and Boston.

With the initial phase of Empire AI up and running at the Center for Computational Research (CCR), select UB researchers are employing the center鈥檚 powerful computers to develop technology that aims to ease the nation鈥檚 shortage of mental health professionals, improve medical imaging, and assist people with motor neuron diseases like ALS, amongst other efforts.

Hundreds of high school students from across Western New York visited the North Campus on March 19 for Science Exploration Day. Presentations, tours and activities were led by UB researchers and representatives from local organizations. John and Jevon Whittington, stars of the Netflix documentary 鈥淵ou are What You Eat,鈥� served as the keynote speakers. Both graduated from the Buffalo Public Schools and are nurses at ECMC and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, respectively.

Refraction, a UB Cultivator company, is halfway to hitting its goal of $700,000 in pre-seed funding. Co-founder Jason Schwinger shares advice for fellow entrepreneurs seeking funding.

With all the buzz, money and energy flowing into artificial intelligence, an increasing number of startups 鈭� including several we support 鈭� have adopted its use in their products and business models.

Buffalo-based startup 3AM Innovations has received another $285,000 investment from Launch NY for its high-tech tracking system designed for first responders during emergencies.

Chris Li, a UB chemist developing a reactor for green ammonia synthesis, has received a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).

Peter Burakowski, senior associate director of startup ventures at the University at Buffalo, was one of 20 individuals recognized in Buffalo Business First's annual IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness) Awards as a champion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and community.

Western New York startups raised more than $147 million in 2024鈥攏early five times more than the previous year but still shy of the record capital raised in 2022.

Shantelle Patton, founder of Cultivator portfolio company That Brown Bag, talks about evolving her Black-owned business directory and how mentorship, collaboration, and creative outlets are essential to entrepreneurs.

Six Buffalo-area startups, all supported by various UB programs, have been named winners in the 2025 Inno Fire Awards.

Refraction, a UB Cultivator graduate, received $250,000 in funding from Launch NY. Refraction is a technology startup that has developed e-commerce software for used automotive dealers.

The Western New York Impact Investment Fund has invested $750,000 into 3AM Innovations, a BEP portfolio company.

In collaboration with UB's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, industrial processing equipment manufacturer S. Howes developed a next-generation thermal screw conveyor technology, offering significant environmental benefits by minimizing emissions.

See the five Buffalo startups named to Buffalo Inno's Startups to Watch list for 2025 鈥� all of which have been supported by the University at Buffalo.

The Western New York Impact Investment Fund has invested $250,000 into Arbol, a graduate of UB's Cultivator startup program.

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute鈥攏ow known as the University at Buffalo Hauptman-Woodward Research Institute (UB-HWI)鈥攋oined the university in January 2025 after the two entities finalized the legal transfer of HWI assets to the university. Specializing in structural biology research that is critical to understanding and treating disease, the move places the institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus within the university鈥檚 research and educational ecosystems.

Kulture Khazana, a Cultivator portfolio company, has finalized a deal with Macy鈥檚 to carry its products online and in 11 stores. The company鈥檚 creative line of toys, puzzles, and craft kits are designed to connect families and children to South Asian culture and celebrations.

In four years, 73 companies have participated in Cultivator, UB's early-stage startup program. See the latest to graduate from the program, along with other program progresses.