• NIDA director to give virtual talk
    3/27/25

    Volkow’s work demonstrating how addiction changes the brain was instrumental in changing perceptions of addiction to being seen as a disease that should be treated.

  • The importance of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics in pharmacy
    3/26/25

    Drug efficacy and safety are tied to a clear understanding of how the body processes medications.

  • UB Council enters new era under a new Jacobs
    3/26/25

    Jerry Jacobs Jr. takes reins as chair; Jerry Jacobs Sr. honored for his service.

     

  • True Blue partners for life
    3/25/25

    From school to career to marriage, Meg and Mike Lynch's True Blue ties never fade.

  • GSE student awarded fellowship
    3/25/25

    Jane-Roz Abbe's “Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Communities” fellowship addresses ethnic identities and mental health. 

  • GRoW garden gets ready for spring
    3/24/25

    Eleven new raised beds will be available to campus gardeners as part of a plan to make the area around GRoW and the Solar Strand more of an active campus space.

  • Harnessing AI for the public good
    3/24/25

    With Empire AI, UB is helping people with ALS, improving medical imaging, boosting mental health resources and much more.

  • More conversations about critical issues
    3/24/25

    Inclusive Excellence's Campus Community Conversations series continues in April with sessions on indigeneity and governance, and the Sexual Revolution.

  • Dr. Furnas goes to Washington
    3/21/25

    Millard Fillmore was not the only UB chancellor who served his country in the nation's capital.

  • 11 UB students receive SUNY GREAT awards
    3/21/25

    The award provides funding that students can use for research expenses, career growth, related travel and to augment stipends.

  • Rehabilitation journey to medical degree
    3/21/25

    A life-threatening accident doesn’t deter Jacobs School student Catherine Lawton from following her dream.

  • Improving efficiency, consistency for service centers
    3/20/25

    Blue Services enables the university to track equipment usage, process work order requests and bill for services in a consistent manner. 

  • Bullsapalooza!

    A sunny and warm Sunday was the setting for the first Bullsapalooza campus celebration. Open to all students and their friends, the Student Association put together a fun day that included inflatable attractions, physical challenges like a zip line, hatchet throwing and an escape room, to name a few. There were also rides and food trucks. Photos: Nancy J. Parisi

    Published May 1, 2025

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Albanese on weight-loss drugs

Almost 10% of Americans are expected to be taking Ozempic, Wegovy or a similar weight-loss drug by 2035. Pharmacy researcher Nicole Albanese, an expert on diabetes, weight loss and nutrition, explains the pros and cons on the latest episode of the Driven to Discover podcast.

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