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  • Teacher working with young students.
    GSE institute kicks off year for Teacher Residency Program
    8/1/19

    A special session will bring together stakeholders to explore collaborative models for teacher preparation.

  • Mother wearing a mask adjusts the mask her young daughter is wearing.
    Study aims to map the air pollution in front of our faces
    8/1/19

    A $528,000 NASA grant awarded to UB RENEW scientist Kang Sun will examine levels of pollutants in “near-surface” air pollution.

  • A student sits on the stairs of Abbott Library on a summer day.
    Libraries unveil master plan
    8/1/19

    Among the items in the aspirational plan are relocation of Special Collections to Abbott and construction of a central atrium in Lockwood.

  • Theresa Quattrin helps a child put on a cape during a Summer STEM event at Canalside.
    Capes, coloring book help kids learn about clinical research
    8/5/19

    The book “Sofia Learns About Research” helps educate participants and their parents about how they can be part of medical breakthroughs in Buffalo.

  • Aerial view of North campus in the autumn.
    UB lands on two rankings lists
    8/5/19

    UB places 61st among U.S. public colleges for in-state students in Kiplinger's “Best College Values” and 59th by the Center for World University Rankings.

  • An ordering kiosk located in the Corner Café in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
    New technology at dining facilities
    8/6/19

    Kiosks and the GET app help streamline the ordering process at Campus Dining and Shops venues.

  • This diagram illustrates how the engineered tissue model works to mimic the clotting upon blood vessel injury.
    How do clots become firm in presence of blood flow?
    8/6/19

    A new model of the blood clotting process will help improve presurgical planning and care for patients with certain bleeding disorders.

  • The system helps cool its surroundings by absorbing heat from the air inside the box and transmitting that energy through the Earth’s atmosphere into outer space.
    Electricity-free tech for cooling buildings
    8/7/19

    The new system developed by UB engineers could be used in crowded metro areas, an important innovation for cities working to adapt to climate change.

  • University at Buffalo logo.
    Tripathi offers message of empathy, collective strength
    8/6/19

    Higher education community has a responsibility to counter ignorant, sinister rhetoric that too often leads to violence, president says.

  • Bowl with two avocado halves, one with the pit.
    Avocado genome has been sequenced
    8/8/19

    Guacamole lovers rejoice! A new study illuminates the avocado’s family history and lays the foundation for the species’ improvement.

  • Trailer image from 1940 animated Disney classic, "Pinocchio.".
    Rare screening of ‘Pinocchio’ to open film series
    8/14/19

    The classic Disney film kicks off a fall lineup for the popular Buffalo Film Series that includes “Blazing Saddles” and “Roma.”

  • A giant luminescent jellyfish from the "jellyfish station" room that is part of the Ocean Cube exhibit.
    UB’s fabrication labs bring life to ‘Ocean Cube’
    8/12/19

    The idea behind the installation is to bring the sea — especially its plight due to pollution — closer to people’s minds.

  • MArch student Zach Fields makes last-minute final touches to Hwang's Hidden in Plain Sight concept models at the "Cyborg Garden, Mutant Institute of Environmental Narratives" exhibition in Matadero Madrid.
    ‘Renaturing’ space for a changing climate
    8/9/19

    Joyce Hwang and her team are looking to make the outdoor areas of a former Madrid slaughterhouse more habitable in the face of global climate change.

  • Series of images showing a color-changing road sign developed by UB researchers.
    Smart traffic signs
    8/12/19

    UB optics experts contributed to research on a new retroreflective material that could be used for nighttime color-changing road signs.

  • Mechanical engineering student Katherine Metzler works on an exhibit for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ).
    Engineering, theatre students team up
    8/12/19

    Engineering and Theatre and Dance students combined their unique skills to build two sets for the Prague Quadrennial earlier this summer.

  • Shannon Lach, Xingyu Chen and Kristie Bailey completed their Social Impact Fellows internship at Stitch Buffalo, a nonprofit that empowers refugee women through textile arts.
    Social Impact Fellows leave their mark
    8/13/19

    The program places student teams at mission-driven organizations to develop innovative solutions to social issues impacting Western New York.

  • Conceptual illustration of citizens of the world walking around a globe.
    Global well-being focus of new movement
    8/13/19

    UB psychiatrist Uriel Halbreich will lead discussions at the World Psychiatric Association Congress aimed at implementing the approach.

  • Smog hanging over the Beijing skyline.
    Air pollution hastens lung disease
    8/15/19

    The study led by UB epidemiologist Meng Wang found the impact was roughly equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for 29 years.

  • Terra cotta facade in Parker Hall.
    Future of terra cotta on display
    8/15/19

    UB’s fourth annual Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop explores the use of terra cotta in high-performance facade design.

  • Rainbow crosswalk across Putnam Way looking from the Student Union toward UB Commons.
    Crosswalk signifies LGBTQ pride
    8/16/19

    The UB community is invited to “walk the walk” by attending a celebration of the rainbow crosswalk on Aug. 29.

  • Conceptual illustration of drug targeting.
    Pharmacy offers new master’s degree
    8/16/19

    The program in pharmacometrics and personalized pharmacotherapy is one of the few providing evidence-based instruction in drug therapy optimization.

  • Meal preparation featuring a colandar full of vegetables and a cucumber being cut.
    Good cholesterol may improve fatigue in MS patients
    8/19/19

    A UB-led study found that MS patients on the vegetable-rich Wahls diet experienced less fatigue.

  • Older man looking at a tablet in a library.
    Serving older adults as library patrons
    8/19/19

    GSE’s Valerie Nesset has received a federal grant to find better ways librarians can provide programs and services to baby boomers.

  • Crowd of students forming the interlocking UB, one waving a UB flag.
    UB welcomes new students
    8/19/19

    The journey begins this week for the newest members of the UB community as incoming students arrive for the start of the new academic year.

  • James N. Jarvis.
    Jarvis honored by American College of Rheumatology
    8/20/19

    The Jacobs School faculty member has received the designation of master, one of the highest honors the organization bestows.

  • Samantha Barbas photographed in front of a shelf of law books.
    Barbas brings historian’s skills to Baldy Center
    8/20/19

    Law professor succeeds Errol Meidinger as director of UB Law’s signature vehicle for interdisciplinary scholarship.

  • Justice Bus.
    All aboard the Justice Bus
    8/21/19

    The law school is partnering in a new initiative that will provide on-the-spot legal help to poor and disabled people in Western New York.

  • UB faculty member David Milling.
    PSA showcases UB’s outstanding faculty
    8/21/19

    The new public service announcement is scheduled to debut Aug. 29 on ESPN+ during the broadcast of the Bulls’ football game against Robert Morris.

  • A young African-American man smokes a cigarette.
    Nursing researchers receive grants
    8/21/19

    The NIH funding will be used to develop interventions to help young adults quit smoking and improve sleep among people with MS.

  • UB Provost Charles Zukoski, UB alumni David Pfeil and Kenneth Colwell, and UB President Satish K. Tripathi.
    Gift creates accounting chair
    8/22/19

    A $1.5 million gift from UB alumnus David Pfeil honors his longtime UB friend and classmate, Kenneth Colwell.

  • Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Murchie Family Field House.
    UB celebrates fieldhouse opening
    8/21/19

    Murchie Family Fieldhouse is considered a “game-changer” for UB Athletics.

  • Moro Salifu, a faculty member at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and director of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, speaks at the Ignighting Hope conference.
    Conference addresses health disparities
    8/22/19

    “Igniting Hope” brought faculty, staff and students from across the university together to examine the social determinants of health.

  • 2014 Orientation club fair in the Student Union on North Campus.
    UB implementing changes to Greek life
    8/21/19

    The university is bolstering oversight and accountability for Greek-letter social fraternal organizations and lifting its suspension on all but one of the groups.

  • Like stars in the night, liquid droplets of RNA (the bright green spheres) float in a solution containing high concentrations of divalent magnesium cations. The droplets are imaged through confocal fluorescence microscopy. Credit: P. Onuchic, A. Milin, I. Alshareedah, A. Deniz and P. Banerjee, Scientific Reports, Aug. 21, 2019. This work is licensed under CC BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
    Scientists probe organelles’ creation
    8/23/19

    Membrane-less organelles, found inside human cells, have a variety of important biological functions, from gene regulation to stress response.

  • Students smiling as they work at The Teacher's Desk warehouse during Day of Caring.
    Lending a hand at Day of Caring
    8/22/19

    UB volunteers brought energy and enthusiasm as they fanned out across the Buffalo area for the 27th annual Day of Caring.

  • University at Buffalo logo.
    DellaContrada named VP for communications
    8/22/19

    The experienced communicator will continue to work to expand UB's reputation.

  • Teaching assistant helping a student.
    Initiative to ensure UB PhD programs are among the best
    8/23/19

    Full-time, fully funded PhD students will see an increase in their 2019-20 stipends under the PhD Excellence Initiative.

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    UB is buzzing about Justice Ginsburg visit
    8/26/19

    While the first day of the academic year is always exciting, it's even more special this year — especially for female law students — with the visit by the U.S. Supreme Court justice.

  • Workshop attendees participate in a mapping activity using tall colorful cups.
    UB-led workshop aims to develop research network
    8/26/19

    Stakeholders worked to develop a network to address sustainability and resilience challenges in the Lower Great Lakes region.

  • The Choir of Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, one of the U.K.’s leading collegiate choirs.
    UK collegiate choir to perform at UB
    8/27/19

    The Choir of Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge will open the Department of Music’s Slee Visiting Artist Series for 2019-20.

  • Shared scooters on a sidewalk in France.
    Experiment carefully with new tech
    8/27/19

    UB philosopher Ryan Muldoon says that while new tech does generate some harms, preemptive bans would stifle innovation and block potential solutions to real problems.

  • Justice Ginsburg received an honorary degree during her visit to UB.
    Justice Ginsburg receives SUNY honorary doctorate
    8/27/19

    The Supreme Court associate justice talks about writing for the majority in the court's landmark VMI decision.

  • Charles Zukoski standing on the UB seal on the floor of the Student Union lobby.
    Zukoski to leave UB for USC
    8/27/19

    UB’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs is praised for transforming gen ed, improving graduation rates and enhancing faculty research.

  • Members of the Limitless team, including Jacob Opalinski, a biomedical engineering student; Nicolette Winder, an MD candidate; Andrea Kraft, an MBA/MPH candidate; Blake Kruger, an MD candidate; Arnav Matta, an innovation management student; and Prerna Pant, PhD candidate, biomedical engineering.
    Teams address critical problem plaguing surgeries
    8/28/19

    UB BLAST introduces engineering, medical and business students to the trials and triumphs of launching a medical startup — in just five days.

  • Andrew Talal in the lab.
    UB HCV expert lauds new recommendation
    8/29/19

    Andrew Talal says screening adults ages 18-79 for the hepatitis C virus responds to a surge in incidence of the disease.

  • Person eating a fast food cheeseburger while driving.
    Nutrition suffers when food truck is an ambulance
    8/29/19

    A new UB study will examine how EMS work affects eating habits.

  • Young participants in the UB Summer Math Program smile as they work on an activity.
    Bridging the math gender gap
    8/30/19

    UB’s Summer Math Program helps middle school girls improve their skills while making math fun, engaging and useful.

  • Two people wearing UB ReUSE t-shirts sand in the UB ReUSE sale tent during Welcome Weekend.
    Sustainability, deals and oh my gosh look at this skirt!
    8/30/19

    UB ReUSE’s fall sale helps students save money and the environment.

  • headshot of A. Scott Weber.
    Weber to serve as interim provost
    8/30/19

    A. Scott Weber will continue to serve as vice president for student life while a national search is conducted to identify a successor to Charles F. Zukoski.

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