News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

UB’s Educational Opportunity Center shares state job-training grant
12/12/24
The $1.9 million grant will bring a nine-week, paid, direct-entry, pre-apprenticeship program for construction trades to Buffalo.
Two UB studies on MS patients reveal how paramagnetic rim lesions evolve and what they mean for disease progression
12/11/24
UB researchers have published the first longitudinal studies of paramagnetic rim lesions, an indicator of brain inflammation in MS.
UB among Top 25 in U.S. for environmental, social impact
12/10/24
UB comes in at No. 21 in the U.S. and 137th globally, an improvement of six spots from last year, in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.
UB expert part of FDA committee that looked at AI-enabled medical devices
12/9/24
Peter Elkin was invited to serve on the FDA's Digital Health Advisory Committee.
Nursing professor to study link between heat waves and kidney disease hospitalizations
12/6/24
The work is supported by a $487,230 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research.
UB team visits community health partners in Africa to develop drugs to fight HIV, TB
12/6/24
Trip includes laboratory tours, meetings at universities in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Leveraging AI to analyze social determinants of health
12/6/24
UB researcher receives $1 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for project that could impact multiple medical conditions, including opioid use disorder.
UB law students examine racially discriminatory deeds in WNY
12/5/24
A public discussion will be held Saturday at Burning Books.
UB engineer awarded $110,000 to use AI, simulation for new nanomaterials
12/4/24
Kaihang Shi will create microporous polymers to make natural gas processing more energy efficient.
Pain drives rising disability rates among middle-aged and older adults
12/4/24
From 2002-18, the number of Americans attributing their disability to chronic pain increased by nearly 10 million people, according to UB study.