Career Community Project Portal

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The Experiential Learning Network's Project Portal is the place for all students—no matter your major or class year—to explore exciting opportunities for hands-on experience and to build your skills

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Archaeology Field Experience at the McKendry Site, Irving, New York
10/23/23
Archaeology Field Experience and Research at the McKendry Site provides: Opportunities for Student Engagement with Artifacts and Radiocarbon Dating.
Arts Administration and Teaching at Buffalo String Works
4/7/23
Come work with BSW and gain invaluable experience as an administer or teaching assistant at a vibrant, growing, arts nonprofit based in Downtown Buffalo.
Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Properties – Implications for Future Urban Development
5/30/24
Come analyze some dirty dirt!
Finding Greenland Crevasses from Orbit
6/25/24
Where are the cracks in this glacier? You tell us!
Innovative Claywork: Exploring AI-Driven Clay 3D Printing
8/12/24
Experience the future of parametric design where the elegance of clay meets the intelligence of AI, redefining artistic boundaries in Innovative Claywork.
Making it Go Viral: Strategies for Online Artist Promotion
9/8/23
Why do some online efforts go spectacularly viral and others fail abysmally? Join us to transform theories into practice and find out!
Musical Communication Event Promotion - Singapore and Bangalore
11/22/24
Interested in International, Intercultural Events Planning, Music Production, or Online Learning?
Online Audio, Music & Video Editing and Production Lab
2/2/24
Would you like to expand your online presence? Or maybe upgrade your video and audio production skills for online and laboratory applications? This could be your chance!
Publishing Industry Internship with a UB Alum
7/3/24
Curious about the publishing industry and interested in the idea of pursuing a career in publishing? Apply Now!
Research Lab--Intercultural & Non-Western Perspectives on Communication
7/3/24
What are the important pieces of your identity that best describe you? How might your self-concept be constructed differently in Western vs. Non-Western cultures? How might your friends who are raised in an Interdependent ("Collectivistic") culture have a different view of what makes them important, special, or valued, than your view if you are raised in an Independent ("Individualistic") society? Join us to explore questions like these using the latest computerized scientific measurement in the laboratory!
Rhythmic Communication Entrainment Research
7/3/24
Do you wanna dance? If you are interested in why we move to the beat and what moving to someone else's beat makes us do, this study is for you!
Scientists are Superheroes
3/7/24
Seeking artist to develop Scientists are Superheroes postcards!
Sleepy Hollow Radio Play Production
7/19/24
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A Radio Play by Washington Irving, adapted for live audio performance by Aaron Mays, work will be rehearsed, produced, and recorded right here at UB, in the Katharine Cornell Theatre. Theatre practitioners are invited to participate in voice artists and technical production roles including stage management, run crew, and foley sound artistry.
Studying Animal Behavior in a Zoo Setting
4/29/24
Studying animal behavior to learn about evolution.
Supporting Collaborative Programming for the Arts, Design, and Media Studies
4/7/23
Help us extend the p5.js platform to support collaborative coding in the arts, design, and media study.
Textbook Editing
8/2/23
Ever wonder what it would be like to help write a textbook?
Un/Masking Collections: Virtual Exhibits for Decolonizing Gender, Race, and “the Masks” of the Ethnographic Museum
12/13/22
Don't discard your COVID masks yet! They have a story to tell -- about rich, complex, colonial histories of social relation, art, performance, public health, and global power. Come find out how...
Virtual Film Production
5/9/24
Help create a virtual film production studio, using VR and game engines to expand live-action filmmaking capabilities.

A.I.-driven Assessment of Reading Literacy
1/11/23
Help design scalable reading literacy assessments
Aerodynamics and Phonetics of Indigenous Amazonian Speech Sounds
4/29/24
Explore how speakers use air flow through the nose and mouth in understudied languages.
AI-Powered Interactive Multimodal Vision system for Agriculture Applications
4/18/23
AI in Agriculture
AI-Powered Robotic Assistance for Health Care Domains
1/11/23
Intelligent Robot Assistance to support 24X7 Healthcare Practices.
Assessing choroid plexus pathology in neurological disease with magnetic resonance imaging
5/1/24
This project will investigate the role of the choroid plexus, a key component in the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier of the central nervous system, using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques.
Become an Academic Rockstar!
1/11/23
Become a published author by compiling and organizing existing material drawn from thirty years of publications on new product development.
Building Community Capacity to Design and Define K12 Computer Science
1/11/23
Computer science is becoming part of K12 education--but what should it look like?
Climate Adaptation of Structures and Infrastructure
8/26/24
By adopting flexible and dynamic strategies in engineering practice, e.g., using an engineering design that can be adjusted, modified, and/or expanded based on incremental changes of future conditions, the objectives aim to conduct improved infrastructure adaptation efficiently and effectively under changing climate.
Coastal Flooding-Related Saltwater Deterioration and Earthquake Risk and Mitigation
8/26/24
Discover what coastal flooding and earthquakes have in common and what we can do to protect buildings from their effects
Coder for Geology
11/12/24
Develop python code and streamline data workflows for climate science applications!
Collision Detection within a Python Simulator of Space Debris Capture with Nets
5/15/24
Students will contribute to a Python-based simulator of space debris capture with nets, by adding target geometries and performing detection of collisions between the net and the targets.
Computational Discovery of Materials for CO2 Capture
5/9/24
Are you interested in leveraging the computational power to discover new materials for saving our planet? Join us to learn the state-of-the-art molecular simulation and machine learning techniques!
Computational Modeling and Artificial Intelligence for Material Design
5/12/23
Seeking undergraduate researcher to work on an NSF-funded project on computational imaging and artificial intelligence supporting the design of advanced material. Experience in Python programming is required.
CSE 321 Real-Time and Embedded Operating Systems Project
7/3/24
CSE321 introduces students to methods to address some of the fundamental challenges in the design, implementation, and validation of these real-time and embedded systems.
Decode Your Dream with AI
11/1/24
Think before you think! I know what it is!
Design and 3D Prototyping Handheld Optical Imaging Probe
4/29/24
Build a compact, translational optical imaging device to look inside your ear and eye for biomedical research.
Design and Analysis of a Large Scale Second Order Non-Convex Optimizer
1/11/23
The goal is to design a large scale optimization algorithm for machine learning tasks that can run on decentralized compute environments (such as peer-to-peer systems). Requires ability to program and do empirical analysis and also understand theoretical optimization models/literature.
Design and Fabrication of a Large Format 3D printer
8/28/23
Control of large format 3D printer
Design of Physical and Virtual Vibration Demos for Education
7/2/24
Dive deep into the topic of vibration with this hands on project.
Detecting Fraud from Accounting Restatements and Company Filings
4/28/23
Detecting Fraud from Accounting Restatements and Company Filings
Development of a Microfluidic Device for Precise Control of Sample Delivery for ISFET Testing
1/11/23
This project focuses on the development of a microfluidic system to enable precise biochemical sensing measurements.
Development of a Mobile App to Characterize the Time Dynamics of Undergraduate Engineers
5/1/24
Help us develop a mobile app that leads to better educational experiences for students.
Development of Y-channel for Continuous Dielectrophoretic Separations
5/1/24
Students will design and fabricate a Y-channel microfluidic device that will be used to continuously separate solutions.
Digital Tools for Citizen Science
1/11/23
The objective of this research project is to develop new digital tools to collect and process citizen science observations of water resources. Building on the existing Crowdhydrology project, the research assistant will help design and implement new computer codes to collect observations of water levels and flooding. These data will be used to develop improved models to forecast flooding and quantify stream flow in remote locations across the United State
Electronically Controlled Continuously Variable Transmission
9/27/24
An electronically controlled CVT that is used as a transmission on off-roading buggies that offers experience in testing, programming, and electrical work.
Engineering Education and the Elementary Multilingual Classroom
4/30/24
Learn about and contribute to a research project on engineering in the elementary school multilingual classroom.
Ethics Case Study and Instructional Guide (EAS330)
7/3/24
By authoring an original case study and accompanying instructional guide, students can use their engineering/computing ethics knowledge to contribute to a rich repository of teaching tools.
Exploring Cellular Network Performance in The POWDER Platform
5/16/24
Use a remote platform of software-defined radios to learn about realistic wireless network performance, and deploy an algorithm to fairly, efficiently, and dynamically share network resources between human users and IoT devices.
Exploring Materials Synthesis Conditions via Large Language Model
9/18/24
Are you interested in leveraging the computational power to reveal the secret of materials synthesis? Join us to learn the state-of-the-art data analysis techniques and large language models!
Exploring the Impacts of the Winter Weather on Driving Behavior and Driver State: Driving Simulator Study
3/27/24
Participate in preparation and conducting experiments at the TRAVL/MSL lab (Driving Simulator and VR experiments).
Finding Similar Scroll Paintings: Using Graph Learning to Power Recommendations
2/14/23
The goal is to design a graph neural network based recommendation system for scroll paintings (folk art) that can run on decentralized compute environments (such as peer-to-peer systems). Requires ability to understand and analyze machine learning problems theoretically, programming skills and performing extensive empirical analysis on a proprietary multi-modal dataset for art conservation.
Fluid Dynamics of Wings Encountering Finite Grounds for Drone Applications
4/30/24
Undergraduate research in low-speed aerodynamics, using scaled experiments in a water tank to understand the fluid dynamics of drone wings encountering finite-length grounds (unsteady ground effect).
Flutter Instability of Beams
2/10/23
Experimental demonstration of dynamic instability in beam with follower forces.
From the Cataract House to Canada: African American Activism and the Underground Railroad in the Niagara River Borderland
1/20/23
Do you possess the design skills to help build a web site that tells the story of African American Activism and the Underground Railroad in the Niagara River Borderland? Do you want to help make an impact on a local, regional and national scale about these important historical events?
Generalized Multimodal Emotion Synthesis for Interactive Agents
3/5/24
Would you like to make your virtual avatar more humane? Or would you like to talk to a robot that is much more expressive and humane in its expression? In this project, we aim to address such challenges by designing an AI-powered interactive model prototype.
Genome Analysis for Disease Prediction
4/18/24
Your well-being! Your Genome reveals it all!
Handling Complexity: Exploring Engineering Student Epistemic Thinking on Open-Ended Problems
5/1/24
Are you interested in how people learn and solve problems? Contribute to research that will support how colleges prepare engineers to solve complex, interdisciplinary problems.
Hands-on Experiments with Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
8/26/24
Let’s make your other car drive itself!
Hands-on Experiments with Teams of Tiny Ground Robots and Drones
9/7/22
Teams of tiny robots and drones to the rescue: learn how to run physical experiments with dozens of robots working together to search, survey or deliver goods, autonomously.
Hurricane Resilient City
8/29/22
This study focuses on the short-term efforts to systematically advance hurricane resilience of urban built environment, where the problem of optimizing stakeholders’ action plans for resilience enhancement is mathematically formulated as a Markov decision process and approached by the deep reinforcement learning (AI) algorithms.
Implementing 5G-Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Using Raspberry PI and 5G Hat for Smart Grid Communication.
5/16/24
Join us in implementing and testing 5G-enabled Micro-Phasor Measurement Units using Raspberry Pi and 5G Hat for cutting-edge smart grid communications!
Implementing a 5G-enabled RaspBerry-PI-based testbed for the Distributed Optimization of the Distribution Grid
5/14/24
Work with Raspberry PIs and 5G connectivity to implement a distributed optimization system for the smart grid.
Indoor Propagation Analysis with IBWave Software
9/1/22
Learn to use the IBWave software and study how wireless signals propagate in an indoor environment, such as one of the buildings in the North Campus at UB.
Innovative sensing of the corrosion of steel, with application to monitoring the condition of bridges and dams made of steel reinforced concrete
8/6/24
A significant fraction of the bridges and dams made of steel reinforced concrete in the U.S. are structurally deficient, largely due to the corrosion of the steel. To avoid hazards, monitoring the condition of the steel is needed. This project investigates a new and simple electrical method of real-time corrosion monitoring of the steel.
Intelligent Skating Performance Analysis and Assistive Training
8/30/22
Beyond algorithmic and technology advancements, this project will produce key digitized data of figure skating performance that will be valuable for the research community to explore
Invasive Species Education and Management
1/26/24
Take a practical role in invasive species management and education.
Mapping Environmental Justice: Understanding Stakeholder Engagement and Health Disparities on Buffalo's East Side
4/4/24
Unlocking the nexus between environmental challenges, community stakeholders, and health disparities: a transformative mapping initiative on Buffalo's East Side.
Mapping Ice Age landscapes in New York with GIS
10/16/23
Help generate new stories of what New York experienced during the last Ice Age by creating new maps based on the latest high-resolution datasets.
Mitochondrial Toxicity Is A Major Determinant of Microglial Apoptosis and Neuroinflammation
12/15/22
We will examine the effect of various drugs on apoptosis signaling in microglia and neuroinflammation.
Multi-Sensor Emotionally Intelligent, Social robotic agent as All-time Companion
11/17/23
Multi-Sensor Emotionally Intelligent, Social robotic agent as Companion
Multimodal UAV Collision Avoidance Detection & Tracking
9/1/22
If you have excellent programming skills and some knowledge of machine learning consider this exciting project !
Neuro-imaging Using Low Cost Devices and Technologies
7/5/24
Electronics and embedded system design for neuro-engineering
NorthStar: An AI-enabled Path Finding for Readers
1/11/23
If you want to make a difference and improve people's reading experience in learning, come join the NorthStart project.
OpenApp: Eliminate Lines for All
7/3/24
Develop a web, iOS and Android application that can be used by many businesses and customers.
Predicting Wireless Network Signal Strength Based on Weather Conditions
5/16/24
Use machine learning models to predict the signal strength of wireless networks under diverse weather conditions!
Process Planning and Analysis of Novel Additive Manufacturing Process
9/11/24
Excited to learn about how to build and operate a 3D printer? If yes, then join our Advanced Manufacturing Group TODAY!
Real Time Control of Automotive Electronic Throttle Body
9/2/22
Speed control of Automobile using an Electronic Throttle Body.
Reimagining Grant St: Vulnerable Road User Safety Analysis and Improvement using Virtual Reality Technology
5/24/24
Utilize virtual reality and eye tracking technologies to understand bicyclist and pedestrian perceptions of alternative multimodal roadway designs for real-world application through community engagement.
Research Lab--Intercultural & Non-Western Perspectives on Communication
7/3/24
What are the important pieces of your identity that best describe you? How might your self-concept be constructed differently in Western vs. Non-Western cultures? How might your friends who are raised in an Interdependent ("Collectivistic") culture have a different view of what makes them important, special, or valued, than your view if you are raised in an Independent ("Individualistic") society? Join us to explore questions like these using the latest computerized scientific measurement in the laboratory!
Resilient Rust Belt: Empowering Communities through Environmental Justice Action Research
3/6/24
Explore the intersections of environmental justice, community resilience, and data science in Rust Belt cities with our transformative project.
Rhythmic Communication Entrainment Research
7/3/24
Do you wanna dance? If you are interested in why we move to the beat and what moving to someone else's beat makes us do, this study is for you!
Robots in the Real World: Bringing Small-Scale Robots Out of the Lab and into Our Lives
4/30/24
Bringing small robots out into the real world requires cooperative research in hardware and software.
Simulation of Nets to Capture Satellites
9/12/23
Students will contribute to the development of a simulator for capture of satellites with nets.
Smartphone app for health management
11/27/23
Smart app to promote health.
Smartphone-enabled Football and Basketball Game Analytics
9/2/22
Are you interested in sports and in particular, Football (US) and Basketball? Are you familiar with voice recognition, and speech-to-text (STT)? If so, we have an interesting project for you.
Supporting Collaborative Programming for the Arts, Design, and Media Studies
4/7/23
Help us extend the p5.js platform to support collaborative coding in the arts, design, and media study.
Teotihuacán Archaeological Collections Research
5/7/24
This project focuses on the use of non-destructive analytical techniques to generate new data on archaeological artifacts.
Testing the pH-dependence of a Membrane Transport Protein
9/1/22
Watch a cell defend itself from acid!
The Rise of AI Surveillance in the Workplace
11/14/24
Do you want to find out how AI is being used to track and monitor worker productivity in workplaces across America? AI tracks, monitors, and measures productivity in the workplace. Are you interested in finding out how it impacts workers’ happiness?
Training Machine Learning Models with Uncertainty
4/16/24
Combine data science, machine learning and statistics to build algorithms to autonomously classify data.
Ultra-trace analysis of Elements in Feedstock Materials using Inductively -Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
9/8/23
Use state-of-the-art instrumentation to analyze samples in support of nuclear fusion experiments.
Understanding the Network App's work flow by hacking into the Operating System
7/20/23
Unveiling insights into the workflow of well-known network applications like Youtube or TikTok by infiltrating the operating systems of mobile devices or PCs to conduct network measurements.
Visual Mapping for Robotics/Augmented Reality
1/4/23
Contribute to core technologies that fuel spatial reasoning in future robotics and augmented reality applications.
Vizier - A Reactive Data Science Notebook
1/11/23
Build the future of data science.
Vocal Lens: Integrating Speech Biomarkers for Advanced Health Diagnostics
7/16/24
Explore the frontier of medical technology by developing a cutting-edge system to analyze speech biomarkers and revolutionize diagnostic practices.
Voice Biomarkers for Public Health
11/21/22
Voice signal processing for health applications.
What experiences should young children have with AI?
9/8/23
AI-based educational technologies have profound implications for young children’s language development, cognition, sensory perception, and future learning trajectories, but they are seldom developed with childrens' needs in mind.
Wireless Performance Evaluation
7/2/24
Help with the development of tools to measure and analyze wireless signal propagation in a real scenario.
Wireless Topology Tool - A Web-Based Application for Designing, Sharing, and Simulating Wireless Networks
5/23/24
Help in the design and improvement of WTTool, a website designed to make research on wireless networks simpler and more accurate.

Cutting-Edge Human Attitudes Study Using "Galileo Theory" Computerized Measurement--Singapore Transportation
2/7/23
Want to find out the REAL effects of governmental messages on people's behavior? The Galileo Theory Singapore Project, Spring 2023, will find answers!
Examining Urban Street Design in Buffalo and Beyond
5/3/24
Curious and creative urbanists wanted to examine urban street design for pedestrians and cyclists!
Global History of the American Culture Wars
12/1/23
Help me investigate the global history of the American Culture Wars.
PHI 485: Integrating PPE Capstone Project
8/22/24
Make the world better by confronting complex social issues in the fields of philosophy, politics and economics.
SOC 319: Juvenile Justice Research Project
7/2/24
Building upon a semester-long survey research project, you will complete a policy brief recommending ways UB could better support its students, particularly those who have had prior juvenile justice system contact.
Tracking Leaders' Trips on Twitter
7/3/24
Where do political leaders travel and what can we learn from these trips?

Adolescent Diabetes Prevention/Eating Behavior Research
9/27/24
Seeking students to work on an observational study that helps identify family, environment, and eating behavior factors that may be associated with increased risk for pre-diabetes or insulin resistance among teens.
Air Quality and its Role in Preventing Airborne Diseases
4/28/23
Provide new information that will stop the spread of airborne diseases like COVID-19.
An Investigation of The Mediating and The Role of Personality and Social Factors Underlying Career Anxiety in Undergraduate Students
5/1/24
The career anxiety of Gen Z
Assessing Health in the Seneca-Babcock Neighborhood
5/9/24
Take your public health skills outside of the classroom and into a community to make a difference!
Can You Catch a Wild Bacteriophage, Cultivate It, And Characterize Its Genome?
5/1/24
Viruses that infect bacteria (called phages) are all around us, but very few that kill bacteria in our mouths have been cultivated for scientists to study - can you help us catch some?
CANDO and the infinite drug discovery frontier
9/12/23
Use the CANDO platform to discover new treatments/cures for a disease of your choice!
Cardiac Signal Processing Software Development
9/24/24
Cardiac Arrhythmia Software using MATLAB
Children's usual intake of hyperpalatable foods
1/12/24
Examining usual intake of hyperpalatable foods in children using data analysis.
Community-Engaged Air Quality Monitoring
9/17/24
Advanced Air Quality Monitoring, Innovative Approaches to Data Calibration, and Cutting-Edge Data Visualization for Environmental Health
Comparative Neuroanatomy Analysis of the Human Brainstem
2/9/23
Understanding the neurochemical organization of the human brainstem has implications for understanding major neurological disorders including epilepsy, tinnitus, hyperacusis and ataxia.
Connect the Personal and Historical with Nursing Clio
4/30/24
Join the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective to help us in our mission to bring nuanced, accessible histories of gender and health to the public.
Development of a Microfluidic Device for Precise Control of Sample Delivery for ISFET Testing
1/11/23
This project focuses on the development of a microfluidic system to enable precise biochemical sensing measurements.
Development of a Transient Gene Replacement System for Human Cells
5/1/24
Develop a system for cultured human cells to carry out transient protein swap for essential cellular proteins.
Development of New Copper-Catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Synthesis Applications
1/11/23
Sustainable synthesis is enabled with copper catalysis.
DNA Sequencing of Bacterial Genomes and Meta Genomes Isolated from Waterways in Western New York
1/11/23
Work on an NIH funded project studying bacteria in WNY waterways
Drug delivery across the Blood Brain Barrier
8/22/24
Nanotechnology approach for biomedical applications
Effects of FABP5 on nicotine and THC pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic.
3/27/24
We aim to use genetic tools to elucidate potential targets of FABP5 for reducing nicotine preference.
Energy Expenditure of US Army Soldiers During Ambulation
4/30/24
Help collect data to improve the US Army Load Carriage Decision Aid that predicts metabolic energy expenditure in a wide range of military tasks.
Engaging Families in Literacy for Better Outcomes
4/5/24
Join our mission to create literacy resources that transform lives for underserved children and families.
Erie Niagara Child Health Equity and Development Study
8/27/24
Looking for a Spanish speaking undergraduate student who can aid in research pertaining to prenatal and childhood mechanisms involved in health disparities.
Exosome:Adeno-associated virus formulations for enhanced gene transfer
4/12/24
Our project aims to enhance the use of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) as gene therapy vectors, the student will learn to make these viruses and modify them to improve their therapeutic capacity, particularly in central nervous system disorders.
Exploring Heart and Brain Health in Spinal Cord Injury
1/11/23
Seeking students that are interested in the following but not limited to these fields: biomedical engineering, public health, rehabilitation science, and human physiology. We are promoting heart and brain functions in people with spinal cord injury.
Fundamental Solid State Chemistry Research Experience
2/2/24
Has your curiosity ever make you wonder how technology works? How can keep making it better? How can we make a positive impact in current society?
Heme and Ferritin as Initiators of Ferroptosis in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells in Friedreich’s Ataxia
4/11/24
Examination of cellular pathology in models of the neurodegenerative genetic disorder, Friedreich's Ataxia.
Human Tissue Bioinformatics - Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Proteomics
9/24/24
Human Tissue Bioinformatics to investigate role of obesity on cardiovascular diseases
Hydrological and Geophysical Monitoring of Urban Soils
2/5/24
Learn about how human activities change soil, and how those changes could affect flood hazards.
Improving targeted therapies for cancer treatment.
10/16/24
A research opportunity at a lab that works to harness the knowledge of intracellular signaling and biochemical pathways to develop and improve the anti-cancer arsenal of precision medicine.
Increasing Health Equity by Linking Diabetes Education to Health Providers in Underserved Communities
2/14/23
Diabetes is a pandemic with an estimated > 400 million individuals affected worldwide and requires an innovative mechanism to provide health providers in under-served communities with virtual education for planning, implementation, outcomes assessment and biomedical education.
Infant language learning from older siblings
5/8/24
How do infants learn from other kids (e.g. their siblings)?
Integrative AI and Imaging Techniques for Neurovascular Disease Assessment
3/28/24
Unlock the potential of AI in healthcare: Join us to advance research in neurovascular disease assessment and surgical guidance using cutting-edge imaging and machine learning techniques.
Introduction to Force and Motion in Human Cells
5/30/24
We study the tiny molecular motors that cell use to produce force and motion in human cells.
Learn to Listen: The Role of Perceptual Learning in Hearing Impairments
4/30/24
Older adults experience hearing challenges that are not fully explained by age-related hearing loss. Does sensory learning play a role?
Making Healthy Choices Easier for Children in Restaurants: Student lead role in the Child Health and Behavior Lab’s Restaurant Study
4/29/24
This project would be a great fit for a student who is interested in building on their research and leadership experience by 1) training for and executing a lead role in collecting behavioral data from children in a busy real-world environment and 2) completing a related independent research project.
Mitochondrial Toxicity Is A Major Determinant of Microglial Apoptosis and Neuroinflammation
12/15/22
We will examine the effect of various drugs on apoptosis signaling in microglia and neuroinflammation.
Neurobiological Research on Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Disorders and Treatment Strategies
4/18/24
Research Opportunities to Study Brain Disorders at UB Medical School
Neuroplasticity after Spinal Cord Injury
5/12/23
Learn about different types of stimulation targeting connections in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves to improve movement in patient population.
Non-Canonical Functions of Complement in Health and Disease
7/2/24
Can complement be modulated to stop disease in its tracks?
Obesity and Cardiac Arrhythmias
1/11/23
How does fat affect the human heart?
Opioid Tolerance, Withdrawal, and Hypersensitivity: In Vitro and In Vivo Models
10/18/24
Projects related to cell signaling, in vivo imaging, histology, behavioral experiments, and electrophysiology. Lots to learn!
Paleogenetic investigation of life and climate history in Southeast Alaska
5/8/24
Do you wonder how you can get DNA from ancient animals (incl. humans!) and plants and what you can learn from them, and do you want to acquire or use your skills in bioinformatics? Come join our team and help make discoveries about life and climate history in Southeast Alaska and beyond!
Population genomics of Great Lakes fishes
5/8/24
Would you like to learn about fish evolution and ecology using genomic approaches?
Regulation of Cytokine Production by Macrophages
12/15/22
Dysregulated communication between the nervous system and immune system occurs during depressive behavior, chronic pain, and inflammation.
Responses to Targeted Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
4/4/24
Physician-scientist laboratory seeking students interested in translational research in blood cancers.
Sex Differences in the Neuroscience of Eating
1/20/23
Assist in ongoing studies exploring how sex hormones and diet change responses to feeding-relevant neurohormonal signals in females and males.
Sleep, Cognition and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease
4/16/24
Exploring the intricate relationship between sleep, cognitive function, and the risk of Alzheimer's Disease in older adults.
Speech Science in the Community
8/26/24
Go forth into the community to gather data about how people learn to understand tricky speech
Tailoring research learning experiences in the Hydration, Exercise, and Thermoregulation (HEAT) Lab to healthcare career goals
3/29/24
Looking for a research experience that aligns with your healthcare career goal? Assist with exercise physiology human subjects research on UB South Campus
Teen Relationships in Place Project (TRIP)
3/8/23
New NSF-funded Project on Teenagers' Peer Experiences
Testing the pH-dependence of a Membrane Transport Protein
9/1/22
Watch a cell defend itself from acid!
The Effect of Arterial Stiffness on The Phenotypic and Functional Heterogeneity of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
5/7/24
Uncover the profound impact of biomechanical forces on vascular cells!
Understanding how plant roots regulate soil ecosystem responses to drought
5/9/24
Explore how plants modulate soil carbon storage and microbial activity, joining a cross-disciplinary team of ecologists and geochemists!
Understanding Psychiatric Treatment Response
4/29/24
How does our method for diagnosing mental illness relate to treatment outcomes?
Unraveling the Interactions of Oral Microbiome and Disease Using Bioinformatics Approaches
10/27/23
Join us in exploring the fascinating world of oral microbiome and disease using bioinformatics tools!
Using Neuroscience and AI to Discover How We Form Memories
10/22/24
Interested in neuroscience and AI research? If yes, this opportunity may be for you!
Using Patient Similarity Networks to Model Hospital Length of Stay
2/9/24
Modeling Hospital Length of Stay Using Patient Similarity Networks
Virulence Mechanism of Periodontal Bacteria
2/7/23
Research focused on bacteria feasting below the gum line to uproot teeth.
Western New York COVID-19 Research Collaborative to Promote Vaccine Acceptance
7/2/24
Contribute to a team that is seeking to enhance our regional public health efforts during COVID-19 while advancing your education at UB!

Become an Academic Rockstar!
1/11/23
Become a published author by compiling and organizing existing material drawn from thirty years of publications on new product development.
Business Storytelling in Action
5/9/24
This is an opportunity for students to leverage their creative skills and gain hands-on experience in business storytelling, design, communication, and marketing with both local and global small business partners.
ESG Through the Lens of Finance
2/9/24
Dive into the intersection of ESG practices and financial performance with our research project. Join us in unraveling the complexities of sustainable finance.
Making a Difference Through UB's IRS-Sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
10/17/24
Make a positive impact on the lives of WNY families by actively participating in the UB Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program sponsored by the IRS.

#Me Too and the Implementation of Sexual Harassment Legislation in Pakistan
2/21/23
Learn about feminist activism in Pakistan and the movement for gender equality.
A.I.-driven Assessment of Reading Literacy
1/11/23
Help design scalable reading literacy assessments
Addressing Waste Management in a Nigerian Market
7/11/24
Seeking students to introduce recycling and reuse in Ibadan, Nigeria
Arts Administration and Teaching at Buffalo String Works
4/7/23
Come work with BSW and gain invaluable experience as an administer or teaching assistant at a vibrant, growing, arts nonprofit based in Downtown Buffalo.
Bricks, Bees and Community Development in Tanzania
7/11/24
Build on the work of UB study abroad students and engage with CLAO through Community Technologies in Tanzania
Center for Youth Innovation and Experiential Learning: Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
7/11/24
Unlocking the Future: Empowering Nakivale Refugee Youth with Innovation and Learning. In Nakivale Refugee Settlement, the spirit of innovation is alive, with youth actively engaged in agriculture and vocational projects.
Community Health Volunteer Project
10/23/24
Community engagement from a health professional perspective
Dramaturgical intern for production of "Sisters in Law" and "Kindertransport"
8/30/23
There is an exciting internship opportunity with the Jewish Repertory Theatre that is available for course credit in both Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. The JRT is looking for dramaturgial interns for its production of two shows, "Sisters in Law" and "Kindertransport." Applicants should have experience with historical
writing as well as public speaking.
Enugu Smart Green School Revolution
7/16/24
In Enugu Nigeria UB History Professor, Dr. Ndubueze Mbah, is leading a bold reimagining of Basic Education featuring Experiential Learning and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Gesture in Collaborative Physics Learning Study
8/2/22
Can non-verbal communication impact group work success in STEM?
Help a Start-up Stop Scammers!
7/24/24
Scammers are using AI and other technology to steal money from millions of older adults, we aim to use the same technology be used to scale up effective interventions!
Help Stop Scammers with DART: Deception Awareness & Resilience Tools
7/24/24
Scammers are using the latest technology (including AI) to target older adults--we use the same technology to scale interventions and protect people from scammers.
IDS 450: Decolonial Participatory Action Research
9/12/24
Learn about decolonial participatory action research in theory and practice through a semester-long seminar/studio course, working directly with Indigenous community organizations fighting against ongoing US settler-colonialism and empire.
IDS/GEO 340: Engaging Indigenous Methodologies in Health Research: An Oral History Interview
9/23/24
Building upon a semester-long oral history interview project, you will compile a power-point presentation that shows how Indigenous methodologies can inform radical and community-based knowledge about health and wellbeing.
Inclusive Immigration and Democratic Revival
7/3/24
Our project analyzes the experience of the immigrant and of the refugee as important test cases for whether a democratic culture counts as inclusive or not.
Inkululeko Challenge
5/30/24
At Inkululeko, we strive to help motivated learners reach their full potential, especially in the face of socio-economic disparities. Our goal with these projects is to create opportunities for SUNY (and other) students to contribute to, and communicate with, the local community.
Make Music and Movement History Come to Life for Future Generations!
9/1/23
Would you like to help make history come alive?
Palenquero Creole: Language and Culture
4/2/24
Join a team of linguists and other researchers to explore the linguistic structures and cultural importance of Palenquero Creole.
PHI 485: Integrating PPE Capstone Project
8/22/24
Make the world better by confronting complex social issues in the fields of philosophy, politics and economics.
Research Lab--Intercultural & Non-Western Perspectives on Communication
7/3/24
What are the important pieces of your identity that best describe you? How might your self-concept be constructed differently in Western vs. Non-Western cultures? How might your friends who are raised in an Interdependent ("Collectivistic") culture have a different view of what makes them important, special, or valued, than your view if you are raised in an Independent ("Individualistic") society? Join us to explore questions like these using the latest computerized scientific measurement in the laboratory!
Residence Hall Association: Building Community Through Advocacy, Leadership Development, and Programming
9/16/22
Utilize your experience within the Residence Hall Association to build community within our residence halls and apartment villages through RHA’s organizational pillars.
Rhythmic Communication Entrainment Research
7/3/24
Do you wanna dance? If you are interested in why we move to the beat and what moving to someone else's beat makes us do, this study is for you!
SOC 199: The Transition to Adulthood
8/29/23
Teach others about the sociological imagination!
Sophomore Externship Experience
5/16/24
Sophomores-UB Can Match you with a Top WNY Company for a Summer Externship!
STEMcyclists: Black and Brown Youth Transforming Science and Engineering via Bikes
3/13/24
This research project will engage urban Black and Brown youth in a transformative informal STEM learning experience centered on the medium of the bike and biking.
SUNY Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTech)
9/18/23
SUNY’s Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTech) is a free online learning opportunity targeted to college students, faculty, current and career-seeking professionals, and anyone who wants to effectively use technology in today’s rapidly changing world. Through this ELN project, you will develop sought-after career competencies, enhance #EmTech's online visibility, and foster expertise in areas such as interface design, web development, technology proficiency, and collaborative professionalism.
Supporting Collaborative Programming for the Arts, Design, and Media Studies
4/7/23
Help us extend the p5.js platform to support collaborative coding in the arts, design, and media study.
The Effects of Buffalo’s School Choice Program on School-Family Relationships
5/23/24
Buffalo Public Schools has a school choice policy, but up to 70% of students don't attend their school of choice. Let's find out how this policy affects kids and families.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Asian Hate on Asian American Community
6/8/23
Students will learn both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Un/Masking Collections: Virtual Exhibits for Decolonizing Gender, Race, and “the Masks” of the Ethnographic Museum
12/13/22
Don't discard your COVID masks yet! They have a story to tell -- about rich, complex, colonial histories of social relation, art, performance, public health, and global power. Come find out how...
Writing Citizen Science and Community in the Niagara Region
10/16/24
This project invites students to use their academic research and writing skills to impact current communities and political conversations about local and global sustainability in the wake of increasing land development within the world-famous Niagara Falls biome.

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