Environment and Sustainability

News about UB’s environmental programs and related sustainability initiatives. (see all topics)

MOU with University of the West Indies will contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals
5/21/24
Agreement, signed May 20, will also create new opportunities for UB faculty and students in sustainable development leadership.
Prestigious Department of Energy program selects UB geology student studying plants’ response to drought
4/23/24
Fiona Ellsworth will conduct research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on root carbon dynamics under drought conditions.
Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change
4/15/24
Study charts family history of Arabica, world’s most popular coffee species, through Earth’s heating and cooling periods over last millennia.
UB awarded $1.25 million grant to create clean energy research hub
4/1/24
The project, supported by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, will tap UB’s expertise in materials science, advanced manufacturing, AI and more.
To capture methane emissions, scientists create nanoshell catalysts
3/27/24
The catalysts can be used for dry reforming, an industrial process that turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals.
UB senior receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship
3/13/24
A native of Johnstown, New York, Sydney Swedick will receive a full scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge.
UB, partners work to make algae fuel more efficient, affordable
3/8/24
Team is employing polyculture farming, AI and other tools to detect pests before they infect algae.
UB engineering professor lands $1.5 million grant to create clean hydrogen
2/29/24
Haiqing Lin and his team of researchers were recently awarded $1.5 million for a two-year-long project that is scheduled to begin on April 1.
UB-led team awarded $750,000 NSF grant to study wildfire inequities
2/28/24
Project addresses emergency management disparities between wealthy, low-income groups.
UB TCIE secures $300,000 to support offshore wind industry in New York State
2/27/24
The award, from the state’s Offshore Wind Training Institute, will help boost awareness in renewable energy supply chain careers.

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