Environment and Sustainability

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

Cities are going green. Let’s not forget to make them equitable, too, researchers say
3/15/18
New book explores how to keep neighborhoods intact and affordable while pursuing environmental goals.
Don’t pitch it – patch it up at UB repair fair on March 12
3/7/18
At this free event open to the public, volunteer fixers will do their best to get your items — from small appliances and jewelry, to bicycles and textiles — back to working order.
Students create their vision for UB GRoW Home’s next move
2/21/18
Graduate students in Martha Bohm’s fall studio developed a vision for the siting of the GRoW Home, which will move from its current location on South Campus to a pernament place on North Campus.
Chemical cluster could transform energy storage for large electrical grids
2/13/18
The compound’s promising electroactive properties make it an ideal candidate material for redox flow batteries.
Your gadget’s next power supply? Your body
2/9/18
Gold tab attached to skin converts mechanical energy into juice for wearables, self-powered electronics.
UB partners with Covanta to study Niagara Falls waste-to-energy plant
2/9/18
The plant, called the Niagara Resource Recovery Facility, turns municipal solid waste into steam and electricity.
Amit Goyal elected to National Academy of Engineering
2/8/18
Director of UB’s RENEW Institute and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Goyal was cited for advances in materials science and superconducting materials.
Study to probe the history of New York State’s famed lake effect snow
2/1/18
Project will lay the foundation for understanding how lake effect snowfall could change in a warming world.
Fifteen ways UB researchers changed the world — and made headlines — in 2017
12/27/17
From developing a pneumonia vaccine to desalinating water with the sun, here are some highlights from a year of discovery.
Scientists get early look at hurricane damage to Caribbean coral reefs
12/26/17
Storms act as an interesting “natural experiment” — a rare chance for researchers to study how corals recover from disasters.

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