Environment and Sustainability

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

Turning off Niagara Falls could yield insight on how waterfalls carve canyons, UB expert says
2/3/16
Geologists could map the rock face beneath the falls to study erosion since 1969, when the falls last went dry.
Living in the ‘90s? So are underwater wireless networks
1/25/16
Like Beanie Babies and Steve Urkel, the systems we use to transmit information through water bring to mind the 1990s.
Grand Rapids YMCA is first building to adopt universal design standards
1/5/16
UB's IDeA Center, in collaboration with the Global Universal Design Commission, has developed the first set of universal design certification standards for commercial buildings.
After the Paris climate deal: What’s next for climate change research?
12/16/15
More studies are needed to understand how sea levels could rise in coming years, UB expert says.
UB takes a bite out of the Empire State
12/11/15
Campus Dining and Shops rolled out four new Pride of New York vending machines, each stocked with items made or produced in New York State. Sales have been solid since they were installed at the start of the fall semester.
Study undercuts idea that ‘Medieval Warm Period’ was global
12/4/15
Vikings may not have colonized Greenland in nice weather, new research finds.
UB law school students and their adviser to deliver scroll of signatures to Paris climate change conference
12/4/15
Six UB upper-level law students and their professor will travel to Paris to be part of the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather
12/2/15
It’s “Snowing like CRAZY up in here” and other tweets can boost computer models that guide traffic.
Shirley Sherrod to speak at Just Food, Just Communities event in Buffalo
11/6/15
Civil rights movement leader and food justice advocate Shirley Sherrod will discuss food as an economic driver at Tuesday's Just Food, Just Communities event on Buffalo's East Side.
UB’s GRoW Home takes 2nd in U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
10/17/15
Countless hours of designing, building, fine-tuning and fundraising over the past two and a half years have paid off for the more than 200 UB students and faculty members who worked on the GRoW Home.

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