Environment and Sustainability

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

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From hours to minutes: New CUT method reduces time to simulate natural disasters
5/16/14
Developed by UB student Nagavenkat Adurthi, the model could help predict space collisions, where volcanic ash spreads and more.
A summer adventure begins at UB
5/14/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Fly fishing for native trout on one of America’s most scenic and untouched rivers. Up-close in-person observations of wolves, grizzly bears and rare birds in their native habitat. Sleeping in spacious log cabins in a town resembling a movie set.
With RENEW, UB researchers are tackling major issues related to energy, water and the environment
5/6/14
Investigating how latent pesticides affect public health. Creating window coatings that reduce buildings’ heating and cooling costs. Developing policies to promote land conservation. Examining what incentives prompt people to buy hybrid cars. These seemingly disparate activities are not disparate at all – in fact, they reflect a commitment to comprehensive environmental research at RENEW.
UB librarian Fred Stoss receives green education award from the National Library of Aruba
5/2/14
Environmentalist Frederick Stoss, associate librarian and subject specialist for biological and environmental sciences and mathematics at the University at Buffalo, has received the first Friend of the Biblioteca Nacional Aruba Award for his work in green education programming and for helping to create the library’s Caribbean Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability Program.
Sustainability dashboard tracks UB’s real-time power consumption
4/22/14
Shows energy use in user-friendly terms, such as dollar amount and equivalent hamburgers consumed
Ancient Aleuts and large-scale environmental events in the global north
4/7/14
Archaeologists contribute to the global debate about long-term human intersections with coastal and island environments, often through cooperative research with anthropologists, geologists and bioscientists, and frequently in places like Kiska Island in the Rat Island Archipelago, more than a thousand miles off the coast of Alaska.
Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies
3/28/14
Breakthrough photonics research at UB could revolutionize energy technologies.
Buffalo’s grassroots initiatives and the future they portend
3/17/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. — To celebrate and fuel the many grassroots initiatives helping to revive Buffalo’s reputation as both the City of Light and the City of Good Neighbors, the University at Buffalo Technē Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies will host the colorful Performing Economies Colloquium April 4 - 6 at UB's Educational Opportunity Center (555 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203), the UB Center for the Arts (North Campus) and The Foundry (298 Northampton St).
Media advisory: Limited seats available for ‘Story of Stuff’ creator Annie Leonard’s Tuesday speech
3/10/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Only a handful of seats remain open for environmental activist Annie Leonard’s speech Tuesday night at the Center for the Arts (CFA).
An (optical) cavity that you want
2/25/14
Researchers from the University at Buffalo and elsewhere are developing an optical 'nanocavity' to boost light absorption in ultrathin semiconductors.