Environment and Sustainability

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

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  • High School Research Program Wins National Award for Investigating Niagara County Waters
    10/5/12
    University at Buffalo Professor of Chemistry Diana Aga, PhD, and Lewiston-Porter High School teachers Michelle Hinchliffe and Colleen Glor have won a national science education award for their efforts to train student scientists to measure pharmaceutical contamination in Niagara County waterways.
  • Professor's Book Reveals the "Silent Epidemic" of Health Hazards Caused by Coal
    9/21/12
    Coal kills. That's the message of "The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health" by Alan H. Lockwood, MD, University at Buffalo emeritus professor of neurology.
  • How Fast Can Ice Sheets Respond to Climate Change?
    9/13/12
    A new Arctic study in the journal Science is helping to unravel an important mystery surrounding climate change: How quickly glaciers can melt and grow in response to shifts in temperature.
  • Ancient, Bottom-Dwelling Critter Proves: Newer Isn't Always Better
    9/7/12
    Tiny creatures called rhabdopleurids have outlasted more elaborate species that also descended from a common ancestor, according to a new study led by a University at Buffalo geologist.
  • New Undergraduate Academies Spotlight Entrepreneurship, Sustainability
    9/6/12
    University at Buffalo students will have the chance to explore entrepreneurship and sustainability through two new Undergraduate Academies -- living and learning communities that enable students with common interests to live together and share meaningful experiences throughout their college years.
  • Media Advisory: Children to Learn about Renewable Energy and Art at UB's Solar Strand
    7/17/12
    About 15 children will learn about renewable energy, art and sustainability at the University at Buffalo's Solar Strand from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday
  • From Building State's First LEED Gold-Certified Public University Residence Hall to Saving Old Furniture, UB Becomes More Sustainable
    7/13/12
    Whether fixing old chairs or building eco-friendly residence halls, UB promotes a culture of sustainability at its three campuses. Aside from saving money, the university's efforts aim to educate, inspire and enable people, both on and off campus, to reduce their environmental footprints.
  • Research Opportunities at UB Push Undergraduate Education Boundaries
    6/26/12
    Phil Tucciarone knew as a high school student that he wanted to study nanotechnology; it was just a matter of where. The Ivy League was an option, but so was the University at Buffalo, where he enrolled in 2010. The decision paid off.
  • Animal Architecture: Rescued Bee Colony to Get New Buffalo Waterfront Home
    6/4/12
    This week, a massive and thriving colony of bees now living in the walls of an abandoned outbuilding in "Silo City," the former industrial site at the corner of Ohio and Child Streets, will get a glimpse of its brand new home.
  • First Female Native American Earns PhD in Engineering at UB
    5/29/12
    Seeing the Rocky Mountains usually tops the list of things to do when visiting Colorado. Not for Shannon Seneca, who vacationed there after graduating high school 15 years ago. Upon landing in Denver, she headed straight for the Rocky Flats Plant, a former nuclear weapons production facility.