Environment and Sustainability

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

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  • UB's Steegmann to Receive 2012 Franz Boas Award from Human Biology Association
    2/29/12
    The Human Biology Association (HBA) has announced that A. Theodore Steegmann Jr., PhD, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, is the recipient of its 2012 Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award.
  • UB MBAs to Take GM's Newest Cars for a Spin
    2/21/12
    Alternative fuels -- battery, diesel, electric and fuel cell -- will be in the spotlight when University at Buffalo MBAs test-drive GM's newest cars from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 24, at thUB's Center for Tomorrow.
  • To Train a Smart Grid Workforce, UB and Buffalo State Pool Resources
    2/14/12
    A new joint effort by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College will improve green jobs training for undergraduate and graduate students at both institutions as part of a federally funded program to transform the electrical grid into a "smart grid."
  • Back from the Gulf Coast, Students Reflect on Experience Volunteering to Help Restore Wetlands
    2/3/12
    Back from a weeklong service learning trip to Louisiana, three University at Buffalo undergraduates took time to reflect on their experiences on the Gulf Coast.
  • Waste Infrastructure and the Architecture of Public Life
    2/3/12
    Garbage is not a typical topic of discussion for an architecture lecture, but in Erie and Niagara Counties alone we produce about 17.5 million pounds of waste a year. We're not staring it in the face every day, so where does it go?
  • In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency
    1/20/12
    By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity.
  • Treatment Wall at Western New York Nuclear Site Receives 2011 Ground Water Remediation Award
    11/1/11
    AMEC Geomatrix of Amherst, N.Y., has received the National Ground Water Association's 2011 Ground Water Remediation Award for an innovative nuclear waste cleanup project that the company completed with University at Buffalo researchers.
  • Making Science Exciting: $9.8 Million Program Aims to Change How Science is Taught in Buffalo Schools
    10/12/11
    A coalition of regional partners has received $9.8 million from the National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused initiative that aims to change how science is taught in Buffalo Public Schools. The five-year program, led by the University at Buffalo, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College and the Buffalo Museum of Science, is called the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP).
  • UB Dioxin Expert Served on Institute of Medicine Panel Reviewing Health Effects in Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
    10/6/11
    A University at Buffalo expert on dioxin toxicology has just completed his service on the National Academies Institute of Medicine panel on Veterans and Agent Orange. Last week, the panel -- the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides -- released its 2010 report.
  • In Yosemite, a New, High-Tech Tool for Mapping Changing Vegetation Patterns
    10/5/11
    Researchers from three universities have partnered to create a new, high-tech tool for mapping changing plant patterns at Tuolumne Meadows, a mountain meadow in Yosemite National Park.