Environment and Sustainability

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

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  • UB Underscores Commitment to 'Green Campus' Planning
    4/22/08
    As environmentalists and citizens nationwide observe Earth Day, the University at Buffalo today reemphasized its commitment to achieving climate neutrality.
  • Disasters in Small Communities: Researchers Discuss How They Can Help
    3/21/08
    Whether it's springtime flooding, an infectious disease outbreak or a volcanic eruption, small or rural communities affected by natural disasters often suffer additional hardship because of their size, say organizers of "Natural Disasters in Small Communities: How Can We Help?" a conference to be held by the University at Buffalo on March 29 and 30.
  • The Greening of Buffalo -- A Path to Economic Growth
    2/19/08
    Last summer, graduate students in urban planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and the University of Stuttgart in Germany worked collaboratively to produce a planning proposal designed to promote the expansion of Buffalo's green infrastructure and its economic prosperity while offering a new landscape-planning methodology in response to the destructive October 2006 storm.
  • New Greenland Ice Sheet Data Will Impact Climate Change Models
    2/11/08
    A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland's ice sheet, important data that have long been missing from the ice sheet models on which projections about sea level rise and global warming are based.
  • Report Is First to Quantify UB's Impact on the Environment
    1/24/08
    Electricity purchases and on-campus natural gas heating are the single greatest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions at the University at Buffalo, according to the first quantitative study on how UB impacts the environment.
  • UB Regional Institute to Partner on Effort to Convene Emerging Leaders of Great Lakes Region
    1/15/08
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute is partnering in an effort led by The Brookings Institution and The John R. Oishei Foundation to convene young leaders from the Great Lakes region, including Buffalo, to develop and implement strategies for the region's economic future.
  • Major Training Grant to Benefit Western New York Ecosystems
    11/15/07
    The National Science Foundation has chosen the University at Buffalo to receive a prestigious $3.1 million grant to train a new generation of environmental experts, using the ecological treasures of Western New York and the Great Lakes basin as a "living laboratory."
  • UB Engineering Students Aim to Reduce School-Bus Emissions
    11/7/07
    Students who are members of the University at Buffalo Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World are partnering with Erie County on the Erie County Clean School Bus Initiative, a program that aims to reduce diesel emissions in school buses.
  • Niagara County Environmental Fund Sets New Planning Grants
    10/5/07
    The Niagara County Environmental Fund (NCEF) is announcing a total of approximately $775,000 in new funds available for Legacy Projects that will provide long-lasting impact to Niagara County's environment and/or understanding of its environment.
  • For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
    7/13/07
    Primate tourism, an economic benefit and conservation tool in many habitat countries, has exploded in popularity over the past two decades in places like China, Borneo, Uganda, Rwanda, Northern Sumatra, Madagascar, Gabon and Central America. New research by scientists in the United States, China and Japan, however, has found that some primate tourism practices are inappropriate because they provoke an unprecedented level of adult aggression that is proving deadly for infant monkeys.