Environment and Sustainability

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

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  • Conference Stresses “Hidden Dangers” Of Windstorms
    11/15/99
    Mention the nation's most damaging natural disasters and most people probably think of earthquakes and floods. Wind probably isn't even on the list. But it should be, according to Michael Gaus, Ph.D., University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and president of the American Association of Wind Engineering, since the most vulnerable structures are low-rise buildings, such as residences.
  • UB Group Proposes Regional Nonprofit Organization To Develop Brownfields
    10/29/99
    The complicated process of revitalizing Western New York's many brownfields could be enhanced and accelerated significantly through the formation of a new, nonprofit organization designed to facilitate such projects, according to a report by a new University at Buffalo group, the Brownfield Action Project (BAP).
  • UB Nursing School Involved In First Large-Scale, Quality-Of-Life Study Of Women With Lung Cancer
    10/13/99
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing is one of five nursing schools conducting the first national, large-scale study of quality-of-life issues affecting women with lung cancer.
  • Severe Damage Predicted If Hurricane Floyd Hits North Carolina’s Southeast Coast
    9/15/99
    A sociologist researching regional development along North Carolina's southeast coast said today that if Hurricane Floyd makes landfall in that region, damage will be very serious -- exacerbated by the area's dramatic population increase over 20 years and the overdevelopment of coastal lands.
  • UB Engineer Says Turkey's 'Twin Quake' Occurred Along A Fault Similar To San Andreas Fault
    8/23/99
    The "twin quake" that struck western Turkey last week occurred on a fault that is a "textbook example" of a transform fault like California's San Andreas Fault, according to an engineering seismologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • Engineers Find Volcanic Mineral’s Affinity For Strontium-90 Makes It Ideal Choice For West Valley Cleanup
    8/23/99
    Starting this month, the same material cat-lovers use to sanitize their pets' litter boxes will be used to remove strontium-90 from groundwater in a pilot project at the West Valley Demonstration Project that is based on successful testing of the technology at the University at Buffalo.
  • Not To Worry -- Geographer Says Heat, Drought Are Par For The Climatological Course
    8/5/99
    Fear not! The dog days oppressing much of the country with miserable heat, drought and brownouts are a normal part of the climatological pattern and do not portend disastrous climate changes, a University at Buffalo geographer says.
  • Intensive UB Course in Unique Environments Has Students Exploring Adirondacks, Everglades
    6/7/99
    Hiking, horseback riding and mountain climbing may sound more like a vacation than summer school, but from Aug. 1-6, Sanford Geffner will lead about 15 University at Buffalo students out of the classroom and into the mountain wilderness of the Adirondacks for a week-long, intensive, field ecology adventure.
  • Lower Great Lakes Database Developed
    5/13/99
    A searchable database on the Lower Great Lakes has been developed by the Great Lakes Program at the University at Buffalo and New York Sea Grant.
  • Breast Milk of Women Who Eat Lake Ontario Fish Contains High Levels of PCBs, UB Study Finds
    5/8/99
    Women who eat fish from Lake Ontario have significantly higher levels of PCBs and pesticides in their breast milk than women who do not eat Lake Ontario fish, results of a study of lactating women in the New York State Angler Cohort has shown.