Global Impact

News about UB’s global partnerships and our impact around the world. (see all topics)

UB engineers awarded $3 million to create new industrial membranes
11/20/24
The technology could reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of food, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.
UB nursing researcher awarded $747,000 to examine link between sleep, brain health
11/5/24
Carleara Weiss will study how nicotinamide riboside, a type of vitamin B3, affects sleep and memory in older adults.
Gene named for mythical Irish land could aid muscle function after traumatic nerve injuries
10/24/24
Research study could lead to new therapies for people who suffer nerve injuries following auto accidents, gunshots.
SUNY Global Health Institute and Wadsworth Center to create the NYS Global Health Interface Platform
10/7/24
Partnership will provide training for future public health professionals and strengthen international grant opportunities.
As AI stresses electricity grid, UB awarded $1.9 million for energy-efficient microelectronics
9/23/24
Research team to develop new transistors based on 2D semiconductors and magnetoelectric materials.
UB awarded $10 million grant to lead new national center on early literacy and responsible AI
9/19/24
Grant further strengthens UB’s national leadership in artificial intelligence research.
UB professor, New York State researchers developing new immunotherapy treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
9/3/24
Promising approach targets multiple pathogenic hallmarks of the disease.
UB’s CIGBS forges partnership in Zimbabwe for health care education, research and training
8/16/24
Intellectus Campus is a Pan-African-based provider of effective and affordable training solutions in health care, business, information technology, education, training and development.
Food Lab takes creative approach to drawing attention to an important green in Kashmir
7/26/24
The UB Food Lab commissioned a poem by noted Kashmiri poet Zareef Ahmad Zareef to draw attention to the historical and cultural significance of haak at a time when utlra-processed foods are creeping into the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
UB pharmacy professors developing antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria
7/16/24
$4 million NIH grant awarded to overcome growing number of health care infections.