Global Impact

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

UB, You First Services complete air-sterilization project at Niagara Falls Memorial
2/6/24
The project, which included UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences, aims to keep hospitals and schools clean from viruses, microbial growth.
Visiting physician to UB’s CIGBS examining clinical pharmacology intersection of HIV drugs, antidepressants
2/2/24
Waheed Adedeji will soon launch a clinical trial in Nigeria, exploring the pharmacokinetic interaction between the antidepressant fluoxetine and the antiviral drug Dolutegravir, which fights HIV.
Visiting scholar kicks off partnership between dental school and Rīga Stradiņš University
1/18/24
The hope for the partnership is to encourage exchanges of faculty and students and create opportunities to develop joint research projects.
New app, Deepcover, to help older adults spot online scams
12/21/23
Developed by UB’s Center for Information Integrity and partners, the app borrows themes from Mission: Impossible, James Bond.
2023 in review: A year of innovation, community service, scholarly excellence and more
12/20/23
From harnessing AI to help children with speech and language impairments to drilling through 1,600 feet of ice, UB's list of accomplishments in 2023 was nothing short of spectacular.
Media Advisory: UB to conduct earthquake building tests Thursday
12/20/23
Researchers will use shake table to simulate quake on full-scale wood-frame building; could help change building codes, make new buildings safer.
UB-founded company uses AI to assist surgeons treating brain aneurysms in real time
12/18/23
QAS.AI awarded $1 million National Science Foundation grant for clinical evaluation in Buffalo, Florida.
Study identifies key ingredient for affordable fuel cell catalysts
12/5/23
Researchers add hydrogen to iron-nitrogen-carbon catalysts; could greatly reduce costs of climate friendly fuel cells.
UB awarded $1 million for ‘space economy’ grant by U.S. Space Force, AFRL
11/30/23
Engineers will use the award to better track objects in deep outer space.
Genomic study sheds light on how carnivorous Asian pitcher plants acquired signature insect traps
11/23/23
The plants’ duplicated genomes may have paved the way for specialized carnivory, as well as separate-sexed plants.