Global Impact

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

UB professor, partners awarded $300,000 to boost women in STEM
8/23/23
Matilde Sánchez-Peña and partners will study why, despite 20 years of investment, woman make up only 20% of engineering students and tenure-track faculty.
UB’s Dandona receives lifetime achievement award for research on low testosterone, diabetes and obesity
8/21/23
Dandona was recognized for his breadth of research on the connection between testosterone deficiency and the possible onset of Type 2 diabetes.
Two scholars receive prestigious NSF fellowships to study at UB
8/14/23
Karla Rosalia Sanchez Lievanos and Emmanuel M. Nsengiyumva will conduct research and outreach on ‘forever chemicals’ and carbon capture technology, respectively.
UB awarded $3.4 million for expanded cybersecurity training program
8/7/23
The funding, from the National Science Foundation, will help train 24 cybersecurity experts who work for the FBI, CIA and other agencies
UB volcano expert monitors lava flow around the world
7/27/23
Stephan Kolzenburg studies where and how far lava will flow if a volcano erupts.
UB launches graduate degree in global health and international development
7/25/23
The intensively interdisciplinary program is designed to address widening gaps in human health globally through the socioeconomic, environmental and geopolitical arenas of international development.
Ancient soil once stored at UB shows Greenland melted recently … and could melt again
7/21/23
The new study finds the island was mostly ice free only 416,000 years ago and is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought.
UB lab identifies key enzyme for heart failure drug digoxin
7/17/23
The discovery could help reduce the plant-based drug’s three-year production time; lead to less toxic alternatives.
Susan Grinslade named American Academy of Nursing fellow
7/6/23
Grinslade’s work addresses health disparities and social determinants of health among underserved populations.
New President Elected to UB Alumni Association
7/5/23
Joseph Stefko is president and CEO of ROC2025, an alliance of economic development organizations in the greater Rochester area.