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  • UB Awards Civic Engagement Research Fellowships
    9/25/12
    The University at Buffalo's UB 2020 Civic Engagement and Public Policy strategic initiative (CEPP) has awarded five new Civic Engagement Research Fellowships for 2012-13 to UB scholars in fields of communications and health sciences, education, law and social work.
  • UB Partners with Zimbabwe Universities to Create International Nanotechnology Center
    9/24/12
    With 14 percent of Zimbabwe's population living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis as a co-infection, the need for new drugs and new formulations of available treatments is crucial
  • Professor's Book Reveals the "Silent Epidemic" of Health Hazards Caused by Coal
    9/21/12
    Coal kills. That's the message of "The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health" by Alan H. Lockwood, MD, University at Buffalo emeritus professor of neurology.
  • RIA Takes the Challenge on Reducing College Student Substance Use
    9/20/12
    No longer considered an innocent rite of passage, binge drinking among college students contributes to approximately 1,800 deaths and nearly 600,000 injuries each year.
  • Grand Opening of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center Marks Move Downtown of UB Medical School Researchers
    9/20/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences today held the grand opening of its Clinical and Translational Research Center in the joint UB-Kaleida Health building at Goodrich and Ellicott streets in downtown Buffalo.
  • Discovery of Essential Genes for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reveals New, High-Value Drug Targets
    9/14/12
    By studying A. baumannii under "clinically relevant" conditions, the researchers have a more precise understanding of how the bacteria infects humans -- and how best to fight it.
  • UB Researchers to Develop Scientific Approach to Assess Return to Play After Concussion
    9/11/12
    University at Buffalo sports medicine researchers have been awarded $100,000 from NFL Charities to develop the most objective, scientific method of determining when an athlete who has had a concussion can safely return to play.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral 'Comes Home' to Speak at UB on 9/11
    9/10/12

    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will host a presentation by Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle on Sept. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. on UB's South Campus.

  • Media Advisory: UB Concussion Management Clinic to Announce Important National Grant
    9/10/12
    UB's concussion researchers will announce an important grant from a major, national sports organization.
  • Favorite TV Reruns May Have Restorative Powers, says UB Researcher
    9/6/12
    We hear all the time that we need to get off the couch, stop watching TV and get moving.