Postdoc News

Through groundbreaking discoveries and remarkable contributions, our postdoctoral researchers are cementing the university's reputation as a global hub for cutting-edge research and academic excellence. 

  • A framework for micro-credential assessment
    1/16/25

    With the growing popularity of these digital badges, a new white paper offers a detailed process for assessing their value in higher education.

  • Rave reviews for Student Union renovations
    1/16/25

    Members of the UB community gathered for a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand reopening of the hub of student life on the North Campus.

  • White House awards UB professor the nation’s highest honor in STEM mentoring
    1/16/25

    Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. 

  • Pros and cons of weight-loss drugs
    1/15/25

    Pharmacy professor Nicole Albanese discusses the science behind drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, their potential to treat other addictions and possible dangers.

  • Driving climate action with big data
    1/15/25

    Architect and building science expert Mohamad Aly Etman joins the UB architecture faculty to launch the Building and Environment Visualization Lab.

  • Study suggests pot may be viable alterative to opioids
    1/14/25

    UB research shows payments from opioid manufacturers to physicians decrease where doctors can prescribe pot for chronic pain and other ailments.

  • Study aims to better understand UTI
    1/14/25

    UB researcher Chelsie Armbruster is looking at how the urinary tract defends against infection and how understudied pathogens bypass these defenses.

  • Media advisory: Judging for national crystal-growing competition returns to UB
    1/14/25

    Scientists to examine over 170 crystals of all shapes and sizes grown by students and teachers across the country.

  • UB pharmacy professor discusses pros and cons of popular weight-loss drugs
    1/13/25

    Nicole Albanese, PharmD, discusses the science behind weight-loss drugs, their potential to treat other addictions as well as possible dangers. 

  • New bins, waste collection changes coming to campus
    1/13/25

    It's all part of UB's zero waste plans aimed at increasing its climate action efforts and becoming climate neutral.

  • First-year students create North Campus field guide
    1/13/25

    The guide includes chapters on edible and medicinal plants, critters, mental health and zero waste on campus.

  • Funding for new therapeutic target for Krabbe disease
    1/10/25

    A grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation will examine how an enzyme deficiency in the brain leads to this fatal disease in young children.

  • Reimagining justice through play
    1/9/25

    A pioneering CAS collaboration has produced a new course that challenges students to reimagine justice through art, game design and history.

  • PPE receives $500,000 Mellon grant
    1/9/25

    The Philosophy, Politics and Economics progran will use the funding to analyze the effect of immigration on local democratic norms.