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  • NASA taps UB researchers’ team to advance satellite observation of climate change
    5/17/24

    Several UB researchers have been sleected by NASA to contribute to a salletite-based mission that will help better our understanding of climate change. This mission - happening sometime between 2030-2032 - will provide essential real-time data in understanding greenhouse gases and changes in ice and glaciers around the world.

  • Protecting our ocean one treaty at a time
    5/15/24

    Elizabeth Kim, three time University at Buffalo alumna, aims to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 through a treaty she helped negotiate with her role at the U.S. Department of State. Kim is dedicated to preserving the health and well-being of Earth for future generations. 

  • UB’s Carbon Reduction Challenge returns with new ways to reduce – and count — WNY companies’ emissions
    5/14/24

    After a two-year hiatus, the Carbon Reduction Challenge returned this semester to connect students with organizations around WNY, offering insight and problem-solving skills to provide solutions as to how these companies can reduce their overall carbon footprint. 

  • Showing up for the City of Good Neighbors
    5/9/24

    As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, the School of Social Work hit the streets to partake in a day of community service on Buffalo's East Side. In tadnem with the City of Buffalo's Operation Clean Sweep initiative, volunteers provided residents with trash cleanup while also delivering certain resources to residents, including dental supplies, children’s books, cooling towels, seed packets and more.

  • UB recognizes 2024 SLICE winners
    4/30/24

    This year's 2024 SLICE winners have been announced! With two new categories - the Alumni and Climate Justices awards - these awards recognize exemplary efforts by university community members to express UB’s continuing efforts to improve its status as a leading sustainability institution across the nation.

  • Team says ‘cheeze’ to win UB entrepreneurship competition
    4/25/24

    First-year MBA students Matthew Mullens and Neharika Korati have won the 2024 Panasci competition, an inititiative that aims to maximize the entreprenurial spirit of students and create viable businesses in Western New York. The company, Empasta - a plant-based, cheese-alternative sauce - secured $25,000 in capital funding and $40,000 in in-kind services to further develop and expand their product offering.

  • UB chemist studying environmental pollutants receives national awards
    4/25/24

    UB chemistry professor Emanuela Gionfriddo has been recognized for her devlopment of measurement science with two national awards. Her work focuses on improving the precision of measurements while at the same time 'greening' her lab - using minimal amounts of toxic chemicals and producing limited laboratory waste, reducing her overall carbont footprint.

  • UB celebrates Earth Day with climate action update
    4/22/24

    Over 200 UB faculty, staff, and students gathered on April 22nd - Earth Day - to learn more about the climate action work being done across the university. Milestones in the South Campus decarbonization plan, development of the unviersity's fleet EV charging lot, and waste diversion goals and current progress, among other topics, were showcased.