• School choice and income segregation
    7/22/26

    Parents tend to avoid classrooms populated by a large number of students from low-income families, UB psychologists say.

  • Paris Wicker Named 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
    7/21/26

    GSE researcher will investigate how students’ social support networks influence well-being and academic success.

  • Where there's smoke, fewer birds
    7/21/26

    UB study compared air quality data with birdwatching reports, including during historic 2023 wildfire season.

  • Creating complex drugs, quicker
    7/20/26

    Surprisingly simple tools allow UB chemists to modify two carbon atoms in a single reaction.

  • President Tripathi shares message of ‘gratitude’
    7/20/26

    UB president reflects as he gets ready to transition back to faculty role.

  • UB to host 5th annual Teaching Black History Conference
    7/17/26

    This year’s conference theme of “Black Founding Mothers and Fathers” was inspired by two historic milestones.

  • Center names new director
    7/17/26

    Uttam Singisetti has been named director of UB’s Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies.

  • Mendola named ISEE Fellow
    7/17/26

    SPHHP researcher is a pioneer in environmental and perinatal epidemiology.

  • Testing eye health with quantum optics
    7/16/26

    Engineered light transforms Boehm’s brushes from a faint visual pattern into a much brighter one that could help catch retinal disease.

  • A golden age for Golden Connections
    7/16/26

    Group brings together UB alumni of at least 50 years to help them stay connected to each other.

  • Tracking police accountability
    7/16/26

    School of Management study links newspaper closures to distorted crime reporting.

  • Researching neutral-atom quantum computing
    7/15/26

    UB physicist receives two federal grants totaling $1.1 million to advance future quantum technologies.

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  • A rebel garden

    Frida’s Garden (AKA Frida's Rebel Garden) was created by UB’s Center for Urban Studies in partnership with Futures Academy and has been maintained for more than two decades. The garden is a significant greenspace in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood and is used as a classroom to teach students about food, nutrition, food systems and urban gardening. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published July 14, 2026

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Celebrating Student Excellence

Recipients of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence — the highest honor SUNY bestows on a student — reflect on their journeys, what the award means to them and the True Blue experiences that shaped their success.

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