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UB architecture professor Jin Young Song is internationally known for his award-winning façade renovations and alternative construction systems.  

The recently retired dance professor reflects on a nearly 50-year career at UB.

The cellist and Center for Diversity Innovation Distinguished Visiting Scholar has received the Michael Jaffee Visionary Award from Chamber Music of America.

The adjunct professor of practice in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has played, and continues to play, many roles.  

As director of international alumni engagement, Wei Loon Leong keeps track of 11 alumni chapters around the globe.

In testimony before New York State lawmakers, the UB AI expert cited the harmful effects of deepfakes and other false content.

As Banned Books Week begins, UB faculty member Africa Hands offers her perspective on the rising trend of book bans and censorship.

UB political scientist Conor Dowling says the early September debate between Trump and Harris could shift polls either way.

UB chemist David Heppner published the first 3D model of lazertinib, a chemo-free drug the FDA has approved to be used in a combo therapy.

UB legal scholar John Giammatteo says the new president has a ‘massive amount of control’ over policy, the hiring of judges and more.

UB’s executive chef talks with UBNow about the menu at One World Café and what diners should expect when food service begins in late spring.

UB infectious disease expert Thomas Russon answers some questions about the importance of getting a COVID-19 booster shot as the spring semester gets underway.

Chemistry PhD graduates Jesús M. Velázquez and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks talk with UBNow about their careers and look back on their time at UB.

When he's not teaching or working shifts in the action-packed ER, UB physician Jeff Thompson spends his off-hours singing opera.

UB labor experts Matthew Dimick and Erin Hatton spoke with UBNow about labor history in Buffalo and why some left-leaning companies oppose organized labor.

The Morris Janowitz award recognizes senior scholars whose careers have demonstrated excellence in the field of military sociology.

The director of UB’s CRIA will join the Program Advisory Board of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescent-Adulthood.

Faculty member Nichol Castro is being recognized for her work focusing on word retrieval in aging adults and adults with language impairments.

The UB endocrinologist was recently honored by the Androgen Society for his work on low testosterone, diabetes and obesity.

Luis R. De Jesús Báez is UB’s first recipient of the Non-Tenure Faculty Award that aims to encourage the pursuit of new ideas among tenure-track faculty.