Your Colleagues

Stephanie Phillips, a faculty member in the new Department of Engineering Education, finds similarities between technical writing and writing for comics.

Biochemistry professor Murray Ettinger retires after 48 years at UB, but his lore lives on.

Jacobs School associate dean Lisa Jane Jacobsen leads a fitness class to help medical students stay active.

UB social work faculty member Katie McClain-Meeder and her husband started Little Bear Farm to help improve access to healthy food.

GSE prof and veteran Richard Lamb is completing a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling in order to apply his work in VR to vets with PTSD.

UB maritime shipping expert Irina Benedyk says the supply chain will see delays in automobiles, coal and other goods typically handled in Baltimore.

UB law professor Christine Bartholomew offers insights on Kroger's proposed $25 billion acquisition of Albertsons and why the FTC opposes the merger.

UB computer scientist Ifeoma Nwogu spoke with UBNow about how AI has evolved through the years and offers her perspective on bias in facial recognition programs. 

UB expert Mark Frank explains how to detect deception — and yes, the eyes can lie.

Carleara Weiss says improved sleep can have emotional, physical and mental health benefits.

In a Q&A with UBNow, neurosurgeon Elad Levy discusses the phenomenon that paused distribution of the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine.

Raven Baxter and Olivia Geneus talk about the online movements they founded to celebrate and elevate the voices of Black scientists.

The group discusses the challenges it faced last March and April, the significance of its task, and how its work helped influence behaviors and, ultimately, save lives.

UB researcher Holly Buck is co-editor of a new book in which scholars explore the social and ethical dimensions of deliberate efforts to alter Earth’s climate.

Communication professor Yotam Ophir discusses how these falsehoods and the people who spread them endanger democracy.

Steven Fliesler and John Tomaszewski are members of the board of the SUNY Distinguished Academy, the formal organization of all active SUNY distinguished faculty.