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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.

Three UB experts offer insights on how to cope with the events that have rocked Western New York during the past nine months.

UB sleep medicine specialist Amanda Hassinger offers tips for achieving more quality sleep that may help you achieve your New Year’s resolutions.

Mark O'Brian explains how Moderna's experimental vaccine treats, but doesn't prevent, the aggressive skin cancer.

Infectious disease expert Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte talks with UBNow about the alarming surge in these viruses among kids and what parents can do to keep them healthy.

UB researcher Mary Riedy says 20 states don’t screen at birth for the rare and often fatal genetic disease.

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.

Praveen K. Chandrasekharan is being recognized both for his compassion as a clinician and proficiency as a researcher.

The UB medical anthropologist has been recognized by the Society for Applied Anthropology.

The UB scientist is one of six recognized by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement for research excellence and contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

The UB School of Social Work researcher has been honored for her accomplishments and leadership on issues of social work practice and policy.

The winning research project in the prestigious competition focuses on helping to solve the opioid crisis in the U.S.