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Faculty experts weigh in on trending topics. Their views and opinions are based on their expertise and research, and do not represent the official positions of UB.

  • Cinnamon, spice and ‘everything nice’
    12/17/24

    Epidemiologst Katarzyna Kordas discusses why lead-tainted cinnamon products have turned up on store shelves, and what questions consumers should ask.

  • Gillibrand spotlights Cyber Service Academy
    11/20/24

    The U.S. senator visited UB to promote a new scholarship program to address critical vulnerabilities in U.S. national security.

  • The ‘assault’ on higher education
    11/14/24

    UB law professor Athena Mutua's paper in a UCLA journal asserts ultraconservatives aim to undermine multi-racial democracy by attacking faculty and academic institutions.

  • UB experts weigh in on presidential election
    11/7/24

    UB political science and law experts provided insights to the media about former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

  • Three UB faculty members receive SUNY-IBM grants
    11/1/24

    Tevfik Kosar, Baishakhi Mazumder and Jinjun Xiong are recipients of 2024 SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance grants.

Questions & Answers

  • Meet Kim Beaty
    4/25/24

    UB's new chief of police brings years of law enforcement experience to the university. 

  • Meet Alissa Ujie Diamond
    4/23/24

    The new urban planning professor centers her work on justice and equity.

  • DEI has been Seval Yildirim's life’s work
    4/15/24

    UB's new vice provost for inclusive excellence has been advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion long before it was ever a phrase.

  • Apple’s antitrust woes
    4/5/24

    The tech company defeated a consumer antitrust case, but the ruling is “hardly the end” of its antitrust woes, UB legal scholar Christine Bartholomew says.

  • Breaking new ground on Indigenous law
    3/25/24

    Rebecca Chapman, senior assistant law librarian at the Charles B. Sears Law Library, talks about her work that sheds new light on Native American legal traditions.

Awards & Recognition

  • Tumbas receives prestigous awards
    12/13/23

    The UB scholar is the recipient of the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize and an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for two book projects.

  • Diaz named fellow for SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute
    12/11/23

    The Sunstar Robert J. Genco Endowed Chair and director of UB's Microbiome Center is among 11 fellows in this year's class.

  • Diaz named Sunstar Genco chair in dental school
    11/7/23

    The director of UB's Microbiome Center will continue the work of the acclaimed researcher.

  • UB architect’s design recognized with global award
    10/9/23

    Jin Young Song is the recipient of a 2023 Design Educates Award for his energy-efficient façade retrofit of a major hospital in Seoul.

  • Why do women develop cerebral aneurysms at higher rate than men?
    10/3/23

    Neurosurgeon Rosalind Lai has received a Young Investigator Grant to study the reasons behind this phenomenon.