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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.

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

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

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

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

UB ophthalmologist Andrew Reynolds spoke with UBNow about how to stay safe while viewing this once-in-a-lifetime celestial phenomenon. 

The new Social Work professor looks at the intersection of the criminal legal system and mental health with an eye toward reducing mass incarceration and improving well-being. 

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

UB's new dean of students says being accessible and a good listener is key to helping students be successful.

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. 

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.