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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.

  • Key reminders why vaccines are effective
    7/30/24

    UB biochemist Mark O'Brian offers some facts about vaccines that skeptics like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. get wrong.

  • Not a cyberattack, but outage ‘no less damaging’
    7/19/24

    UB expert Dominic Sellitto says businesses should check widely deployed software and make sure auto-updates are kept to a minimum.

  • Trump shooting shocks nation
    7/16/24

    UB experts say the shockwaves that are upending an already turbulent presidential campaign are unlikely to recede anytime soon.

  • Wysocki named to ‘Women of Influence’ list
    7/16/24

    Buffalo Business First selected UB's nursing dean as the winner of the Inspiration category.

  • Multipronged approach needed to stem synthetic opioid deaths
    7/11/24

    Pharmacy professor Edward Bednarczyk discusses an online training program for prescribers and other efforts.

Questions & Answers

  • A conversation with Dean Wysocki
    5/1/23

    The dean of the School of Nursing talks with UBNow about her vision for the school and increasing the presence of students and faculty in the community.

  • A conversation with Dean Pollack
    4/5/23

    The dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences talked with his vision for the school and what brought him back to UB after earning his PhD here in 1984.

  • Be prepared with CPR training
    3/29/23

    Recent cases in which bystanders saved the lives of well-known WNYers who suffered cardiac arrest underscore the importance of being trained in CPR.

  • A conversation with Dean Brashear
    3/21/23

    The VP for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School talks with UBNow about how UB's health sciences schools will help the university realize its Top 25 ambition.

  • Meet Dean Iyer
    3/6/23

    UBNow sat down with the dean of the School of Management, who joined the university last August, to learn more about the school's strategic priorities.

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.