• Clinical experiences help students make the cut
    11/1/22

    So far this year, athletic training students have assisted at two major lacrosse events and the NHL officials combine.

  • UB Global Miles for Smiles delivers crucial dental care
    11/1/22

    More than 1,000 children in Lebanon recently received free dental care and education through the mission led by UB faculty member Othman Shibly.

  • Perfect score for UB program nurturing clinician-scientists
    11/2/22

    The program aims to reverse the trend in which fewer medical professionals are choosing to be clinician-scientists like Anthony Fauci.

  • Takesha Leonard is True Blue
    11/2/22

    In the second installment of a new video series, UB alumna Takesha Leonard shares what makes her — and keeps her — True Blue.

  • East Side residents get free foot care
    11/4/22

    The clinic, which inaugurated the Department of Surgery’s increased emphasis on community care, is the first in a series the department plans to hold regularly.

  • UB teams receive federal funding for environmental research
    11/3/22

    Support from the UB RENEW Institute was key in researchers landing three new grants totaling over $2.6 million.

  • Elkin receives R25 grant from National Library of Medicine
    11/4/22

    The grant focuses on recruiting underrepresented in medicine individuals who are undergraduates or master’s students.

  • Shining light on UB's arts community
    11/3/22

    The recent Art in the Open event opened the doors of labs, studios, theaters and art-making spaces in the Center for the Arts to the UB and local communities.

  • Chemists stabilize hard-to-tame chloride compound
    11/4/22

    The advancement involving manganese trichloride “opens the floodgates to a whole new area of research,” says lead scientist David Lacy.

  • Grant to boost newborn screening accuracy
    11/8/22

    Three rare genetic conditions, including Krabbe disease, are the focus of the $3.8 million NIH grant. to UB.

  • Targeted therapy in this pediatric cancer cuts relapse rates
    11/7/22

    UB faculty member and senior author Kara Kelly talks with UBNow about the importance of this study published in NEJM.

  • Exploring uncommon ground shared in a post-truth world
    11/7/22

    UB faculty member Mark Shepard’s new book examines the entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power.

  • Chooi joins Huebner for Slee recital
    11/7/22

    The BPO concertmaster and chair of the UB Department of Music will perform works by Mozart, Chausson and Ravel.

  • International Education Week returns
    11/9/22

    After a pandemic-induced hiatus, UB again will present a variety of offerings showcasing the rich cultural diversity of the university.

  • The ‘Blessings of Disaster’?
    11/8/22

    A new book by UB faculty member Michel Bruneau explores the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it.

  • She’s ‘becoming a pro’ at introducing the vice president
    11/9/22

    After introducing Kamala Harris during her visit to UB, grad student Srikrithi Krishnan got the chance to do it again at a Diwali celebration at the VP’s house.

  • A new voice in preparing law students
    11/9/22

    Professor Tanya Monestier's new book, “Sh*t No One Tells You About Law School,” aims to help incoming students navigate the law school experience.

  • UB Libraries offers free access to major newspapers
    11/9/22

    Complementary digital access to both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times is now just a few clicks away for members of the UB community.

  • After shocking diagnosis, professor plans research fund
    11/10/22

    E. Brooke Lerner came up with the idea to support others who pursue the research questions she had built a career around.

  • Acclaimed violinist joins UB faculty
    11/10/22

    Melissa White talks with UBNow about what sparked her interest in the violin, how her teachers contine to inspire her and her impressions of UB as a new faculty member.

  • Study provides new understanding of pain disparities
    11/11/22

    Racial/ethnic disparities in pain prevalence are much greater than previously thought, according to UB medical sociologist Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk.
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  • Black Men in White Coats chapter established at UB
    11/11/22

    The chapter of the organization that aims to increase the number of Black men in medicine is named for the late UB physician Jonathan Daniels.

  • McFadden joins UB to lead DVS
    11/14/22

    In a Q&A with UBNow, the new director of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program talks with UBNow about his new position at the university.

  • Diefendorf Annex comes down
    11/11/22

    After years as a “temporary” building, the razing of the South Campus building sets the stage for a redesigned entrance to the university from Bailey Avenue.

  • Helping MS clinicians talk to patients about brain atrophy
    11/14/22

    Neuroimaging researchers, providers and people with MS developed novel guidelines on how to communicate about a devastating topic.

  • Krzyzanski named ISoP fellow
    11/15/22

    The UB pharmacy professor is being honored for outstanding professional and scientific contributions to the global pharmacometrics community.

  • Healthy tips for the holidays
    11/15/22

    UB researchers Katherine Balantekin and Mark Seery offer strategies for ensuring your holiday season is healthy, happy and stress-free.

  • New approaches to public health epigenetics
    11/15/22

    Columbia University scientist Andrea Baccarelli talked about the future of human epigenomics during the annual Lee lecture.

  • Art of the plow
    11/16/22

    While most of us are safe and warm at home, UB's snowplow drivers are making campus roadways safe.

  • Study examines role of arterial stiffness in disease
    11/16/22

    Yongho Bae is exploring how changes in arterial stiffness elicit vascular smooth muscle cell behaviors that contribute to cardiovascular disease.

  • UB in Top 25 for international students
    11/17/22

    The ranking in the annual Open Doors census for 2021 reflects a bounce-back year for UB and higher ed in general after the pandemic.

  • Bringing brain science to IP law
    11/18/22

    In his new book, law professor Mark Bartholomew uses the tools of neuroscience to define the terms of the legal tests that apply in intellectual property disputes.

  • Ukraine’s past, future dominates lecture
    11/17/22

    Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, addressed the war, her time in the country and other diplomatic topics during her Distinguished Speakers Series talk.

  • Adapting concussion treatment to military
    11/18/22

    UB researchers have received a $4.8 million federal grant to launch a clinical trial that will take their protocol for treating concussed athletes and apply it to the military environment.

  • Meridian Arts Ensemble to perform at UB
    11/22/22

    The ensemble, featuring UB faculty member Jon Nelson, performs an eclectic repertoire — from Bach to Zappa.

  • Motivational Interviewing Center makes an impact
    11/21/22

    The center provides training, consultation and support services to help learners and organizations apply motivational interviewing to their work.

  • IDEA Center helps design BNMC touch model
    11/21/22

    The multisensory, interactive, 3D touch model will assist with orientation and wayfinding for all on the medical campus.

  • Town Hall meeting speaks to progress on PACOR
    11/22/22

    UB is making progress on converting its “principles into actions,” but senior leadership acknowledges it's a continuing effort.

  • Monitoring air pollution on Buffalo’s East Side
    11/23/22

    The EPA initiative aims to improve health outcomes in neighborhoods whose residents are more likely to suffer chronic, serious diseases.

  • Gore addresses intentional violence as public health issue
    11/23/22

    The Jacobs School alumnus was the keynote speaker for the Community Health Equity Research Institute’s annual research day.

  • Hack competition helps nonprofits with rebranding
    11/28/22

    A UB student was on the team that developed the winning approach to help a local nonprofit refresh its brand.

  • Horses, humans and the city
    11/28/22

    UB architecture students aim to improve the neighborhood and environment while designing an equestrian center on Buffalo’s East Side.

  • UB student recipient of Humanity in Action fellowship
    11/29/22

    The fellowship supported Alexis Harrell's work studying human rights violations in Poland last summer.

  • UB joins I-Corps Hub
    11/29/22

    The $15 million NSF program, based at Cornell, will foster innovation and accelerate economic development in Western New York.

  • RSV, flu, COVID in kids
    11/29/22

    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.

  • LevelUp offers class a trip to ancient Greece
    11/30/22

    The Lockwood gaming and computing site provides another dimension to the introductory Ancient Greek course.

  • Eric Syty is True Blue
    11/30/22

    In this edition of a new video series, UB staffer Eric Syty explains how athletics helps connect him to the international students he works with — and strengthens their link to UB. 

  • Learning survival skills in Letchworth Teaching Forest
    11/30/22

    UB students taking EVS 301 and EVS 302 receive hands-on training in the skills needed to survive in the remote outdoors.