• NIH awards UB $28.4 million
    1/17/25

    With the CTSA funding, UB will build on its strong success improving health outcomes and addressing health disparities in WNY.

  • UB professor receives highest U.S. honor in STEM mentoring
    1/17/25

    Margarita Dubocovich is one of 25 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

  • Logan-Greene to be inducted as SSWR fellow
    1/17/25

    The Social Work professor is the third faculty member from the school to be so honored by the Society for Social Work and Research.

  • A framework for micro-credential assessment
    1/16/25

    With the growing popularity of these digital badges, a new white paper offers a detailed process for assessing their value in higher education.

  • Rave reviews for Student Union renovations
    1/16/25

    Members of the UB community gathered for a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand reopening of the hub of student life on the North Campus.

  • Pros and cons of weight-loss drugs
    1/15/25

    Pharmacy professor Nicole Albanese discusses the science behind drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, their potential to treat other addictions and possible dangers.

  • Driving climate action with big data
    1/15/25

    Architect and building science expert Mohamad Aly Etman joins the UB architecture faculty to launch the Building and Environment Visualization Lab.

  • Study suggests pot may be viable alterative to opioids
    1/14/25

    UB research shows payments from opioid manufacturers to physicians decrease where doctors can prescribe pot for chronic pain and other ailments.

  • Study aims to better understand UTI
    1/14/25

    UB researcher Chelsie Armbruster is looking at how the urinary tract defends against infection and how understudied pathogens bypass these defenses.

  • New bins, waste collection changes coming to campus
    1/13/25

    It's all part of UB's zero waste plans aimed at increasing its climate action efforts and becoming climate neutral.

  • First-year students create North Campus field guide
    1/13/25

    The guide includes chapters on edible and medicinal plants, critters, mental health and zero waste on campus.

  • Funding for new therapeutic target for Krabbe disease
    1/10/25

    A grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation will examine how an enzyme deficiency in the brain leads to this fatal disease in young children.

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  • Tennis, everyone?

    Accessibility Resources and Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports co-hosted a variety of athletic clinics during the fall semester as part of the Disability as Diversity recreational sports series. The last, shortly before Thanksgiving, was a wheelchair/blind tennis clinic. UB students and community members of all abilities took part in the clinic to learn about the adaptive versions of the sport. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

    Published January 14, 2025

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Changing the Black East Side

Urban planner Henry-Louis Taylor Jr. is on a mission to fix a system of neighborhood development that has long served one population to the detriment of another. In this episode of University Communications' Driven to Discover podcast, he discusses his most ambitious effort to date: the East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project. Listen to the full podcast

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