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  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo.
    UB to remove names of Millard Fillmore, James O. Putnam, Peter B. Porter
    8/3/20

    The decision, effective immediately, aligns with the university’s commitment to fight systemic racism and create a welcoming environment for all.

  • Steven Lipshultz, wearing a white coat, standing in atrium of the Jacobs School with arms folded.
    Study: Elevated heart rate in children with one type of heart failure increases risk of dying or needing a heart transplant
    8/3/20

    Children with dilated cardiomyopathy, a common cause of heart failure in children, who have an elevated heart rate are at a higher risk of death than children with the condition who do not have an elevated heart rate.

  • Graphic showing playing cards, poker chips, handcuffs and $100 bills to depict gambling and crime.
    Problem gambling and crime appear co-symptomatic, not causal
    8/5/20

    UB sociologist’s research suggests that factors contributing to one behavior are similar to those contributing to the other.

  • Essi Tchalla in lab coat in lab holding an orange petri dish.
    Neutrophils are key to mounting an effective immune response when receiving a pneumonia vaccine
    8/6/20

    Scientists exploring the nature of immunity after vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae have discovered that a type of white blood cell called neutrophils plays a more critical role than was previously known.

  • A man's hands holding a pen above a piece of paper.
    With UB center’s guidance, The College at Brockport fixes burdensome HR process
    8/10/20

    Errors have been extinguished and turnaround time has declined drastically, according to Brockport officials.

  • Photo of a young woman looking at a computer screen in a computer lab.
    New guide helps instructors transition to remote teaching
    8/10/20

    Researchers in UB's School of Social Work have created an online resource to guide instructors who are transitioning their classrooms from a traditional seated environment to remote learning.

  • Portrait of UB researcher Lillian S. Williams.
    A 40-year quest to retrace the extraordinary life of activist Mary Talbert
    8/12/20

    Historian Lillian S. Williams’ research on Talbert — an early 20th century civil rights reformer, suffragist and human rights advocate — has spanned over four decades and two continents.

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    Media Advisory: How to achieve health equity during a global pandemic is the topic of Igniting Hope Conference
    8/12/20

    This year's keynote speaker is Rear Admiral Richardae Araojo of the FDA’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.

     

  • Steven Schwaitzberg in operating room with arms folded.
    UB surgeons achieve an industry first
    8/13/20

    UB surgeons successfully initiated the first surgical series in the world using an innovative gastric surgery stapling technology. 

  • In an artist's conception, a widely-separated pair of young, still-forming stars is in the background, forming by fragmentation of the material in the larger cloud in which they are born. In the foreground, companions in a multiple-star system are forming through fragmentation of a dusty disk that surrounds the original young star. Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF.
    UB scientist partners on $13 million effort to study matter at extreme pressures
    8/13/20

    UB’s Eva Zurek is a key member of the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures, which is led by the University of Rochester.

  • Graphic of the interlocking UB logo.
    UB to offer a new minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
    8/17/20

    Program will include elements unique to UB, such as a concentration in local politics and model-based reasoning.

  • Screen shot of members of the UB Teacher Residency Program's second cohort participating in a Zoom session.
    Preparing K-12 teachers to meet today’s social challenges
    8/18/20

    UB’s Teacher Residency Program is doing its part to address the challenges of teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time responding to issues surrounding racial injustice.

  • Large group photo from summer 2019 of the undergraduate members of CLIMB UP, the biosciences diversity program.
    INSIGHT into Diversity magazine recognizes UB’s innovative biosciences diversity program
    8/18/20

    CLIMB, an innovative and comprehensive diversity program that provides intensive mentoring experiences for biosciences students, has received an award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.

     

  • headshot of Kinga Szigeti in lab.
    Alzheimer’s disease research strengthens evidence for reanalyzing data in clinical trials that supposedly ‘failed’
    8/18/20

    Clinical trials on drugs for Alzheimer's disease that appeared not to benefit patients with the disease should now be reanalyzed in light of discoveries about a human-specific gene.

  • Three lights bulbs. Each has a word lit up inside the bulb. The words say course, communication and training.
    UB TCIE’s business improvement courses return with safety measures
    8/19/20

    UB TCIE helps improve the operations of external business and industry partners so they can meet critical and emerging workforce needs.

  • Portrait of Kenneth DeMarree.
    Study sheds new light on certainty of opinions
    8/19/20

    UB research suggests how attitude certainty might predict behavior on matters other than preexisting options.

  • UB biological sciences faculty member Soo-Kyung Lee, left, and UB biological sciences researcher Younjung Park work in the lab.
    FOXG1 symposium advances science, gives hope to families battling rare disease
    8/19/20

    UB biologists Soo-Kyung Lee and Jae Lee — whose daughter, Yuna, has FOXG1 syndrome — are among scientists researching the disorder.

  • Researchers Ann-Marie Torregrossa, University at Buffalo assistant professor of psychology, and Kathryn Medler, UB associate professor of biological sciences, in the lab.
    New type of taste cell discovered in mice
    8/20/20

    Multitasking taste cells can sense bitter, sweet, sour and umami stimuli, challenging scientists’ understanding of how taste buds work.

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    UB review of alleged fraternity hazing evidence leads to campus disciplinary proceedings
    8/24/20

    UB’s student conduct process is separate from legal proceedings that take place off campus and could lead to a range of sanctions.

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    Media Advisory: Guidelines for media as UB begins new academic year
    8/24/20

    With concerns over COVID-19 still very prevalent, UB is asking members of the media for their cooperation in adhering to health and safety guidelines whenever coming to campus.

  • Aerial view of Buffalo's University Heights neighborhood.
    Media Advisory: Wednesday's Operation Doorhanger event to focus on public health
    8/25/20

    On Wednesday, Aug. 26, university representatives will visit with students and community members in the neighborhoods near UB’s South Campus.

  • Cells.
    Newly discovered ‘support system’ for axons suggests a novel therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases
    8/25/20

    New research reveals that despite the fragility of axons, the cellular envelope (Schwann cells) that encases them can come to their rescue when it senses that axons have been harmed.

     

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    UB statement on three positive cases at the university
    8/26/20

    UB is reporting three separate positive cases of COVID-19: two students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and one non-medical school faculty member who has been working remotely.

  • Setting up of a birthing room for a patient with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 undergoing labor and delivery.
    When mom-to-be has COVID-19: Researchers set best delivery room practices for health care team
    8/27/20

    A UB faculty member and international co-authors have outlined the best approaches for handling the delivery of newborns when the mother has, or is suspected of having, COVID-19. 

     

  • Graphic for UB Graduate School of Education Teach-In.
    UB Graduate School of Education to cancel classes to host teach-in for racial equity
    8/28/20

    The UB Graduate School of Education will cancel classes to hold a mandatory teach-in on the root causes and effects of racial injustice and systemic racism, particularly in education.

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    UB statement on reports of on-campus student gatherings Thursday evening
    8/29/20

    UB Police say the students, most of whom were wearing masks, dispersed quietly and without incident.

  • Thermal imaging technology that can detect the temperatures of several people at once.
    Startup company founded by UB grads develops technology that streamlines process of detecting fevers
    9/1/20

    Buffalo Automation, a starup company with UB roots, is piloting a new project called Bifrost that uses thermal imaging to take the temperatures of multiple people at once.

     

UBMD Physicians in the Media

  • 4/14/26 Afghan refugees in WNY will benefit from mental health support thanks to a New York State grant
  • 4/1/26 When Antibiotics Fail, Living Viruses Can Treat Infection
  • 4/13/26 JAMA paper points to specific signs of pediatric concussion
  • 4/9/26 In Memoriam: Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD
  • 4/8/26 Study: Diabetes prevalence in American neighborhoods is influenced by historic and contemporary structural racism
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