2018

April

4/2/18 App for early autism detection launched on World Autism Awareness Day, April 2
4/2/18 CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program awards 11 new grants for 2018-19
4/2/18 Statement from UB President Satish K. Tripathi regarding 2019 state budget
4/3/18 Ancient paper art, kirigami, poised to improve smart clothing
4/3/18 UB’s surgery residency program administrator wins national recognition
4/3/18 Annual Creeley lecture explores the contemporary relevance of an endangered medieval language’s political power
4/3/18 Girls Get IT: WNY girls invited to spend a Saturday with fellow techies, entrepreneurs
4/4/18 Crash! Scientists explain what happens when nanoparticles collide
4/4/18 UB workshop to address human and machine capabilities
4/5/18 UB awarded federal funding to expand research team’s successful Veggie Van program
4/5/18 Dementia expert to speak at UB on caring for nation’s rapidly aging population
4/6/18 Media Advisory: ‘Giving back to the city we love:’ UB Community Day is April 7
4/6/18 UB’s School of Architecture and Planning launches Affordable Housing Initiative
4/6/18 At UB, a new medical simulation center gives students and physicians fresh perspectives on the human body
4/9/18 Studies show hookah also plays critical role in tobacco product landscape
4/10/18 UB-affiliated artificial intelligence startup raises $900,000 in seed round to advance driverless boat technology
4/10/18 New book co-authored by UB sociology professor explores how cities are changing
4/13/18 Statement from the University at Buffalo regarding SUNY audit of the UB Foundation
4/11/18 Cummins enhances Chautauqua County’s manufacturing talent with UB TCIE training
4/11/18 Media Advisory: James Balog, global expert on climate change, to speak at UB
4/12/18 UB students receive Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
4/12/18 Remnants of antibiotics persist in treated farm waste, research finds
4/12/18 Media Advisory: Buffalo’s first blockchain ‘buildathon’ starts Friday
4/12/18 Urban Affairs Association honors UB’s Taylor for scholarship that makes an impact
4/13/18 Media Advisory: UB School of Law to host Puerto Rico Day on April 16
4/16/18 From retrieving precious metals to improving MRIs, four UB projects land new R&D funding
4/17/18 Buffalo’s health disparities are the focus of community-wide conference hosted by UB
4/17/18 Open House will highlight UB students’ research in addiction sciences
4/18/18 This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster
4/17/18 UB event to decode ethics behind the ownership of DNA, genetic property
4/18/18 UB hosting 5th annual Refugee Health Summit on April 20
4/18/18 Artist and psychoanalyst in residence at UB to present the first U.S. museum exhibition of her work
4/23/18 Study: IBS patients obtain robust, enduring relief from home-based treatment program--and physicians agree
4/19/18 Handwriting expert to give workshop at UB on reading and preserving rare manuscripts
4/19/18 Media Advisory: International dementia expert in Buffalo, available to speak on caring for nation’s rapidly aging population
4/23/18 Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging
4/23/18 Media Advisory: ‘BAND Against Bullying’ school competition returns to UB
4/24/18 UB receives $1.1 million to improve study of Zika, dengue, HIV, hepatitis and other viruses in Jamaica
4/24/18 UB pharmaceutical researcher receives $500,000 NSF CAREER award
4/26/18 UB students and alumni win prestigious NSF fellowships
4/25/18 UB tops Mid-American Conference in green power usage
4/25/18 Media Advisory: UB event to examine ethics behind the ownership of DNA, genetic property
4/25/18 Drug-filled, 3-D printed dentures could fight off infections
4/26/18 UB Libraries opens new poetry award to college students across WNY
4/27/18 Media Advisory: Superhero-themed STEM event Saturday in Buffalo expected to draw hundreds of students
4/30/18 UB announces $650 million Boldly Buffalo campaign