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Scott Weber and Andrew Whittaker to receive UB Presidents Medal
4/29/26
President Satish K. Tripathi and SEAS alum Marcus Yam will also be recognized during commencement with the Norton Medal and a SUNY honorary degree, respectively.
UB selected to compete in EcoCAR Innovation Challenge
4/28/26
Energy Department contest pairs students with automaker Stellantis to develop new tech for Jeep Cherokee hybrid.
UB and Roswell Park develop AI tool to assess lung cancer surgery complication risk
4/24/26
Multimodal model delivers personalized risk estimates and clinician-adjustable insights to support surgical decisions.
Model rocketry company wins Panasci competition
4/21/26
More than $75,000 in startup funding and services were awarded in the UB entrepreneurship competition.
AI for Social Good: Venu Govindaraju and UB's Expanding Vision
4/9/26
Venu Govindaraju was a guest on the Achieving Joy and Mastery in Public Schools podcast to discuss UB’s National AI Institute for Exceptional Education.
Fact Check: No evidence that photos of rescued US air crew are authentic
4/9/26
Reuters featured the expertise of Siwei Lyu in a fact-check article about viral images of soldiers rescued from Iran.
SEAS ranked No. 30 in engineering among public universities nationwide
4/7/26
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ranked No. 55 nationwide and No. 30 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate School Rankings
AI-generated video misrepresented as damage from Iranian strike at Dubai airport
4/1/26
AFP Fact Check utilized the DeepFake-O-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to discredit an AI-generated video claiming to show the United Arab Emirates airport on fire.
Fact Check: Photo Does Not Show Australia's Jacinta Allan with LGBTQ+, Islamic Country Flags Behind Her -- It's Edited
3/31/26
Lead Stories utilized the DeepFake-O-Meter to discredit a circulating AI-generated image of an Australian politician standing with Islamic flags.
Power 250: It’s kickoff time for Business First's 14th annual list of leaders
3/30/26
Buffalo Business First highlighted its Power 250 list of leaders, which includes Dan Magnuszewski, CSE alum and advisory board member.