News

SEAS welcomes 35 new faculty members
12/6/24
The new faculty bring expertise and interest ranging from software security and electrochemical separations to digital storytelling.
Kenneth Joseph receives distinguished teaching and mentoring award
12/3/24
Joseph has received the University at Buffalo’s 2025 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring.
SEAS research expenditures reach record $107 million
11/27/24
The funding will contribute to advancements in artificial intelligence, clean energy, health care, cybersecurity and more.
Fact Check: AI-generated image did not predict new Trump administration
11/25/24
Reuters featured Siwei Lyu in an article about an AI-generated image that supposedly predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet.
AI tech brings Wayne Dawson back to the past
11/22/24
Fox News 8 featured Siwei Lyu in a demonstration of the relative ease in which people can create deepfake videos.
Purported video of Rachel Levine in pagan ritual is doctored
11/21/24
Agence France-Presse quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about a fake video depicting Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking openly transgender official to serve in the federal government, performing a pagan prayer ritual in a wooded area.
AI-generated image used to falsely claim Netanyahu hospitalized
11/20/24
AFP Fact Check used the DeepFake-o-Meter and quoted Siwei Lyu in an article to debunk an AI-generated photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a hospital.
Deepfakes of Elon Musk are contributing to billions of dollars in fraud losses in the U.S.
11/20/24
CBS News 11 Texas mentioned the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team, in a list of online tools that are helping people detect deepfake scams.
UB student brings 3D-printing expertise to Buffalo’s Tool Library
11/8/24
Jason Jiang uses his computer science background to repair tools at the community resource.
SEAS graduate students form second cohort of JEDI Future Leader Fellows
11/7/24
SEAS graduate students Adele Lopez and Jermaine Ewers will be serving as leaders in SEAS JEDI in addition to their regular studies.