SEAS in the News

Futurity report on the UB wastewater pilot project that found that a spike in acetaminophen levels preceded a COVID-19 outbreak in Western New York, suggesting that levels of medications in wastewater could add another level to disease monitoring efforts. Ian Bradley and Yinyin Ye are co-authors of the study.

The website Hackster reports on new research led by Shenqiang Ren, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and of chemistry, and a core faculty member in the UB RENEW Institute, which focuses on next-generation battery designs.

WGRZ reports on UB’s plans for a new $102 million building on North Campus to accommodate the growth of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Ian Bradley and Yinyin Ye were quoted in a Science Magazaine story on a UB pilot project that suggests that measuring the concentrations of medicines in wastewater could add another layer to disease-monitoring efforts.

A Bloomberg story quoted Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering who studies digital media forensics, in a story about the use of a grandma's voice on Amazon's Alexa.

In an article about a very realistic deepfake video involving actress Margo Robbie, The Daily Mail included comments by Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, in a 2021 UB news release concerning a deepfake spotting tool he created.