SEAS in the News

  • Give the NFL a break
    10/27/17
    An article on The Ringer about the apparent efforts of television networks to ease back football oversaturation interviews Mark Karwan, Praxair Professor of Operations Research, Industrial and Systems Engineering and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.
  • A new vaccine for pneumonia?
    10/26/17

    New Atlas reports that a new vaccine UB researchers are developing could save lives by targeting dozens of new strains of pneumonia.

  • New pneumonia vaccine protects against over 70 strains of the disease
    10/25/17
    An article in New Atlas, reports on a new vaccine being developed at UB that not only targets 72 forms of S. pneumoniae but can anticipate future versions of the disease, and quotes Blaine Pfeifer, professor of chemical and biological engineering.
  • Sea lamprey on rise in lakes Erie and Superior
    10/24/17
    A story on Great Lakes Today, a collaboration by WBFO-FM and WXXI in Rochester, about the rising numbers of sea lampreys – eel-like creatures that literally suck the life out of fish – in the Great Lakes interviews Helen Domske, associate director of the Great Lakes Program at UB.
  • Future vaccine targets even more forms of pneumonia
    10/24/17
    An article on Futurity reports a new vaccine being developed at UB not only targets 72 forms of S. pneumoniae but can anticipate future versions of the disease, and quotes Blaine Pfeifer, professor of chemical and biological engineering.
  • NFTA, U. of Buffalo study challenges faced by riders with disabilities
    10/24/17
    An article in Metro Magazine reports on a research partnership between UB and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to dramatically improve the public transit experience for the region’s many riders who have some type of disability, and quotes Victor Paquet, professor of industrial and systems engineering.