SEAS News

  • Swihart recognized for groundbreaking work in nanomaterials
    12/4/23

    Mark Swihart, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was honored by AIChE for his work developing and using nanomaterials for biological imaging, clean and renewable energy, chemical sensing, and several other applications.

  • UB announces new effort to enhance and expand aging-related research
    12/1/23

    To address the increasingly urgent needs of the growing population of adults aged 65 years and older, UB will dedicate $4 million to aging-related research. 

  • UB awarded $1 million for ‘space economy’ grant by U.S. Space Force, AFRL
    11/30/23

    Engineers will use the award to better track objects in deep outer space.

  • SEAS research expenditures reach record $102 million
    11/30/23

    Research expenditures eclipsed $100 million for the first time in school history after an 11% increase in funding over the previous year.

  • Jinjun Xiong discusses AI for social good on Driven to Discover podcast
    11/29/23

    Xiong talks to host Cory Nealon about the AI projects he’s most excited about at UB, and why he thinks people should stop freaking out about the downsides of AI and be more energized by its possibilities.

  • SEAS welcomes 28 new faculty members
    11/29/23

    The new faculty bring expertise and interest in areas ranging from theoretical computer science to next-generation solar cells.

  • Jinjun Xiong on AI for Social Good
    11/28/23
    He was a young computer scientist at IBM when the company’s Watson computer beat its human rivals on “Jeopardy!”. Today, as the director of UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Jinjun Xiong is focused on how AI can help humans, not defeat them. In this episode, he discusses all the ways AI can make our lives better, and why we shouldn’t be so afraid of it.
  • Eight SEAS faculty receive JEDI awards
    11/27/23

    The awards support researchers whose scholarship, teaching and service connect with SEAS' values and commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

  • NIH awards over $15 Million to the CBE Department
    11/21/23

    Seven Chemical and Biological Engineering faculty members have secured $24 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the last seven years.

  • UB tops in New York for computer infrastructure awards
    11/20/23

    NSF funding points to UB’s statewide leadership in computing resources, AI and data science capabilities.