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UB Communities of Excellence mark two years of impact

External and internal reviewers checked in with UB's three Communities of Excellence — GEM, GHE, SMART — to determine what's going well and where the CoEs could pivot.

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Filing time: Nov. 1

Reminder: Faculty - please file your annual disclosure of significant financial interests by Nov. 1, 2017.

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Encouraging students / postdocs as faculty 

NSF is supporting UB and nine other doctoral universities as they mentor under-represented minorities in becoming faculty in STEM fields. Invite your graduate students and postdocs to join you in attending the Oct. 12 workshop. 

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Human research protections: AAHRPP re-accreditation

UB has submitted its step 1 application in the AAHRPP re-accreditation process. Following some reviews, information exchanges and application revisions, the organization will schedule a site visit and file a report. Once considered the gold standard, AAHRPP accreditation is increasingly becoming the standard for leading research-intensive universities and medical schools.

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Three projects receive RENEW grants

One research group is considering extreme temperature events and climate adaptation, another looking at atomic-metal-rich carbon electrocatalysts for sustainable energy and another the effects of air pollution on autism.

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September 2017 


NIH money to disarm the cancer couriers

With $1.58 million from NIH, UB researchers are developing biomaterials that target exosomes to deliver anticancer drugs and alter the pathogenic messages.

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CAI filmmaker to document Buffalo architecture 

Artist Rima Yamazaki, here through October, adds to the growing roster of writers, painters, performers and musicians in town through UB's Creative Arts Initiative. 

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Seeing underground water from space

Scientists are using a new, low-cost, remote-sensing method to monitor underground water reserves, allowing for more effective conservation planning.


What's in a ripple?

Mathematicians from UB and the University of Colorado Boulder are bringing us closer to the answer. They see wave effects in water, plasmas and the atmosphere.


NSF awards $500,000 to train entrepreneurs

The National Science Foundation has named UB a training site for its I-Corps program, for helping researchers bring their ideas to market.
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Networking Buffalo as a high-tech hotbed

UB puts the city in the company of San Francisco, Boston and others by partnering with Sigfox for a wireless network tailored for the Internet of things (IoT).


Goodbye, login.
Hello, heart scan.

A UB-led team is moving beyond fingerprints and retinal scans to using your heart as an identifier for computer security.


Shoppers like deep discounts for food

Low prices at supermarkets, particularly for staples such as milk and eggs, remains the most effective strategy for bringing in the customers.


Extending the shelf lives of machines

Using live-streaming data and materials science, Sentient Science counts on UB for help when predicting machine failure for 20,000 wind turbines.


Type 2 diabetes drug also benefits Type 1 patients

UB scientists say their pioneering concepts are helping Type 1 diabetes patients achieve better outcomes with new therapies.
UB Vice President for Research and Economic Development
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