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  • UB receives $550,000 to provide dental care to people who are homeless, uninsured in WNY
    6/15/22

    The care will be delivered through the UB S-Miles To Go program using the university’s mobile dental clinics.

  • UB to host 2022 Positioning Theory Conference
    6/15/22

    The international conference will allow researchers and practitioners to share research and discuss the use of positioning theory across disciplines. 

  • CEL graduates 11 emerging minority and women entrepreneurs
    6/16/22

    After entering as protégés last year, 11 entrepreneurs are now prepared to take their businesses to the next level after completing the intense nine-month M&T Bank Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs program.

  • Biochemists use proteins to change how neurons communicate
    6/16/22

    In a new study, scientists detail how they coaxed excitatory neurons to release neurotransmitters usually produced by inhibitory neurons.

  • Guthrie Symposium brings together researchers, families to discuss advances in newborn screening
    6/16/22

    UB/Oishei symposium June 28 for researchers and families of children with genetic diseases will celebrate Buffalo’s legacy as the birthplace of newborn screening.

  • Researchers to test blocking ‘hypermutations’ in deadly bacteria
    6/16/22

    UB receives $4 million from NIAID to develop new treatments that prevent 'hypermutations' in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

  • UB architecture school partners with PUSH Buffalo to train workers in green jobs
    6/17/22

    Community Climate Leadership program aims to develop “citizen architects” while preparing trainees for stable, living-wage employment.

  • Media Advisory: Elected officials, UB leaders to discuss new engineering building on Friday
    6/23/22

    The $102 million project, made possible by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will support growing engineering and computer science programs, UB’s top 25 ambition.

  • UB Vice President for Health Sciences issues statement on the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade
    6/24/22

    A woman’s right to the best health care includes the right to the best reproductive health care, Allison Brashear says.

  • Leaders praise plans for new $102 million engineering building
    6/24/22

    The new building will allow the university to meet increased enrollment demand while also fostering the growth of the state's STEM workforce.

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