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This Month

2024 Year in Review
12/20/24
Top stories from the College in 2024.
Career Pathfinding Offers Insights on Where a Liberal Arts Degree Can Lead
12/17/24
Robin G. Schulze, dean of the College, moderated a conversation with three College alumni during "Professional Pathfinding - Chart Your Own Career Map."
Pain drives rising disability rates among middle-aged and older adults, UB study finds
12/16/24
From 2002-18, the number of Americans attributing their disability to chronic pain increased by nearly 10 million people, according to UB study.
UB among Top 25 in U.S. for environmental, social impact
12/16/24
UB comes in at No. 21 in the U.S. and 137th globally, an improvement of six spots from last year, in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.
Zeng elected fellow of American Physical Society
12/10/24
The UB physics professor’s nanomaterials work has applications in quantum information, renewable energy, biomedicine and more.
Gender Institute advances scholarship with new faculty research grants
12/10/24
Projects range from the gender dynamics in an Indigenous South Pacific community to the prevalence of intersex traits among infants.
Evidence of primordial black holes may be hiding in planets, or even everyday objects here on Earth
12/10/24
A theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels.

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UB experts weigh in on presidential election
11/14/24
UB political science and law experts provided insights to the media about former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.