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  • UB advances in NSF Engines program
    7/18/25

    The plan to revolutionize health care by tapping the transformative power of artificial intelligence has advanced to the semifinals of the major federal grant program.

  • An innovative approach to creative practice
    8/1/25

    Art professor Mark Böhlen is blending art and AI to comment on the cultural context we live in.

  • Overcoming the food insecurity-obesity paradox
    7/31/25

    Participants are being sought for a UB clinical trial that aims to improve the health of participants by changing how they metabolize food.

  • Engineering researchers develop tiny affective robot
    7/30/25

    The robot, named Bartholomew, can express dynamic facial emotions in response to human tactile handling.

  • UB summit drives collaboration, economic opportunity
    7/30/25

    “Bridging the Gap” focused on building a stronger, more coordinated semiconductor ecosystem across NYS.

  • Bartholomew elected to American Law Institute
    7/29/25

    The institue is the leading independent organization in the U.S. dedicated to producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve the law.

  • Rising inequality lowering support for higher minimum wage
    7/24/25

    A UB study finds showing people side-by-side comparisons of different societies can boost support for policies.

  • New tech to improve plastic recycling
    7/24/25

    A review article analyzes the latest methods in plastic recycling guided by process systems engineering approaches, including AI-assisted sorting.

  • Listening well can move you — literally
    7/23/25

    New research identifies high-quality listening as contributing to Kama Muta, the feeling of being “moved by love.”

  • Autonomous vehicles and human safety
    7/18/25

    UB faculty are working with an innovative facility that will allow them to integrate human participants within a virtual environment to test autonomous vehicles. 

  • UB advances in NSF Engines program
    7/18/25

    The plan to revolutionize health care by tapping the transformative power of artificial intelligence has advanced to the semifinals of the major federal grant program.