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UB professor using podcasts to connect Native American teachings with STEM education
As with many indigenous communities, Native American students often find contemporary science teaching methods challenging because they conflict with the traditional way these students learn.
Native Americans traditionally gather knowledge...
School Supply Drive eases new school year for Buffalo students
As part of UB’s ongoing support of the local community, thousands of school supplies made their way to deserving children starting a new year at local schools. “Purchasing all the needed school supplies can be difficult for some families, so it really helps take a little bit of the stress off...
Global Film Series explores Mexican cinema and culture
With an emphasis on recent U.S.-Mexico border and immigration issues, this year’s riverrun Global Film Series will celebrate Mexican cinema and culture. The free series will run from Oct. 10-12 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State...
UB biomedical engineer uses 3D printing to create brain and heart models to enhance surgery
A UB team of biomedical engineers, neurosurgeons and cardiovascular interventionists has developed a way to generate 3D prints of the human vascular system, giving surgeons pre-surgical, hands-on access to individual patients’ life-threatening vascular diseases in the heart and brain before any scalpels ever touch human skin...
UB experts offer insights on mid-term elections
The results of this week’s midterm elections offer dim prospects for bipartisan cooperation on significant policy issues, but may produce some political teamwork on smaller, regional issues, according to UB faculty members with expertise in politics and national affairs...
Improv Club brings students’ zany humor to center stage
Nick Kagelmacher hears a knock at his door, and welcomes his party guest.
“Hello! So excited to be here — I believe the last time I was at a party was four score and seven years ago,” says Kara Phillips as she tips her top hat like Abraham Lincoln.
From a corner of the stage, Khoi Bhui releases a tremendous burp...
Expert on AIDS epidemic in China to speak
Na He, dean of the School of Public Health at Fudan University in Shanghai and an expert on the AIDS epidemic in China, will deliver the third annual Richard V. Lee Lecture on Oct. 5. The lecture, presented by the Office of Global Health Initiatives in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, will take place at noon in 144 Farber Hall, South Campus...