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4/11/17

Doctoral student Aisha O'Mally's experience as a heart transplant recipient is at the core of her work promoting organ donation.  

4/11/17

April is Sustainability Month at UB, with the university marking Earth Week April 17-21 with daily events promoting sustainability.

4/11/17

Research grants to promote food quality in the Global South were awarded to teams at UB's inaugural Ideas Lab.

4/10/17

The talk by archaeobotanist Klaus Oeggl will examine recent research about the mummified Neolithic man found in the Alps in 1991.

4/10/17

The musical that features one of musical theatre's greatest scores will be performed April 28-30 and May 5-7.

4/10/17

A UB-led study has found that diverse immigrant populations do more than enrich a city’s cultural fabric: They also boost wages.

4/10/17

The work of UB faculty member and award-winning sci fi writer Nnedi Okorafor will be featured at the annual event celebrating UB’s distinction in arts and letters.

4/7/17

Three artists are using cultural objects to spotlight new narratives in an exhibition opening April 22 in the UB Anderson Gallery.

4/7/17

The award to RIA will develop strategies to reduce drinking as a way to prevent sexual victimization on college campuses.

4/7/17

This semester's edition of UB's “difficult conversations” series is following a debate format that asks participants to “own our differences.”  

4/7/17

UB students are part of three teams moving on in the tech competition aimed at solving some of Lake Erie’s biggest challenges.

4/6/17

Guests can learn about genome science while extracting strawberry DNA and enjoying a cocktail and microbiome-friendly food.

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Students from the Health Sciences Charter School got an inside look at UB's new medical school building last week as part of M.A.S.H. (Medical Academy of Science and Health) Camp activities organized by LPCiminelli and the UB medical school project team. Photos: Douglas Levere

Published April 7, 2017

Terra cotta time-lapse

It will take several months for construction crews to finish installing the terra cotta panels on the exterior of the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building, but you can see the progress so far in this 10-second time-lapse video.

A large-scale cast of dinosaur puppets will connect children to paleontology in an entertaining and educational setting on May 4 in the Center for the Arts. Photo: C. Waits