Environment and Sustainability

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Two UB students awarded prestigious Goldwater scholarships
4/17/25
Goldwater scholarships are the country’s most competitive research scholarship offered to undergraduate STEM students.
UB rolls out largest electric vehicle fleet charging lot among NYS universities
4/8/25
Chargers will allow UB to power up to 40 of its fleet electric vehicles at the same time.
UB bolsters climate neutrality goal with high-quality carbon credits
4/2/25
The credits will be used to offset air travel and other scope 1 mobility emissions for which UB does not yet have decarbonization alternatives.
Will Lake Erie completely freeze over?
2/21/25
Joseph Atkinson, director of the Great Lakes Program at UB, weighs in.
BioSCape, co-led by UB, shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
2/3/25
New studies show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and field work.
NOAA funds UB project to study climate adaptation in Alaska
1/22/25
Project could inform strategies for Buffalo and New York State by evaluating housing in a part of the country where climate change is occurring faster.
UB partners with PUSH Buffalo to enhance community resilience
1/17/25
UB is one of several collaborators on a $20 million federal grant awarded to PUSH Buffalo to build resilience in Buffalo communities by addressing vulnerabilities related to extreme weather and outdated housing infrastructure.
These 11 genes may help us better understand forever chemicals鈥� effects on the brain
1/6/25
New study uncovers molecular clues about the neurotoxic effects of PFAS.
UB among Top 25 in U.S. for environmental, social impact
12/10/24
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.
Nursing professor to study link between heat waves and kidney disease hospitalizations
12/6/24
The work is supported by a $487,230 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research.