UB Research News

» $4.7 Million Disability Transportation Research Grant Awarded to UB and Carnegie Mellon
Researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will partner with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University on a $4.7 million, five-year effort to advance public transportation for people with disabilities.

» Teens' Online Safety Improved by Education, Research Shows
Think protecting young teenagers on the Internet is important? Then be sure they think it's important, too, according to a forthcoming article in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.

» Forensics Underfoot: Shoeprint Evidence Gets the Google Treatment
A shoeprint etched in blood or dust can make a crucial difference in a criminal case, but it all depends on the ability of human examiners to identify a matching shoeprint pattern from thousands in their databases. It's a laborious, inefficient task. That's why University at Buffalo computer scientists are developing tools to make the search-and-match process more like a Google search and less like hunting for a needle in a haystack.

» Novel IBS Treatment Developed at UB Garners $8.5 Million for Seven-Year Clinical Trial
Based on a successful pilot study of a primarily at-home, self-administered cognitive behavior therapy program, a University at Buffalo behavioral scientist has received $8.5 million from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to conduct a seven-year, multi-site clinical trial of an at-home program developed at UB to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

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