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  Simon Donaldson named 2020 Wolf Prize Laureate in Mathematics

  Donaldson is the third SBU mathematics faculty member to receive the acclaimed award that is given every year to outstanding scientists and artists from around the world for achievements in the interest of mankind.

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  Hedge fund managers use complicated writing to deceive

  Research from the University at Buffalo School of Management found that hedge fund managers who use complex writing experience more regulatory actions, report more severe infractions and violate more investment rules.

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  Native Americans did not make large-scale changes to environment prior to European contact

  Binghamton University Dean Elizabeth Chilton is among researchers who have found that openlands in New England actually arose following European contact, deforestation and agricultural expansion and are best maintained through agricultural practices.

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  ‘Transformational’ gift from Templeton Foundation supports chestnut restoration

  ESF has received its largest-ever charitable gift, $3.2 million, to support one of the College's most impactful research projects - the restoration of the American chestnut tree. The gift will support three years of research and restoration work.

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  SUNY Research Report - November 2019

  By securing funding for new research, fostering collaboration, licensing technologies, and supporting startup companies, SUNY and its partners are leading the way to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

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  UB researcher aims to get older adults moving and creating

  Project will develop and test the impact of a community-based art-making and thinking-while-moving exercise intervention on cognition and motor function in adults 65 and older.

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  Developing Solutions to Growing Environmental Health Care Problems

  As Margaret Mead once said, “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” The growing environmental health field is concerned with what effects an increasingly-altered environment has on human health, including possible influences and toxins and how to control exposure to these hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents in air, water, soil, and […]

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• UB researcher aims to get older adults moving and creating

  Project will develop and test the impact of a community-based art-making and thinking-while-moving exercise intervention on cognition and motor function in adults 65 and older.

• To advance robot swarms, UB engineers turn to video games

  By measuring gamers’ brain waves and eye movements, engineers could improve artificial intelligence for autonomous robots.

• New X-ray method has ‘profound implications’ for the development of lifesaving drugs

  Researchers have developed a way to unambiguously identify and count metal atoms in proteins in an efficient and routine way, revealing new information that was there, but previously hidden.

• Study finds link between blood fats and artery size in people with MS

  Researchers' aim was to determine the effect of a person’s blood lipids on the major arteries outside the skull.

• Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein

  Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategy.

• UB researcher employs eye-tracking technology to detect neurological disorders

  Technology called MindEye uses infrared camera to detect subtle changes in pupil dilation and eye movement.

• Brain model offers new insights into damage caused by stroke and other injuries

  UB researcher’s background in computer modeling made his pioneering advancement of combining existing approaches seem obvious, a “chocolate and peanut butter moment.”

• UB receives $3 million Mellon grant in support of indigenous studies

  The proposed new department will anchor an expansive Indigenous Research Center and will serve as a “home-hub” for broader indigenous inclusion.

• Jacobs School professor to receive prestigious award for his work in diabetes research

  Paresh Dandona will be honored with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2020 Life Time Contribution Award in Chennai, India.

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• Developing Solutions to Growing Environmental Health Care Problems

  As Margaret Mead once said, “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” The growing environmental health field is concerned with what effects an increasingly-altered environment has on human health, including possible influences and toxins and how to control exposure to these hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents in air, water, soil, and […]

• Driven by Personal Loss, Researcher Embarks On A Quest For a Better Breast Cancer Treatment

  Research at SUNY sees many outcomes that provide huge benefits to society, especially in health care. Breast cancer is one area of health care that is advancing, thanks to the quality research taking place around it. Academics and scientists across the SUNY system have long been at work finding all kinds of breakthroughs in the […]

• Preventing, Treating, and Ending the Opioid Epidemic

  We hear about opioids  a lot these days through the news and social media, and the figures are grim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 130 Americans die  every day from an opioid overdose, and the number of overdose deaths involving opioids was six times higher in 2017 than it […]

• Experts and Researchers Come Together to Learn More About Lewy Body Dementia

  We knew him from popular films like Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietnam, and Jumanji, along with his long career in stand-up comedy. His untimely death shocked us all, and it wasn’t until much later we finally began to learn more about the causes. The late comedian Robin Willliams died tragically in 2014 of suicide, brought […]

• Building Stronger Communities and Critical Infrastructure With Future-Focused Research

  Changes in local weather patterns caused by a warming planet are posing unforeseen risk to the systems and structures that allow society to function. In New York State, unprecedented flooding in New York City and the Mohawk River Valley heavily damaged transportation systems. Destructive hurricanes in Long Island and the Catskill Mountains destroyed power supplies. […]

• Water Quality Research Is Helping To Protect Our Public Health

  The numbers tell the story. Although water is the most abundant resource on the planet, just 3% is fresh water, and just 1% of that is available for drinking. It’s clear that water sustainability – the greatest guarantee for its availability – requires responsible and proper management. Our waterways are essential to the many various […]

• Turn Your Ideas into Market Ready Products with the 2019 Technology Accelerator Fund

  Across the SUNY system, there are great minds doing great things in research. New ideas in computer technologies, medical goods, educational resources, and more are being developed by the great minds in SUNY research. Since its launch in April 2011, the Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF), which is jointly funded by the State University of New […]

• Efforts in SUNY Research and Education are Improving Healthcare Around the World

  Eliminating dengue fever and other devastating tropical diseases, improving healthcare delivery to remote locations, and addressing malnutrition among victims of natural disasters. These are among the many lofty goals of the faculty, staff, and students across the SUNY system whose aim—through their research and education—is to improve human health across the globe. Established in 2015, […]

• Nobel History: A Look Back at the Global Impact Delivered Through SUNY Research & Academics

  Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has existed to acknowledge superior contributions to physics, chemistry, medicine, economics, literature, and the cause of peace. This week, the 2018 Nobel Prize announcements are taking place to give us the next set of difference makers in these academic and social fields. Their efforts will most likely be felt for […]