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Celebrating the dental school’s 130th commencement ceremony
5/6/24
On May 3, the School of Dental Medicine celebrated its 130th Commencement in the Center for the Arts on UB’s North Campus. More than 1,200 friends, family, faculty and staff gathered to honor the Class of 2024 during a ceremony that was at once heartfelt, inspiring and overflowing with pride for the graduates.
Root canal? Next-gen treatment could involve stem cells, not surgery
5/1/24
UB dental researcher receives $400k grant from foundation to study regeneration of tooth defects.
Dental school researchers win Journal of Dental Research Cover of the Year Award
4/29/24
Award recognizes genetic studies of mouse salivary gland.
NIH-funded training grant engages dentists in researching periodontitis in Jamaica
4/29/24
Understanding periodontitis and associated diseases in Jamaica is the focus of a new international NIH-funded training grant led by Dr. Patricia Diaz, Sunstar Robert J. Genco Endowed Chair, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, director of the UB Microbiome Center, Department of Oral Biology.
Celebrating student research
4/25/24
Student Research Day, now in its 30th year, is an opportunity to celebrate research conducted by students at all stages.
Ruhl to serve as chair of oral biology
3/13/24
A AAAS fellow, the UB faculty member is an internationally renowned expert on saliva, oral bacteria and the oral microbiome.