Undergraduate science students at St. Bonaventure University and Canisius University now have a more direct path to graduate study at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have opened a free eye clinic in Buffalo through the UB Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic.  

The sixth annual Food as Medicine Symposium held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on Oct. 15-16 emphasized the value of access to healthy food, nutrition and better health outcomes, and creating new connections to achieve goals.

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been honored with The Francis Crick Award Lecture in Neuroscience and Medicine for 2026 at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans.

A UB research team is launching a study to find out  if preloading online grocery carts with healthy ingredients can improve the diets of families with young children at risk for obesity.