Driven to Discover
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A podcast that explores innovative University at Buffalo research through candid conversations with the researchers about their inspirations and goals.
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- Affordable Housing with Robert Silverman · 21 min · Season 5 Episode 3Affordable housing is one of those problems that seems like it should have an easy fix: Just build more housing! But as Robert Silverman, an urban planning professor at the…
- Social Media’s Broken Promise with Yini Zhang · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 2When social media emerged, Yini Zhang was “pretty starry-eyed” about its potential to give ordinary people a voice, inspire collective action and hold the powerful accountable…
- Connection and Joy with Shira Gabriel · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 1Shira Gabriel first encountered research on our fundamental need to belong as a young grad student—and she was immediately hooked. Now a professor of social psychology at the…
- Surviving the Workplace with Min-Hsuan Tu · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 8Although Min-Hsuan Tu grew up wanting to be a teacher, she followed her parents’ advice and pursued a business degree instead. But her interest in human interaction never…
- The Future of Neurosurgery with Elad Levy · 16 min · Season 4 Episode 7As a first-year med student, Elad Levy tried to balance competitive rowing with the demands of school. But he quickly came to realize he couldn’t pursue both at the highest…
- Closing the Food Gap with Lucia Leone · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 6Lucia Leone’s interest in nutrition began in childhood, as she watched her mother—without a car and on a limited income—still manage to put healthy meals on the table. Now an…
- The Mouth-Body Connection with Frank Scannapieco · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 5Frank Scannapieco wasn’t too interested in school as a kid; he went to college largely because his father insisted. But a few inspiring teachers, a growing fascination with…
- Sleep and the Brain with Carleara Weiss · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 4Growing up in a multigenerational household, Carleara Weiss was a caregiver from the start. But as she lay awake at night listening to her elders snore, she didn’t realize those…
- Making Chatbots Better with Rohini Srihari · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 3Not all chatbots are created equal. Some, like those used in customer service, are relatively simple. Others—like the systems Rohini Srihari builds—can take on far more complex…
- Magic and Witchcraft with Phillips Stevens · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 2As a Peace Corps volunteer in Nigeria in his early 20s, Phillips Stevens witnessed an act of sorcery that blew his mind. He turned that moment into a 50-year career as a cultural…
- Combatting the Opioid Crisis with Joshua Lynch · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 1Inspired by his grandfather’s service as a volunteer fire chief, Joshua Lynch joined the fire department at 18 and was soon patrolling the streets of Buffalo as an EMT. At the…
- Earthworm Ecology with Nick Henshue · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 8Bullied as a kid, Nick Henshue spent much of his childhood roaming the woods behind his house, fueling a love for nature that propels him to this day. Now an associate teaching…
- Weight-Loss Drugs with Nicole Albanese · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 7Nicole Albanese grew up in a holistic household that emphasized diet over drugs. Now, as a clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice at the University at Buffalo, she…
- Urban Classical Music with Jeff Scott · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 6Since his band teacher went alphabetically by last name, Jeff Scott’s choices were limited when it came his turn to pick an instrument. The sixth grader pointed to the French…
- Multispecies Design with Joyce Hwang · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 5As a young girl growing up in suburban Los Angeles, Joyce Hwang loved seeing how urban animals would create little moments of disorder in the highly manicured landscape. Now the…
- Changing the Black East Side with Henry Louis Taylor Jr. · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 4As a young clinical audiologist, Henry Louis Taylor Jr. found that the socioeconomic realities of many of his Black patients affected his ability to help them. To truly serve his…
- Bitemark Evidence with Mary Bush · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 3Obsessed with true crime shows as a teen, Mary Bush naturally gravitated toward forensics as a young professor in the University at Buffalo’s School of Dental Medicine. Today…
- Animal Genes and Human Health with Vincent Lynch · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 2As a kid, all Vincent Lynch wanted to do was hang out by the river near his home, fishing and crabbing and playing in the muck. School, by contrast, was a bore. Then he…
- Narcissism in the Workplace with Emily Grijalva · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 1Narcissists get a bad rap, but is it deserved? According to Emily Grijalva, an associate professor of organizational behavior at the University at Buffalo School of Management…
- Medication Overload with David Jacobs · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 8More than 750 older Americans are hospitalized every day due to severe side effects from their medications. Many of them will die prematurely as a result. In this episode of…
