Dr. Art Bettis acts as program director for the UI Environmental Sciences program and is a professor in the Earth and Environmental Science department. He also holds a joint appointment with the Institute of Hydraulic Research. Dr. Bettis has been at the university since 2000. We sat down with Dr. Bettis to discuss his work within…
Higgins secures $300K for Fruit Belt broadband project
The $300,000 grant will spark a partnership between researchers at UB and Mission: Ignite that aims to bring wireless broadband to the Fruit Belt Author: Nate Benson (WGRZ) Updated: 11:29 PM EDT April 5, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Congressman Brian Higgins has secured a $300,000 grant as part of the National Science Foundation s Project Overcome program. The grant will be used to bring together a research team from the University at Buffalo and Mission: Ignite to provide wireless broadband service to the Fruit Belt in Buffalo. We re going to build this infrastructure and create a private LTE network that can be used to provide Internet connectivity, said Filippo Malandra, assistant professor of research at the University at Buffalo.