UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations are a systematic plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030.

Topic description

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all United Nations Member States, are part of an interconnected strategy to build a better world for all people on our planet by 2030. Many challenges to achieving the sustainable development of our world are faced by people everywhere, regardless of political boundaries, so the efforts must be truly collaborative and involve partnerships across the globe.

The projects listed below are curated under this umbrella because they relate to one or more SDG. While they may not necessarily be designed specifically around SDGs, the results and broader impacts of the projects may actually be closely related to them. Whether it is research that adds new knowledge to a specific SDG or community-focused work to build partnerships and capacity in developing regions, connecting your impacts to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals can help move our world toward a brighter future.

Core partners

UB Sustainability

Topic curator

Derek Nichols

Sustainability Engagement Coordinator

UB Sustainability

Phone: (716) 829-5725

Email: djn2@buffalo.edu

Projects related to Sustainable Development Goals

Zero Hunger

Community Cooks: Decolonizing Our Diets
12/19/22
Community Cooks is an ongoing, collaborative project that brings together a collective of local and national food justice organizations advocating for communities of color in Western New York.

Good Health and Well-being

Data Analyst for Maternal and Child Health Research
12/19/22
Seeking Research Assistants with backgrounds in health or life sciences for a team project designed to help pregnant women quit smoking.
Eating Behavior Among Children
12/14/22
Students will support ongoing research related to eating behaviors and risk factors for obesity among parents and children, assisting with scheduling and running participant appointments, entering, analyzing and possibly presenting data.
Environmental Health Study for Western New York
12/14/22
Seeking students to contribute to the Environmental Health Study for Western New York investigating environmental exposure in relation to health and identify ways to prevent disease in the future.
Exploring Public Health in Various Community Settings
12/14/22
Students will explore public health issues through engagement with a student-run free medical clinic in Buffalo along with rural populations via a remote area medical mission in the Southern states.
mHealth Tool Development using iOS Research Kit and Android
12/14/22
The mHealth research team at UB is seeking smartphone hackers looking for research experiences and academic publications.
Research Assistants in the Child Health and Behavior Lab
3/26/24
The Child Health and Behavior Lab (HABLAB) at the University of Buffalo is looking for undergraduate students to assist with research studies during Summer and Fall 2024.
Smart Materials To Improve Human Health
2/21/23
Students will work with various biomaterial fabrication techniques such as electrospinning, 3D printing and chemical synthesis to innovate biomedical applications that can sense and release antimicrobial agents.
Smartphone Based Environmental Sensing
12/14/22
Seeking students interested in sensors and smartphone programming to help equip next-generation smartphones for environmental sensing related to health and fitness.
Teen Eating Behavior Study
6/13/23
Seeking students to work on a longitudinal research project looking at the factors related to teen eating behavior and body composition. Students must commit to 2 consecutive semesters (or more) of service in the lab.
The Role of Neurochemicals in Stress/Reward-Related Behaviors and Substance Abuse
12/19/22
Determine dysfunctions of brain and nervous systems implicated in stress-related diseases and substance abuse using a variety of electrochemical, genetic and pharmacological techniques.
Wearable Eating Sensor
12/15/22
Seeking hardware/software hack interested in helping to develop a novel wearable eating sensor.

Quality Education

Gender Equality

Clean Water and Sanitation

Assessing Disinfection Byproduct Formation in De Facto Water Reuse
12/15/22
This project integrates laboratory research with water quality modeling to understand the interaction of urban-natural water cycles.
Household Water Treatment in Low-Resource Environments
12/21/22
Refine water treatment techniques using the scientific method to identify dependable, low-cost solutions to help individual households gain access to clean water.

Affordable and Clean Energy

Non-precious Metal Catalysts for Low Temperature Methane Combustion
12/14/22
Students will research the properties of natural gas as a promising resource for clean energy, exploring implications for methane emissions and other limitations.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Decision, Risk And Big Data Analytics
1/20/23
Students will look at challenging topics related to decision, risk, and big data analytics.

Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Predicting Racking For High Skew Bridges
12/14/22
Research will seek methods to analytically predict racking displacements so that bridge designers can take measures to accommodate these displacements.

Responsible Consumption and Production

Climate Action

Ice Flow Change in an Eastern Greenland Fjord System
3/30/21
Use Google Earth Engine to explore and analyze recent changes in an unusual system of interlocking glaciers in Eastern Greenland: the Glacier de France system.
Investigating Past Climate
8/30/23
Students will research climate change in the Arctic and East Asia employing organic "biomarkers" as proxies for hydroclimate and temperature in lacustrine, marine and loess archives.