BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Despite resistance to bullying from both employers and employees, many workplace bullies achieve high levels of career success, according to a new study from the University at Buffalo School of Management.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – With UB’s presence growing in downtown Buffalo, there’s a need for enhanced two-way communication with the surrounding neighborhoods. As a result, UB opened a new Community Relations Office in the Downtown Gateway building at 77 Goodell St., formerly the site of the M. Wile building.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The federal proposal to lower the DWI blood-alcohol limit would make the standard similar to European nations and Australia, and could save lives, says a University at Buffalo School of Social Work research professor who has studied the effects of impaired driving for more than 25 years.

WHAT: A free public workshop sponsored by the University at Buffalo Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP) Research Initiative. Participants will propose and discuss new community-based participatory research projects to improve health in Buffalo and Western New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sixty-two percent of Americans now say they believe that global warming is happening, but 46 percent say they are “very sure” or “extremely sure” that it is not. Only 49 percent know why it is occurring, and about as many say they’re not worried about it, according to the April report of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Students from more than 10 area schools inspired by the anti-bullying spirit will compete for the best musical show in front of “Jersey Boys” cast members and other celebrity judges at the “BAND Against Bullying” multi-school music and arts festival to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, at UB’s Center for the Arts.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work will launch a part-time online master’s degree in social work (MSW) program this fall, giving prospective candidates the opportunity to pursue a professional career in social work without giving up their day jobs.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – It was, admittedly, a long shot. Twenty years ago, faculty in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences applied for a large NIH contract, the Women’s Health Initiative, the landmark women’s health study and the largest clinical trial ever undertaken in the U.S.

The cleanup of one of Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhoods holds lessons for preserving a community’s industrial identity in the face of gentrification, a new study finds.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The fourth Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop, “Education and Poverty,” will be held March 1, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Education Center and Atrium, Olmsted Center for Sight, 1170 Main St., Buffalo.  It will be free and open to the public.