UB Inclusive News

  • Supporting rights of the homeless
    4/19/24

    UB social work researcher Amanda Aykanian has signed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case.

  • UB to install 30 air monitors on Buffalo’s East Side
    4/18/24

    The EPA-funded project will monitor the air quality in the mostly Black community in an effort to empower community action. 

  • DEI has been Seval Yildirim's life’s work
    4/15/24

    UB's new vice provost for inclusive excellence has been advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion long before it was ever a phrase.

  • POC Smiles guides students on their pre-dental journey
    4/10/24

    The POC Smiles student club aims to build a community where pre-dental students of color can find support and career-building opportunities.

  • SUNY funding to boost mental health services at UB
    4/10/24

    UB will use the bulk of the funding to hire seven counselors embedded in one of seven academic units.

  • Dubocovich receives ACTS diversity award
    4/8/24

    The UB faculty member is the recipient of the 2024 Award for Contributing to the Diversity and Inclusiveness of the Translational Workforce.

  • A decade of backing women in STEM
    4/8/24

    For 10 years the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program has encouraged hundreds of UB students.

  • Des Forges symposium set for April 16
    4/4/24

    The conference held in memory of the human rights advocate will focus on sexual and reproductive rights from a human rights perspective.

  • UB to celebrate Pride Week
    4/3/24
    The UB community will reaffirm its commitment to its LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff as it celebrates Pride Week April 8-12.
  • UB to partner with UPSA
    3/29/24

    The agreement provides a platform for the institutions in Buffalo and Ghana to partner for a wide range of academic pursuits.

  • Breaking new ground on Indigenous law
    3/25/24

    Rebecca Chapman, senior assistant law librarian at the Charles B. Sears Law Library, talks about her work that sheds new light on Native American legal traditions.

  • UB Singapore students win ASEAN competition
    3/21/24

    The students' winning project in the 2024 Geospatial Challenge mapped food waste across the island nation.

  • Reaching out to celebrate Black history
    3/15/24

    UB medical students recently visited a Buffalo charter school to help fifth- and sixth-grade students celebrate Black History Month.

  • Health disparities researcher named chair of medicine
    3/15/24

    Leonard Egede's appointment is “a significant milestone” for the UB medical school and its commitment to improving the health of WNY.

  • UB senior receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship
    3/13/24

    2023 Goldwater recipient Sydney Swedick continues her big-time academic trajectory.