UB Inclusive News

  • Honoring WNY’s agricultural history
    8/5/26

    Architecture, Indigenous Studies faculty received a Mellon grant to design a public greenspace in Medina.

  • Coming to the table together for food justice
    7/30/26

    Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park has been a site for learning for UB urban planning students and faculty.

  • Abortion ads and free speech
    7/30/26

    Law professor writes in The Conversation that South Dakota's law banning ads about abortion pills violates free speech.

  • Grants aim to improve East Side health equity
    7/28/26

    Funding came from a major federal grant awarded to UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute.

  • Applegarth to co-lead Grand Challenge
    7/23/26

    Social work researcher has been tapped for initiative to promote smart decarceration.

  • School choice and income segregation
    7/22/26

    Parents tend to avoid classrooms populated by a large number of students from low-income families, UB psychologists say.

  • Paris Wicker Named 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
    7/21/26

    GSE researcher will investigate how students’ social support networks influence well-being and academic success.

  • UB to host 5th annual Teaching Black History Conference
    7/17/26

    This year’s conference theme of “Black Founding Mothers and Fathers” was inspired by two historic milestones.

  • Henesey recognized for digital accessibility efforts
    7/14/26

    The New York State Disability Services Council presented Henesey with the “Multidisciplinary Collaboration Award” last month.

  • Summit explores refugee resilience
    7/10/26

    New American Summit in June brought together researchers, health care providers, community organizations and advocates.

  • Bringing trees to where they’re needed most
    7/2/26

    The UB Regional Institute is leading an effort to inform and engage city residents in the benefits of bringing trees to their neighbhorhoods.

  • Underwood sworn in as AMA president
    7/2/26

    Urologist is the second UB physician in the past 20 years to serve in this nationwide leadership role.

  • Nursing launches upstate NY’s first midwifery DNP program
    6/24/26

    The effort will strengthen the maternal health workforce, and improve patient outcomes.

  • Aphasia health fair connects community to resources
    6/22/26

    The health fair offered free resources and vital information about aphasia.

  • Connecting vulnerable groups to resources
    5/28/26

    Social work, SPHHP students will have a presence in the downtown library, assisting patrons experiencing homelessness.

  • Dubocovich selected for first cohort of ACTS fellows
    4/30/26

    Fellowship recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions and service to the clinical and translational science field.

  • Encouraging participation in health research
    4/30/26

    School of Nursing researchers identify several themes that can improve the design and inclusive quality of behavioral health research.

  • Accessibility is more than a checklist
    4/29/26

    A new microcredential is teaching social work students essential digital skills while also creating a team to help remediate files to comply with federal guidelines.

  • Helping rural students navigate financial aid
    4/27/26

    Project led by GSE’s Ryan Creps and two master's students aims to increase FAFSA completion.

  • Connecting across cultures
    4/27/26

    For this global affairs major, being an orientation leader helped him see UB not just as a school, but as a place full of True Bue pride and possibility.

  • Toward more equitable continuous glucose monitoring
    4/24/26

    Pharmacy researchers identify barriers to use among underserved populations.

  • A legacy of mentorship, as well as research
    4/24/26

    After 33 years at UB, Luis Colón is retiring, leaving behind a career defined as much by the students he mentored as by the research he conducted.

  • State awards UB $3.7 million for special care dental clinic
    4/23/26

    The new clinic, scheduled to open in Squire Hall next year, will serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Author to speak on prison book bans
    4/21/26

    James Tager’s presentation on Thursday will discuss censorship practices in jails and prisons.

  • New perspectives through immersive spring break
    4/21/26

    The trip to the American South explored the connections between enslavement and mass incarceration.

  • Fifteen students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    4/20/26

    The award recognizing student excellence is the highest honor SUNY bestows upon its students.

  • Afghan refugees to benefit from mental health support
    4/17/26

    A NYS grant will provide culturally appropriate, trauma-informed mental health support for WNY’s Afghan community.

  • Structural racism influences diabetes prevalence, study finds
    4/14/26

    Both historic redlining and contemporary structural racism are linked with higher diabetes occurrence among African Americans.

  • UB study rethinks the dropout-crime connection
    4/10/26

    The research led by sociologist Ashley Barr found that the link between dropping out and crime varies, depending on how the student left school.