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Study links climate anxiety to social media use
10/30/25
Climate doom, the belief that climate change will cause societal breakdowns, predicts support for radical actions, according to study.
New book by UB Law professor David A. Westbrook asks ‘How do we make peace with our modernity’
8/18/25
The book, “Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party,” is based on conversations among international social scientists between the 2008 financial crisis and Covid.
First-of-their-kind ‘AI + X’ degrees to be offered at UB this fall
8/14/25
Newly approved programs will prepare students to use AI in other disciplines and be offered in collaboration with new Department of AI and Society.
New book explores misinformation’s history, psychology, social impact and potential solutions
6/6/25
Misinformation has been around almost as long as people have been communicating with one another, and its effects have been significant throughout history.
New theory explains moral reaction to hypocrisy
4/9/25
Study authors developed a model that has implications for how we should evaluate claims of hypocrisy.
UB School of Law’s signature lecture series looks at Biden and the Supreme Court
2/21/25
The event will feature Yale Law School professor John Fabian Witt, a widely published legal historian.
UB anthropologist explores ‘sideways migration’ in new book
1/29/25
Reed-Danahay coins phrase for population shift in which people move from one socially and economically well-off country to a similar one.
2024: The year of AI at UB
12/19/24
From Empire AI to the 'DeepFake-o-Meter,' artificial intelligence played a central role in many of UB's most memorable moments in 2024.
Media Briefing: UB experts to provide post-Election Day analysis on Wednesday morning
11/4/24
Experts from political science and law will discuss the 2024 presidential campaign, local and national races.
A minimal standard for democratic competence
9/20/24
UB philosophers' minimal standard seen as a way of pointing voters toward the questions they should ask about candidates ahead of an election cycle.