Social Issues

News about UB research and outreach relating to societal issues such as poverty, homelessness, bullying, domestic violence, human rights, diversity and inclusion. (see all topics)

Twenty UB research stories from 2020
12/28/20
From celebrating the life of a Buffalo civil rights activist to resurrecting a mammoth’s broken genes, here are stories from the work of UB researchers in a difficult year.
UB professor’s book inspires Canada’s largest Black-led television production in history
12/17/20
CBC and BET+ co-producing a new TV series inspired by Cecil Foster’s 2019 acclaimed groundbreaking book, “They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada.”
During pandemic, chess detective is busier than ever
12/8/20
Chess cheating expert Kenneth Regan has been ‘overwhelmed’ with requests since tournaments moved online.
UB social work researcher named to national panel to address evictions
12/7/20
Kelly Patterson joins the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s major new initiative to help develop possible interventions to the crisis of evictions.
Poetry and gaming as agents for social change at UB’s Palah Light Lab
11/24/20
Based in the Department of Media Study, the lab utilizes a feminist and queer-centered approach as part of an interdisciplinary mission of political engagement and social justice through instruction, poetry and gaming.
Students around world create COVID-themed comics through UB program
11/23/20
A team of UB researchers used the power of storytelling through comic books to help high school students around the world better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UB researchers awarded $1 million grant to advance urban agriculture
11/18/20
Team will work with partners in Buffalo and Minneapolis to grow urban agriculture policy from the ground up.
Study: UB sociologist says W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy extends from civil rights to natural science
11/12/20
Du Bois actively engaged and incorporated non-racist natural science as part of his emancipatory struggles.
Remote learning adds pressure for teachers who work second shift as mothers
11/9/20
The transition to remote learning coupled with an unequal distribution of second-shift responsibilities has placed teachers who are also mothers under immense stress, according to new University at Buffalo research.
Study: No link between immigration, crime
10/5/20
Analysis using two estimates of undocumented immigration suggests that, on average, this population reduced or had no effect on crime in 154 U.S. metropolitan areas.

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