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)

UB PhD students lead #BlackInSciComm, #BlackInNano movements
2/18/21
The movements, born during months of protests in 2020, celebrate Black voices in STEM.
UB researchers release major U.N. report on food systems planning
2/5/21
Report prepared in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization is among the first to detail strategies for local government planners in low- and middle-income countries.
UB psychologist receives major grant for pioneering study on school readiness
1/27/21
Three-year study will use advanced techniques to measure the nervous system and better understand the role of early family and peer adversity in the development of school readiness.
UB to offer Indigenous health disparities course this spring
1/15/21
Public health course will explore the social determinants of health, intergenerational trauma, health equity, and racism and health.
2020 was a milestone year for the Black Lives Matter movement. What’s ahead for 2021?
1/13/21
Black Lives Matter has become solidified in the American psyche, but plenty more work needs to be done in 2021, two UB experts say.
UB launches pipeline program to increase diversity in dentistry
1/8/21
To increase enrollment of underrepresented students, the UB School of Dental Medicine has launched Destination Dental School, an initiative that aims to remove barriers to careers in dentistry for students of color.
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.

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