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 grad students help rural community leverage its greatest asset
11/13/18
Report developed by UB graduate students offers strategies for how Chautauqua County can harness the food system for economic development and health.
Media Advisory: UB Dental to honor veterans with free dental care before Veterans Day
11/9/18
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will host the fourth annual Dentistry Smiles on Veterans, an event that offers free dental care to local servicemen and women.
UB sociologist warns that citizenship question undermines census data
11/9/18
To include a citizenship question as part of the 2020 decennial census would most likely undercut the accuracy of determining the U.S. population and risks politicizing an instrument critical to democracy, according to a UB sociologist.
Clergy willingly divulge information to protect the vulnerable — except in priest misconduct cases, says UB law expert
11/8/18
AUB law professor studying “clergy privilege” — the legal rule shielding confidential communications of priests — has found priests often recast communications to make them fall outside this testimonial protection.
CRIA awarded more than $4 million from NIH to study effects of prenatal alcohol and drug use
11/2/18

Scientists at UB’s Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions recently received more than $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of drinking, smoking and marijuana use during pregnancy.
UB School of Law Mitchell Lecture to address power and varying forms of capitalism in society
11/2/18
The challenge of tempering power in a world of “variegated capitalisms” is the topic of the Fall 2018 Mitchell Lecture to be held Nov. 9, sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Opioid crisis: UB researcher hopes to provide clues on women’s shift to heroin
10/31/18
Study funded by University of Rochester Center for AIDS Research is part of a concerted strategy to improve substance use disorder outcomes and decrease HIV infections.
Grant will help UB scientists identify patients most at-risk for future opioid misuse
10/30/18
Researchers at UB's Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions will work with the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to assess what risks may occur for people with alcohol use disorder who use prescription painkillers.
Grant will help UB, Carnegie Mellon improve transit access
10/30/18
New cycle of funding will include projects on making autonomous vehicles accessible and leveraging commercial artificial intelligence agents like Alexa and Google Home in ways to support people with disabilities.
Media Advisory: Vice President Joe Biden to speak at UB Oct. 25 as part of Distinguished Speakers Series
10/24/18
Former Vice President Joe Biden will open UB’s 2018-19 Distinguished Speakers Series at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus

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