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 receives Fulbright award to bring international scholars to Buffalo for opioid crisis education
4/16/19
UB has been selected to host nearly 100 Fulbright Foreign Students from around the world in late April for a three-day Fulbright Enrichment Seminar titled “Combating Addiction and Addressing the Opioid Crisis.”
New book details how railroad porters helped lead civil rights efforts in the U.S. and Canada
4/3/19
A new book by UB's Cecil Foster looks at the role that sleeping car porters, through their diligence and activism, played in helping to amend immigration policy and secure civil rights for a marginalized population.
UB researcher studies the binge-watching blues
4/1/19
Netflix can help you chill, but binge watching may be a looming epidemic, says a UB researcher who's studied some of the health effects of this phenomenon.
Shaping a city: how an architecture and planning school has been with Buffalo every step of the way
3/15/19
UB's School of Architecture and Planning is taking its story of place-based urban regeneration on the road with a screening of "See It Through Buffalo" in New York.
How online neighborhood reviews could aid urban planning
3/11/19
Online data can tell us a lot about the places where we live — if we can develop ways to analyze it.
In six days, dental professor launched first clinic in Iraq to treat families displaced after ISIS attacks
3/8/19
University at Buffalo professor Othman Shibly established a new dental clinic in Khanke Internally Displaced Population Camp in Duhok, Iraq, to provide the area’s nearly 16,000 women and children with their first oral health care in five years.
Media Advisory: UB’s Graduate School of Education assists in WNY’s first high school celebration of International Women’s Day
3/7/19
Amherst Central High School and the UB Graduate School of Education will team up for what may be the first-ever celebration in a Western New York school of International Women’s Day
‘Freedom of Expression’ panel to discuss athletes speaking out on social issues, politics
3/6/19
The ongoing controversy and “continuing concern” of athletes’ speaking out and demonstrating on societal and government issues is the focus of “Freedom of Expression: The First Amendment and Athletics,” a panel discussion to be held at UB March 7.
Author, artist, journalist Molly Crabapple to deliver keynote address for this year’s ‘Humanities to the Rescue’
3/1/19
Molly Crabapple, an internationally acclaimed author, journalist and artist, will deliver the keynote address on March 8 to open this year’s installment of “Humanities to the Rescue” at UB.
Media Advisory: Activist and scholar Angela Davis to present UB’s 43rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Feb. 27
2/26/19
Legendary human rights activist and author Angela Davis will present the UB’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event Feb. 27 in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.

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