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)

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Alberti Center’s annual conference to address bullying and persons with disabilities
9/27/16
UB’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention takes on the challenges of bullying abuse and people with disabilities at its annual daylong conference on Sept. 29.
$3.2 million NIH grant to help women with alcoholic partners
9/27/16
Nearly one in 20 adult women in the U.S. are married to or living with a partner with an alcohol use disorder. A $3.2 million grant to the UB Research Institute on Addictions will develop and evaluate an online program specifically designed to help them.
Transmedia storytelling can be an effective health intervention
9/22/16
An academic study co-led by UB looks at the Emmy-nominated program, "East Los High."
Working mothers most in need of social support are less likely to receive it
9/21/16
The study involved 2,716 women who gave birth in large cities from 1998-2000.
Documentary to explore issues of race and class
9/14/16
Filmmaker André Robert Lee will host a special screening of his moving 2012 documentary, “The Prep School Negro,” on Sept. 19 in 101 Davis Hall on the UB North Campus.
Peaceful gathering to support Native American land threatened by pipeline
9/14/16
The UB Haudenosaunee-Native American Research Group and the Native Graduate Students Association will host a peaceful gathering in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and #NoDAPL on Sept. 16.
Demystifying shrinking cities
9/14/16
In a new book, researchers turn to data to answer tricky questions tied to population loss in cities and suburbs across America.
Leveraging learning: UB programs improving quality of life in University District
9/14/16
UB is working with state, city and community-based groups and organizations to develop new programs that expand upon UB’s ongoing efforts to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods that surround the South Campus.
UB’s Educational Opportunity Center rallies support for students needing high school equivalency
9/2/16
Representatives from community-based organizations will explain New York State’s new high school equivalency test and how best to prepare students for it at a forum on Sept. 9 at UB's Educational Opportunity Center.
‘Putting prevention in their pockets’
8/23/16
UB developed smartphone app for people living with HIV may help lead to faster intervention in cases where substance use — or life in general — get in the way of antiretroviral therapy adherence.