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)

Relationship quality tied to good health for young adults
6/23/16
For young people entering adulthood, high-quality relationships are associated with better physical and mental health, according to a recently published study by a UB-led research team.
RIA awarded more than $5 million in NIH grants to study alcohol issues
6/13/16
The UB Research Institute on Addictions has received two grants totaling more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to study public health issues involving alcohol.
Changing the message could help communicate dangers of climate change
6/8/16
As a political issue, climate change splits mostly along ideological lines in the U.S. However, a new UB study suggests that tailoring the message might influence opinions toward the scientific consensus.
Where lack of sanitation prevents children from completing school, UB students offer help
6/8/16
Through the Global Innovation Challenge, teams of UB students developed actionable ideas to improve water, sanitation and hygiene — or WaSH — access to schoolchildren in India and Uganda.
UB researcher receives $7 million award to study telemedicine as a way to treat HCV-infected drug users
5/26/16
If successful with HCV, telemedicine could be a valuable approach to treating other diseases where patients face similar challenges.
UB chemist's work to address radioactive waste in WNY honored by EPA
5/19/16
Joseph Gardella Jr. says Manhattan Project-era materials must be removed from Niagara Falls Storage Site.
When words count: The key messages of successful foster parents
5/17/16
Language is a powerful tool that can ease the transition into a new home for foster children and enhances the possibility that it will be a successful placement.
“Global Innovation Challenge” to draw attention to international water, sanitation needs
5/12/16
UB undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students will work in teams to develop social, economic, technological and public policy solutions to sanitation challenges faced by schoolchildren around the world.
New book asks, “Where are the women architects?”
5/10/16
In "Where Are the Women Architects?" Despina Stratigakos uses the architectural profession as a lens to examine issues that affect women across male-dominated occupations, from a lack of female role models to unequal pay.
Study offers new insights on postpartum depression among women of color
5/4/16
Traditional interventions for new, low-income mothers of color often provide little relief from postpartum depression, according to a new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher.

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