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Profiles

  • No plans to retire for UB’s longest-serving faculty couple
    5/15/26

    Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian are still going strong, their shared legacy reaching across classrooms, scholarship and Buffalo’s cultural life.

  • Examining evolving relationship between tech, democracy
    5/12/26

    Yini Zhang uses social media and AI tools to help answer pressing questions and uncover themes in our turbulant political landscape.

  • Addressing health equity goal of new CHERI director
    11/21/25

    Heather M. Gardiner aims to expand the Community Health Equity Research Institute's research impact and strengthen links with the community.

  • Advocating for stronger protections against cyber scams
    10/24/25

    UB legal scholar Karla Lellis says social media, AI and other digital technology leaves people vulnerable to harm. 

  • Law professor blends musical, legal expertise
    10/21/25

    Guitarist Lauren Wilson calls on her knowledge of music and performance to draw unique insights into the way copyright law is applied to music.

The View

Faculty experts weigh in on trending topics. Their views and opinions are based on their expertise and research, and do not represent the official positions of UB.

  • Swihart receives mentoring award
    5/18/26

    The SUNY Distinguished Professor is the 2026 recipient of the Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.

  • What we lose when AI does our shopping
    5/1/26

    Automated commerce could quietly erode the economic, psychological and social benefits people receive from shopping on their own terms.

  • NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again)
    4/29/26

    In pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding U.S. influence on the alliance, UB political scientist Carla Martinez Machain writes in The Conversation.

  • UB expert advocates for better screening for eating disorders
    2/26/26

    Clinical psychologist Lisa Ranzenhofer discusses atypical anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

  • UB researcher offers tips on winter preparedness
    1/30/26

    Susan Clark has some emergency preparedness tips that can help even the most seasoned Buffalonian as we head into the worst of the winter season.

Questions & Answers

Awards & Recognition