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Profiles

  • For this UB anthropologist, research is personal
    8/31/26

    Gil-García’s research explores how border policies, forced migration and family separation influence health, identity and the lived experiences of Indigenous migrants.

  • 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. 

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.

  • Music professor remembers Dolly Parton
    9/1/26

    Stephanie Vander Wel writes in The Conversation that few female country artists wielded humor as deftly as Parton did.

  • What to know about Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’
    8/4/26

    The film is a “fresh and plausible interpretation of the ancient myth,” says expert on ancient Greek literature.

  • Abortion ads and free speech
    7/30/26

    Law professor writes in The Conversation that South Dakota's law banning ads about abortion pills violates free speech.

  • Grants aim to improve East Side health equity
    7/28/26

    Funding came from a major federal grant awarded to UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute.

  • UB expert offers tips for eating seafood safely
    7/9/26

    The majority of commercial seafood products in the U.S. are safe to consume, but Russo warns about some exceptions and precautions.

Questions & Answers

Awards & Recognition

  • Wang recognized for work on innovative chatbot
    8/25/26

    SnehAI, designed, implemented and evaluated between 2018-2021, preceded generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude.

  • Loury selected for emerging scholar program
    8/12/26

    GSE’s Jacoby Loury wants to help school counselors with practical approaches they can use with students, families and school communities.

     

  • UB geographer named UCGIS Fellow
    7/31/26

    Ling Bian was recognized for her advancement of research, education and community service in the geospatial community.

  • Lu selected as AI Research Fellow
    7/24/26

    GSE faculty member is one of eight fellows selected this year from a pool of more than 300 applicants.

  • Mendola named ISEE Fellow
    7/17/26

    SPHHP researcher is a pioneer in environmental and perinatal epidemiology.