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Date & Time: Wednesdays, 3:30pm - 4:30pm, through November 20, 2024
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
This drop-in group is committed to providing an affirming space for BIPOC students to reflect on their experiences at a Predominately White Institution. In this group, we recognize the unique experiences of BIPOC students and aim to foster a community for students to give voice to their experiences, gain support, and develop healthy coping strategies. Topics explored in this group include but are not limited to navigating microaggressions, feelings of isolation, imposter syndrome, being first generation American, family/social relationships, and maintaining healthy self-care in the current socio-political climate. There will be 8 BIPOC Drop-In Groups this semester starting on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 and running through Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, please contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: 240 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join Counseling Services and the IDC on the third Thursday of the month to meet other members of UB's LGBTQ+ community, have some conversation, and enjoy fun activities. This is a drop-in meeting. No registration is required. There will be three Rainbow Hours this semester at the following times.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC).
Date & Time: Multiple dates and times, see more details below
Location: 235 Student Union, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join Counseling Services to play games, have great conversations, and lots of fun, while making friends from around the world. Come to relax and play non-competitive, get-to-know you games that allow you to form cross cultural friendships. Event is open to all UB international and domestic students from all cultures and backgrounds. There will be four Friends Without Borders this semester at the following times.
For more information, please visit the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact Counseling Services at 716-645-2720.
Sponsored by UB Counseling Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Every Friday, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 320 Baldy Hall, North Campus and via Zoom
Intended Audience: Open Event
Indigenous Writes is a weekly writing group open to all UB community members. It provides an opportunity to build consistency in academic writing habits that enhance productivity and success. This event will be hosted by Theresa McCarthy, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies. The following Zoom link can be used to join virtually:https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/94063421497.
For more information, visit arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/indigenous-studies.
Sponsored by Indigenous@UB Hub, Humanities Institute Haudenosaunee – Native American Research Group.
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 9:00am -12:00pm
Location: 105 Townsend Hall. South Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
This in-person workshop will teach you about bias, recognize its origins and explore what biases drive you. This workshop will dive into the actions we can take to work towards inclusion in our minds and our environments. We will explore personal identity, how our minds can trick us into reinforcing our beliefs and actions we can take to counter these forces.
For more information please contact Organizational Development and Effectiveness (ODE) at training@buffalo.edu or 716-645-4459.
Date & Time: Monday, January 27, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
This introductory workshop focuses on the interplay between race-based health inequities, social determinants of health, and the underdevelopment of communities of color. Health disparities refer to the disproportionate health outcomes between white and black and brown populations, while health inequities emphasize the underlying injustices and systemic exploitation driving these differences. In this workshop, we will explore three interrelated questions:
How do social determinants of health contribute to producing adverse health outcomes, particularly those that persist across generations?
To what extent do neighborhood-level conditions explain race-based health inequities?
Through these questions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how neighborhood conditions shape health outcomes and contribute to broader patterns of inequity.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
Community Engagement is a collaborative process that involves working with groups of people to address concerns and issues facing that group. There are many levels of community engagement, as well as many tools for effective engagement. In this workshop, you will learn about the basics of community engagement, what it is and what it is not, and identify pitfalls and common missteps in community engagement. Real world examples will be used to highlight community engagement tools.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Monday, February 3, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
As underdeveloped neighborhoods in cities like Buffalo transition due to new waves of immigration, professionals face new challenges delivering healthcare in this changing cultural landscape. These neighborhoods, which have historically been predominantly black or Latinx, are now seeing an influx of new residents of color who bring diverse cultural practices, foods, health beliefs, and approaches to everyday living. Addressing health inequities in these transitioning communities means building trust, understanding the unique needs of multicultural, racialized populations, and creating inclusive strategies that respond to these needs.
This workshop explores the challenge of delivering health services in multicultural communities of color, emphasizing the role of intercultural communication in ensuring equitable access and quality care. Participants will learn practical strategies for efficient, culturally appropriate communication across various cultures, ethnicities, and communities. Additionally, the workshop will examine how misinformation affects health outcomes in diverse communities.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
Plain language is communication that people can easily understand at first reading. Plain language does not use jargon or slang, but simple words and terms to make a topic more relatable and meaningful. In this workshop, real life examples of study abstracts are reviewed to revise them using plain language. We explore the Plain Language in Research Project that is a qualitative study, learning about various communities in Western New York and how to communicate with them in plain language. Tips on plain language and how to reduce barriers to research and communication are outlined in a Guide to Plain Language in Research.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Moday, February 10, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
Underdeveloped neighborhoods of color have neighborhood-level social determinants that produce adverse health outcomes among blacks and other people of color. This workshop explores the root causes of neighborhood underdevelopment and identifies those factors that enable neighborhoods to produce mental, physical, and social well-being. We will identify key features, such as food and housing security, equitable economic opportunities, and decentralized healthcare services that contribute to healthier communities. Through this panel discussion, participants will learn strategies for transforming underdeveloped neighborhoods into healthy, thriving, prosperous, and joyful communities.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
Engaging a new community collaborator takes time and energy. Being mindful and intentional about your community engagement will allow you to put forth your best tools and efforts for successful engagement. There are many things to consider as you draft a community engagement plan. In this workshop, you will learn successful community engagement strategies. Real life examples will help you learn about the pitfalls and hallmarks of community engagement. At the end of this workshop, you will leave with a specific framework for a community engagement plan for you to use with your specific community.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 7:00pm
Location: Center for the Arts - Mainstage Theatre, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
The UB Distinguished Speakers Series has brought the UB and WNY communities together since 1987, offering unique opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. Each season, we bring thought leaders and trailblazers to our stage, sparking meaningful conversations and offering a broad range of perspectives and experiences. Event tickets are available starting at noon on Sept. 5.
For an even greater savings, consider purchasing a series subscription which includes one ticket to each of the four events. Subscribers receive the lowest available price and other exclusive benefits. Series Subscriptions are available starting at noon on Aug. 28.
More information about Series Subscriptions and the UB Distinguished Speakers Series can be found on the Speakers Series website.
More About Misty Copeland:
Misty Copeland is a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, the first Black woman to be promoted to the position in the company's 75-year history in 2015. She has performed some of the most iconic classical ballet roles, including Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake;” Juliet in “Romeo & Juliet;” “Giselle;” “Manon;” “Coppelia;” Kitri in “Don Quixote;” and “Firebird,” to name a few.
Copeland has been featured in several publications, including the cover of Time Magazine for the Time 100, as well as the covers of ESSENCE, Self, ELLE South Africa, Oxygen and Women’s Health. She has also appeared on CBS' “60 Minutes,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” ABC's “Good Morning America,” NBC's “The Today Show” and “Little Big Shots,” celebrating extraordinary young people.
She made her first awards season guest performances in 2019 with Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards and at the 2020 Grammy Awards alongside Camilla Cabella, Common, Ben Platt, and dancers from the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, as well as the televised Prince Grammy Tribute performing with award-winning recording artist H.E.R. Copeland made her Broadway debut in “On The Town” in 2015 and her major motion picture debut in Disney's “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” in 2018. She is also featured in an episode of “MasterClass,” the online series.
Copeland started her production company, Life In Motion Productions, focused on bringing representative stories of artists past, present and future, and normalizing the arts experience. Her first independently produced project, “Flower,” premiered at the Tribeca Festival in 2023 and is a silent arts activism film using dance to help raise awareness about intergenerational equity.
Copeland is an avid philanthropist and is an ambassador of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, of which she is also an alum, and MindLeaps, an arts education program based in Rwanda that helps young people get off the streets and into an academic setting to help enhance their lives.
In 2022, Copeland launched The Misty Copeland Foundation, with its first signature program BE BOLD, which aims to bring greater diversity, equity and inclusion to dance, especially ballet. In 2023, she launched the women’s line of Greatness Wins, an athletic wear business she co-founded with Derek Jeter and Chris Riccobono.
Copeland is the New York Times bestselling author of “Life In Motion,” “Ballerina Body,” “Black Ballerinas,” and a picture book titled “Bunheads.” She is also author of the award-winning children's picture book, “Firebird.” Copeland’s newest book, “The Wind At My Back,” in tribute to her late mentor and friend, pioneering ballerina Raven Wilkinson, was published November 2022.
In 2021, Copeland was the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor and in 2023, she received the Trailblazer Icon Award at The Grio Awards, was named for the second time to The Root 100, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York University. In 2024, Copeland received the Innovator Award from the African American Film Critics Association.
Date & Time: Moday, February 24, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
This workshop addresses the complex question of why decades of research have not translated into significant improvements in health outcomes for black communities and other communities of color. Since the 1985 release of the Heckler Report, “Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health,” millions of dollars have been invested in understanding health disparities and inequities. This report was one of the first federal acknowledgments of the systemic inequities faced by people of color. Despite these investments, research and grant funding have become mainly industries unto themselves, with limited impact on the everyday health realities of marginalized communities.
This panel discussion aims to explore why this disconnect exists. Why hasn’t the extensive research led to the transformative health changes envisioned for people of color? Participants will explore systemic barriers and institutional shortcomings, as well as discuss opportunities for translating research into meaningful community action and policy changes.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 4:00pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Zoom webinar
Intended Audience: Open Event
The best made plans for community engagement may fall flat depending on the specific community and how they want to be engaged. In this workshop, you will learn how to apply your community engagement plan and measure it over time so you can see what works and what needs to be changed to be successful. Real world examples are used centering on maintaining relationships in the community and giving each other flexibility to change and grow together in ways that may not have been originally planned. These examples will use tools and strategies learned in Community Engagement Workshops 1-3.
For more information, contact: Catherine Sedota, cmp9@buffalo.edu or 716-822-0381.
Sponsored by UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute Workforce Development Core.
Date & Time: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 7:00pm
Location: Center for the Arts - Mainstage Theatre, North Campus
Intended Audience: Open Event
The UB Distinguished Speakers Series has brought the UB and WNY communities together since 1987, offering unique opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. Each season, we bring thought leaders and trailblazers to our stage, sparking meaningful conversations and offering a broad range of perspectives and experiences. Event tickets are available starting at noon on Sept. 5.
For an even greater savings, consider purchasing a series subscription which includes one ticket to each of the four events. Subscribers receive the lowest available price and other exclusive benefits. Series Subscriptions are available starting at noon on Aug. 28.
More information about Series Subscriptions and the UB Distinguished Speakers Series can be found on the Speakers Series website.
More About Damar Hamlin:
Damar Hamlin (born March 24, 1998, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is an American football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was selected by the Bills in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Hamlin spent most of his rookie season as a backup before becoming a starter in 2022 following a season-ending injury to Micah Hyde.
Hamlin, a true champion both on and off the field, has left an indelible mark through his remarkable journey of resilience and philanthropy. In 2023, Hamlin launched the CPR Tour, a groundbreaking initiative through the Chasing M's Foundation. This tour has equipped over 1,200 individuals with life-saving skills, provided 170 AEDs to communities in need, and catalyzed legislative change in 12 states.
Notably, Hamlin established the Heroes Scholarship in Cincinnati, honoring the medical workers pivotal to his recovery. This scholarship not only pays tribute to their dedication but also supports the next generation of healthcare heroes.
Hamlin and the foundation extend their impact through various initiatives, including football clinics, back-to-school drives, the annual toy drive, Thanksgiving drives, and health and wellness programs. These efforts reflect Hamlin's commitment to fostering positive change in communities.
In 2024, Hamlin and the foundation plan to expand the CPR Tour to five U.S. cities and internationally to Europe, Asia and Africa. This visionary step underscores Hamlin's global perspective and the foundation's commitment to making a difference on a broader scale, bringing life-saving skills to communities around the world.
Accolades such as the 2023 PFWA Halas Award, Comeback Player of the Year, the 2023 Alan Page Community Award and the 2023 Ed Block Courage Award underscore Hamlin's impact. Since January 2, 2023, he has become a dedicated advocate for increasing awareness of CPR training and AED access.
Hamlin is driven by a profound purpose, channeling his experience into programs that encourage young people to pursue their dreams. In every sense, Hamlin is not just an athlete but a champion who inspires and uplifts those around him.
Date & Time: Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:30pm
Location: Buffalo Room, Capen 10
Intended Audience: Open Event
Lecturer: Dr. Ayesha Khurshid, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University
Title: Education, Gender, and Muslim Womanhood: Ethnographies of a Punjabi Muslim Community from Pakistan and a Maya Muslim Community from Mexico
Muslim womanhood continues to be an ideological battleground for different political, social, and religious movements not only in Muslim countries but also in different Western contexts. The educational level of Muslim women is often mobilized as a measure to determine the “progress” of Muslim communities. This presentation examines how Muslim women from two different geographical, national, and cultural sites, a rural Punjabi Muslim community in Pakistan and an Indigenous Maya Muslim community in Mexico, make sense of and perform what it means to be educated Muslim women in their specific contexts. Though focusing on lived experiences, it highlights how the hybridity of the cultural and Islamic identities of these two groups of women, as well as their connections with their environment, shape the nature, value, and relevance of education for them. This presentation invites educational scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the conceptual and methodological approaches, especially decolonizing methodologies, needed to engage with the multidimensional and context-specific identities of people who often become subjects of national and international educational reforms.
To register, please click here.
Sponsored by the Graduate School of Education and the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies.
The Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) is committed to supporting all students on campus. By focusing on personal identity, advocacy and other critical issues that are facing society today, the IDC helps students broaden their perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of our ever-changing world. To find out more about their upcoming events, visit the IDC Events Calendar.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: First and Third Monday of Each Month from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Zoom Webinar; Zoom ID: 834 2155 7387, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83421557987
For more information please contact IHAWP Program Coordinator, Madison Tighe: mtighe@nacswny.org or (716) 349-8782.
Sponsored by New York State Department of Health/AIDS Institute.
Date & Time: Submit anytime
Intended Audience: UB Students, Faculty and Staff
The University Archives is launching a project to encourage students, faculty and staff to document their personal experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak and contribute them to the University Archives. Students have been impacted by great change to their learning environments, living situations, employment, and social connections. Faculty have adapted the ways in which they deliver course materials and interact with students. Staff have adjusted to changes in their work environments, both at home and on campus, all while coping with momentous change in daily routines, family life, and personal health and safety. By collecting and preserving these perspectives the University Archives supports the research mission of the university, allowing future students, researchers, and scholars to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an undoubtedly transformative event in the history of student life and the academic experience at UB. Visit University Archives webpage for more information.
Sponsored by University Libraries
These workshops were led by Dr. Anne Etgen, Professor Emerita in the Department of Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and nationally recognized expert in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. We encourage this resource for all Department Chairs and faculty who plan to serve on search committees. Below are descriptions of the three workshops. Click here to view them on UB Edge.
Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence
Presents evidence that workforce diversity is a driving force for excellence and innovation, and discusses factors that contribute to limiting diversity, including implicit or unconscious bias. Finally, describes evidence-based strategies that can overcome the bias in the faculty search process. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Outlines strategies that facilitate the academic success, promotion and retention of faculty. Topics discussed include strong mentoring programs, faculty cluster hiring (cohort model), activities and resources to reduce isolation, increase community building and networking, and to foster career, research, and professional advancement. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Discusses the role of departmental and institutional climate as a barrier to achieving faculty diversity. Climate comprises people’s shared perception of the quality, fairness and inclusivity of the environment in which they work. Improving departmental and institutional climate, with clear signals from leadership that diversity, equity and inclusion are core values, can enhance the work environment for all members of the academic community. Click here to view on UB Edge.