Expert Tip Sheets

Commentary from University at Buffalo faculty experts on breaking news and other events.

Buffalo as a ‘climate refuge’? Let’s start planning for it, UB expert says
11/8/21
UB’s Nicholas Rajkovich offers insight on Buffalo’s spotlight as a potential climate haven.
Expert: India Walton’s campaign called attention to Buffalo's uneven revival, energizing progressive politics
11/4/21
Media narratives have often focused on the city’s revitalization after decades of industrial decline, but that story hides many uncomfortable truths, says urban studies expert Henry-Louis Taylor Jr..
UB expert authors new book, “Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough”
11/3/21
Holly Jean Buck is an expert on social and political dimensions of environmental policies, and of strategies and technologies for preventing and adapting to climate change.
Buffalo mayoral election: UB experts available to discuss the race
10/27/21
The race has national implications for the Democratic Party as it swings between progressive and centrist ideologies.
UB School of Management experts say supply chain breakdown will be problematic for holiday shoppers
10/22/21
COVID-19 set off a "supply chain bomb" built over the past 25 years.
UB expert: How parents can help teens navigate social media
10/20/21
“Different families will have different values and priorities that inform how much and how often their kids will use these technologies, but we need to be involved,” Sourav Sengupta says
In Buffalo, immigrants and refugees drive population growth, improve quality of life, UB expert says
9/22/21
Social work professor Wooksoo Kim discusses the findings of the 2020 Census, including Buffalo’s first population gain in 70 years.
UB experts available to discuss issues facing schools amid return during pandemic
9/16/21
UB experts are available to discuss various concerns facing students in grades K-12, parents and educators as children across the region have returned to classrooms in the midst of the delta surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expert: Electrical monitoring can help ensure structural integrity of concrete buildings
8/16/21
Current methods are effective for observing cracks, but they are not effective for assessing the damage before the cracks start to form, says Deborah Chung.
Expert: Cuomo resignation shows enduring power of #MeToo
8/13/21
The movement will not tolerate sexual harassment, and society is listening, says Carrie Tirado Bramen.

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