Diversity and Inclusion

News about UB initiatives and research relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. (see all topics)

UB students provide nutrition counseling at Jefferson Ave. Tops
8/4/22
Project is a response to community members’ desire for more health and nutrition resources at store that was site of May 14 shooting.
Striving for quality over quantity – a common challenge for schools across the globe
7/20/22
A new book explores how nine countries address the issue of educational inequity, sharing critical analysis of the school reform policies employed across five continents.
UB to host international conference on teaching Black history
7/18/22
The 5th Annual Teaching Black History Conference is the signature event of the UB Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education.
UB architecture school partners with PUSH Buffalo to train workers in green jobs
6/17/22
Community Climate Leadership program aims to develop “citizen architects” while preparing trainees for stable, living-wage employment.
NIDCR director to deliver lecture on state of oral health at UB
6/8/22
NIDCR director Rena D’Souza will visit UB to deliver a report on the status of oral health in the U.S. and discuss the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion within the biomedical sciences.
Book looks at the unexplored impact of utopian ideas on the civil rights movement
4/26/22
Victoria Wolcott's new book frames what is an otherwise incomplete picture of civil rights by investigating how the utopian activists, groups and institutions of the 1930s and 1940s created change in the social, economic and political fortunes of African Americans.
Community roundtable focuses on equity in entrepreneurship
4/25/22
Organizers hope that an April 21 discussion will be the first of many conversations on building an inclusive entrepreneurial community in Western New York.
Black kidney transplant patients exhibit faster clearance rates of tacrolimus
4/18/22
The UB-led study is one of the first to examine how both race and sex influence tacrolimus pharmacokinetics.
Ericka Hart to give inaugural University Pride Lecture
4/11/22
Hart — an activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator — will deliver the lecture to kick off UB's 2022 Pride Week celebration.
U.S. Department of Education highlights UB’s Teacher Residency Program as model for nation
4/8/22
The U.S. Department of Education recognized the UB Teacher Residency Program as a blueprint for states, school districts and universities to follow to address the national teacher shortage.

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