Diversity and Inclusion

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

Environmental justice expert Lucie Laurian appointed chair of urban planning at UB
8/2/23
Laurian is a prolific scholar widely acclaimed for her research on environmental planning and public participation in environmental decisions related to toxic site cleanups in the U.S. and France.
Study: Academic fields valuing ‘brilliance’ less welcoming to women
6/22/23
Review of CVs shows fewer women enter and more leave these fields, a pattern that is explained in part by gender-based prejudice.
Media Advisory: Zimbabwe scholars at UB for faculty development program
6/20/23
The 6-week program includes participants who study everything from pharmacy and physiology to ecology and health information systems.
Hilligas named executive director of Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center
6/2/23
Currently executive director of the Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of Western New York, Hilligas begins his role at UB on June 12.
UB TCIE awarded $500,000 grant to grow New York’s offshore wind workforce
5/26/23
The effort will provide opportunities to displaced workers and those who have been historically underrepresented in STEM.
UB CIGBS to host Zimbabwe faculty development program
5/18/23
Effort will boost national university network in Zimbabwe.
UB exhibit honors the accomplishments of Black authors
5/17/23
Students in the graduate seminar “Black Writers and the Archive” have curated the exhibit through their independent research on Black literature and archival studies in the UB Poetry Collection.
Media Advisory: Recovering and healing topic of May 14 remembrance event at UB
5/4/23
Howard Stevenson, an expert on resolving racial stress and trauma, will speak at UB on Thursday, May 11.
Six University at Buffalo students and alumni awarded Fulbrights
5/3/23
Three of the students are from the greater Buffalo area; the others are from New York State, Oregon and Texas.
Samiha Islam is UB’s second Truman Scholar
4/27/23
Samiha Islam's activism centers around building empathy across backgrounds and belief systems to forge a more equitable, tolerant world.

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