Politics

News about UB’s political science programs, and related insight into politics. (see all topics)

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  • UB Expert Available to Speak on Supreme Court Ruling on Immigration
    6/25/12
    The U.S. Supreme Court has taken the "remarkable" step and upheld the single most controversial provision of the Arizona immigration law, giving law enforcement officials the right to verify immigration status of anyone reasonably suspected to be an unauthorized immigrant, according to Rick T. Su, an expert on immigration law and associate professor at the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • 8th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller's Conference to be Held March 23-24
    3/9/12
    Colonizing settlers will be under the microscope March 23-24, when the University at Buffalo Graduate Students Association in American Studies presents "Challenging Settler Colonialism," the 8th Annual Indigenous and American Storyteller's Conference.
  • Political Scientists Available for Super Tuesday Races, Results and Reactions
    3/5/12
    Two University at Buffalo political science professors are available as expert sources for analysis of Super Tuesday Republican presidential primaries and the candidates still in the race.
  • Media Briefing: UB Political Scientists to Weigh in on Republican Race before March 6 "Super Tuesday"
    2/29/12
    On Friday, March 2, the University at Buffalo will hold a press briefing on the Republican presidential primary and the candidates still in the race.
  • Media Advisory: CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien to Present UB MLK Address in Kleinhans
    2/15/12
    CNN anchor, special correspondent and author Soledad O'Brien will present the University at Buffalo's 36th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event, a part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Kleinhans Music Hall.
  • MLK Speech in Buffalo 45 Years Ago is a Legacy for UB's Annual Commemoration Lecture
    2/6/12
    On Feb. 16, popular author and broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien will deliver the University at Buffalo's 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Lecture at Buffalo's Kleinhans Music Hall. Her talk comes 45 years after King himself addressed an audience at Kleinhans at the invitation of the UB Graduate Student Association (GSA).
  • Struggle and Hope for Pakistan's Women: Activists Challenge Gender Violence
    2/1/12
    An active and forceful grass roots movement committed to expanding democratic freedom for women is essential to curbing the dramatic and widespread violation of women's rights in Pakistan, a University at Buffalo School of Social Work researcher has concluded.
  • Noted Election Forecaster Predicts Long, Heated Republican Struggle, Odds Shift to Gingrich
    1/23/12
    As they head into the Florida primary, noted presidential election scholar and forecaster James Campbell says the battle between Republican hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is likely to intensify and become even more negative.
  • Researcher Looks at Changing Indigenous Governments in the U.S.
    1/18/12
    In "A New Way Forward: Native Nations, Nonprofitization, Community Land Trusts, and the Indigenous Shadow State," published in the current issue of Nonprofit Policy Forum, University at Buffalo graduate student Samuel W. Rose considers what Native American governance bodies should do now that the political and legal avenues that served their interests well for years no longer work.
  • UB Law Student Team Wins New York Redistricting Competition
    1/18/12
    A team of students from the University at Buffalo Law School has been named a winner of the 2012 New York Redistricting Project, a national competition that challenged student teams to draw new congressional, state senate and state assembly district maps.