News about UB research and outreach relating to societal issues such as poverty, homelessness, bullying, domestic violence, human rights, diversity and inclusion. (see all topics)
A UB psychologist has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the critical developmental and educational transition children make when moving from pre-k to kindergarten.
Treating postpartum depression in low-income mothers of color requires an understanding of each person’s lived experience, and practitioners should consider interventions that develop broadly from a community level in order to improve outcomes for their clients, a UB study has shown.
Champions for Change, a program offered by the UB School of Architecture and Planning, will hold its fifth annual Idea Summit from 10 a.m. to noon on May 11 in 403 Hayes Hall on the UB South Campus.
UN peacekeeping operations can serve as valuable instruments for reducing the duration of civil wars, but PKOs require robust troop deployments to quickly and effectively move combatants in active conflicts toward negotiated settlements, according to a new UB study.
Teens who experience cyberbullying are more likely to suffer from poor sleep, which in turn raises levels of depression, found a University at Buffalo study.
Indeterminacy Festival 2019 will explore eras of geologic time and ways in which gravitational and electromagnetic waves serve as communicators between past, present and future.
UB has been selected to host nearly 100 Fulbright Foreign Students from around the world in late April for a three-day Fulbright Enrichment Seminar titled “Combating Addiction and Addressing the Opioid Crisis.”
A new book by UB's Cecil Foster looks at the role that sleeping car porters, through their diligence and activism, played in helping to amend immigration policy and secure civil rights for a marginalized population.
Netflix can help you chill, but binge watching may be a looming epidemic, says a UB researcher who's studied some of the health effects of this phenomenon.