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Being a good neighbor can have a powerful effect on residents’ attitudes and behaviors even for those living in highly disadvantaged communities, according to a new UB study.
Social media sites often present users with social exclusion information in certain posts that can actually inhibit intelligent thought, according to a UB study that takes a critical look not just at Facebook and other similar platforms.
A new UB study is adding critical nuance toward better understanding the association between breastfeeding and infant health in the first year of life.
McGill University professor George Weisz will deliver the keynote address to open a two-day UB symposium that will bring together leading experts from around the world to explore addiction as a treatable, chronic disease.
Among older Americans, the poorest are the most likely to have used prescription opioids, according to a UB study providing new insights into unexplored contours of the opioid crisis.
Angie Thomas, author of the best-selling novel “The Hate U Give,” which has been adapted into a soon to be released major motion picture, will be the keynote speaker at the 2018 Buffalo Humanities Festival.
UB’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention takes on the increasingly prevalent and timely issue of “microaggressions” at its annual conference being held Oct. 2.
Democrats could gain as many as 44 seats and emerge from November’s mid-term elections with control in the House of Representatives, according to an innovative forecasting tool developed by a UB political scientist.
Research has shown that, as a group, international students face prejudice from segments of the domestic student population, and a new UB study suggests that stereotypes alone do not lead to that prejudice.
A new UB study of 40 years of data from one reputable celebrity news source suggests that celebrities in fact have fewer out-of-wedlock childbirths compared to the rest of the U.S. population.