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)
UB is working with state, city and community-based groups and organizations to develop new programs that expand upon UB’s ongoing efforts to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods that surround the South Campus.
Representatives from community-based organizations will explain New York State’s new high school equivalency test and how best to prepare students for it at a forum on Sept. 9 at UB's Educational Opportunity Center.
UB developed smartphone app for people living with HIV may help lead to faster intervention in cases where substance use — or life in general — get in the way of antiretroviral therapy adherence.
National experts on heavy drinking in young adults, dating violence, financing addiction treatment and tobacco use will visit the UB Research Institute on Addictions during its Fall Seminar Series beginning Sept. 16.
Bailey Green II — a master plan developed by UB faculty and students, along with community stakeholders, for a 33-acre zone on Buffalo’s East Side — earned second place in the 2016 International Making Cities Livable design competition.
Being homeless puts people at greater risk of HIV infection than those with stable housing, but targeting services to reduce risk behaviors is often complicated by fuzzy definitions of homelessness.
The week-long Miles for Smiles mission, led by UB clinical dental professor Othman Shibly, brought oral health care to student refugees who lacked access to treatment due to the ongoing Syrian war.
A new study by UB researchers suggests that Child Protective Services caseworkers may need to use a more all-encompassing approach to improve how they respond to cases of chronic neglect.