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)
Research comes after China’s National Sword policy set strict contamination limits and restrictions on recyclable materials, throwing the U.S. recycling market into disarray.
Hart — an activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator — will deliver the lecture to kick off UB's 2022 Pride Week celebration.
“Syndicate,” a discussion space for topics within the humanities, encourages scholarly inquiry and collaboration while also opening a window to that exchange to anyone interested in following the discussion.
The program creates pathways for students at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution, to pursue graduate studies at UB.
UB historian Gene Zubovich’s new book explores the largely unfamiliar story of this intellectually and politically vibrant faith community, from roughly the 19-teens to the late 1960s.
The study will assess how stimulus funding, the expanded Child Tax Credit and other forms of aid shaped student-mothers’ decisions and participation in higher education.
UB-led study recommends that schools use culturally relevant and Afrocentric policies and practices that better incorporate the identity of Black students in school culture.
The 18th Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar will bring together educators, parents and other professionals to discuss approaches to preventing targeted school violence.
Priscilla Joyner’s life before and after the Civil War provides personal details of the emotional, political, social and familial experiences of someone who traveled what historians now call the long emancipation as part of an extended search for belonging.