The relationship between UB’s three campuses and the surrounding city neighborhoods will be the topic of the next installment of UB’s Difficult Conversations series.

The session, “The University & The City: Segregation, Gentrification & Representation in Buffalo,” will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. April 24 in 301 Crosby Hall, South Campus.

Panelists include Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning and founding director of UB’s Center for Urban Studies; Jessica Coley, a graduate student in sociology and the 2018-19 Graduate Student Association president; and a representative of PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing) Buffalo.

Topics to be discussed include the impact of UB’s expansion on city housing, whether UB helps or hinders community organizing, and the demographics of the university compared to the city of Buffalo.

The Difficult Conversation, or DifCon, series aims to bring faculty, staff and students together to address critical issues and explore various viewpoints to provide new perspectives and deeper understanding on sensitive topics.