Mame-Fatou Niang, a visiting scholar studying Blackness in contemporary France, is teaching a seminar this semester as the Melodia E. Jones Endowed Chair.
Faculty experts weigh in on trending topics. Their views and opinions are based on their expertise and research, and do not represent the official positions of UB.
The prize recently awarded for physiology or medicine recognizes work that builds on research from the lab of UB faculty member Fred Sachs and colleagues.
Social work researcher Wooksoo Kim says the newcomers drive population growth — including Buffalo’s first population gain in 70 years — and improve the quality of life.
Rebecca Chapman, senior assistant law librarian at the Charles B. Sears Law Library, talks about her work that sheds new light on Native American legal traditions.
The new Social Work professor looks at the intersection of the criminal legal system and mental health with an eye toward reducing mass incarceration and improving well-being.