UB Inclusive News

  • Dental professor puts heart into treating patients with disabilities
    4/1/25

    To Dian Chin Kit-Wells, treating patients with disabilities is second nature, a heartfelt skill she has honed over more than two decades.

  • More conversations about critical issues
    3/24/25

    Inclusive Excellence's Campus Community Conversations series continues in April with sessions on indigeneity and governance, and the Sexual Revolution.

  • Neighborhood chosen for East Side transformation
    3/19/25

    Local stakeholders turned out for a meeting to hear about the neighborhood, why it was chosen and what happens next. 

  • Symposium brings together UB community
    3/7/25

    The Inclusive Excellence Symposium aimed to to foster dialogue, collaboration and innovation around inclusive excellence. 

  • Indigenous Studies launches new home/hub space
    3/7/25

    The space is designed to increase Indigenous faculty and student retention and success, and foster community-building at UB and beyond.

  • An introduction to traditional Indigenous medicine
    3/6/25

    A recent workshop at the Jacobs School aimed to bridge education gaps in medical education regarding Indigenous health care.

  • Reimagining Black Futures
    3/3/25

    Two groups of changemakers discussed their visions at sessions presented by the School of Architecture and Planning.

  • UB Humanities Conference to focus on Black studies
    2/28/25

    The conference will examine how Black studies contributes novel, practical approaches for thinking about and managing global problems.

  • Growing global perspectives for first-year students
    2/25/25

    The U.K. joins Costa Rica as sites for UB"s First-Year Global Experience program, offering more opportunities for students to study abroad.

  • Giving the Gift of Life
    2/24/25

    UB junior Alissa Bowers works to raise awareness about bone marrow and stem cell registries, while encouraging the UB community to help make more of these treatments happen.

  • Gonzalez accepted to SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute
    2/20/25

    The program aims to identify, foster and support Hispanic/Latinx leaders for a diverse university system and nation.

  • Ansell to deliver Beyond the Knife lecture
    2/19/25

    The Chicago physician will discuss “Diversity and Equity in an Age of Denial” at the fifth annual event dedicated to promoting health equity in WNY.

  • Copeland charms UB audience
    2/14/25

    The first Black woman to become principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre told those attending the MLK Commemoration event that it all started with Mariah Carey.

  • UB, MSU invite peers to Remembrance Conference
    2/10/25

    In memory of mass shootings in Buffalo and East Lansing, the medical schools are honoring lives lost by addressing this public health crisis.

  • Teaching Black history through children’s literature
    2/4/25

    The new course takes an innovative approach to introduce the topic to pre-service and in-service teachers.

  • Sharing health information with her Afghan community
    2/3/25

    A strong responsibility to keep her community informed led UB medical student Parveen Attai to organize a presentation on women's health.

  • Promoting data equity for food equity
    1/28/25

    With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a UB team is exploring the connections between data equity and food equity.