Social Work International Study Fund

International Study Fund.

Support the Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement through this fund.

The Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement (ISGE) promotes and supports global engagement, collaboration and professional action among social work faculty, students, graduates and staff. 

Housed within the Buffalo Center for Social Research, ISGE brings together researchers and faculty with common interests, facilitating collaborations in research and expanding and developing educational and service opportunities that foster global engagement and rights based approaches to alleviating pressing social and economic challenges.

The Institute’s activities include:

  • Free training and resources on cultural competence, cultural humility, recognizing bias and countering microaggressions
  • Cross-national research projects
  • Globally focused research that advances trauma informed and human rights perspectives
  • International scholarly exchanges and teaching collaborations
  • Training in cross-cultural competence and cultural humility
  • Hosting special events focused on global social welfare and human rights
  • International fieldwork, study abroad and service learning
  • Advocacy

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News from the School of Social Work

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    Linda Edelman, BS ’66, PharmD, leaves a generous bequest.
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    Sara Andrew wanted to help fellow veterans reintegrate after returning home. Her attitude, determination, and generous funding from donors let her achieve that goal.
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    Social work and management students collaborate to tackle pressing social problems.
  • Close Family, Bold Legacy
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    For David Herer, CEL ’90, family is everything—it’s in the history of his company, the inspiration for his community involvement and the legacy he’s leaving at the UB School of Management.
  • Honoring Lifelong Friendship
    5/10/20
    The University at Buffalo School of Management announces one of the largest cash gifts in the school’s history that will create the Kenneth W. Colwell Chair in Accounting and Law.