Politics

News about UB’s political science programs, and related insight into politics. (see all topics)

  • Experts can discuss Obama’s State of the Union proposals
    2/13/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo experts are available to speak to the media about ideas and proposals that President Barack Obama shared in his State of the Union address, from energy policies to the need to better prepare American students for high-tech careers and increasing the minimum wage. 
  • Former National Security Council director for China to speak at UB Feb. 12
    2/8/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lockport native Paul Haenle, who served as U.S. National Security Council director for China, Taiwan and Mongolian affairs from 2007 to 2009 under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, will visit the University at Buffalo on Feb. 12 to present two talks, both free and open to the public.
  • ‘ObamaCare’ impact to be discussed by UB medical students, residents, faculty, physicians
    2/1/13
    BUFFALO, N.Y. – “It’s going to change everyone’s career and no one is quite sure what will happen.”
  • Media Advisory: U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health to Discuss the Affordable Care Act
    11/15/12
    The Affordable Care Act will be the subject of the J. Warren Perry Lecture that will be presented at the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions on Nov. 16 from 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. by Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Trial Team Includes Decorated Afghanistan War Veteran
    11/2/12
    When third-year University at Buffalo Law School student Christopher Safulko takes his part in this weekend's law school trial team competition in San Francisco, he'll feel the familiar stress to perform under pressure and the adrenaline rush of backing up the others on his team.
  • Obama has Better Leadership Skills, Survey Shows
    10/18/12
    A survey conducted by the University at Buffalo School of Management that evaluated the leadership skills of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney has found that Obama scored significantly better than Romney in most leadership categories and in overall leadership skill.
  • Media Advisory: Former First Lady Laura Bush to Speak at UB Wednesday
    10/9/12
    Former first lady Laura Bush, known as a champion of children's education, human rights and health-care initiatives here and abroad, will speak in the University at Buffalo's Alumni Arena at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, as part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • Campbell Predicts Small Inroads for Democrats in House Elections
    9/17/12
    James E. Campbell, a University at Buffalo political scientist nationally recognized for his highly accurate election-prediction models, says that this year the Democrats are likely to pick up between three and 14 seats in elections for the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Memory of Late Historian and Human Rights Activist Alison Des Forges Honored by UB Scholarship
    9/4/12
    The University at Buffalo has established a scholarship in memory of Alison L. Des Forges, the late historian and human rights activist who was killed in the crash of Continental Flight 3407 near Buffalo on Feb. 12, 2009.
  • Race, Riots and Roller Coasters: Battles Over Segregated Recreation Shaped Civil Rights Movement
    8/23/12
    Victoria W. Wolcott, PhD, associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo, is the author of a new book in which she exposes the legacy of segregated recreation in American cities after World War II. The book, "Race, Riots and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America," out this month from the University of Pennsylvania Press, continues Wolcott's research on the African-American experience in the 20th-century urban North.