Recent News

  • Yulin Yang wins dissertation award
    11/30/23
    The winner of UB's 2023-2024 Outstanding PhD dissertation award is Dr. Yulin Yang for her dissertation “Chronic Pain and Social Relationships among midlife and Older Adults in the United States.” Yulin Yang was a graduate student in the Sociology Department and received her Ph.D. from UB in 2020. 
  • CAS to offer online master’s degree in criminology
    2/7/23
    The Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, is now accepting applications for fall 2023 for enrollment in a new, fully online master’s degree program in criminology. read more about our degree in criminology
  • Celebration of Academic Excellence Features Sociology PhD Students
    5/1/22
    Three Sociology PhD students were selected to present posters of their research at the 2022 Celebration of Academic Excellence, an annual recognition of student excellence. 
  • PhD Students Awarded Research Community Grant
    4/17/22
    Two Sociology PhD students were awarded a Graduate Student Research Community Grant from UB's Office of International Education! 
  • PhD Students Win Teaching Award
    4/23/22
    Congratulations to PhD students Julia Schoonover and Srushti Upadhyay, who each won the 2022 Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award from the UB Graduate School. This is a very competitive award given to instructors who go above and beyond UB's already-high standards and truly demonstrate excellence in every aspect of teaching. Fewer than 1% of graduate student instructors receive this award! 
  • Dr. Chris Mele Co-Organizes Environmental Justice Conference
    3/26/22
    Mark your calendars for April 22-23 to join Looking Back, Moving Forward, a 2-day virtual conference co-organized by Professor Chris Mele, critically examining the past, present, and potential future roles of the law and legal strategies to advance environmental justice policy and action.
  • New Podcasts Featuring UB Sociologists!
    2/6/22
    Faculty and graduate students from UB Sociology have been featured on a variety of recent podcasts. Check out their episodes to learn more about their interesting research!
  • UB Faculty win Early Career Fellowships
    2/6/22
    Congratulations to Dr. Yige Dong and Dr. Joanna Pepin, who recently won Early Career Fellowships!