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Medicare Part D enrollees can learn about strategies to help them save money on their prescription drug plans at a UB event on Oct. 22 on the UB South Campus.

Medicare’s open enrollment period, which runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, gives beneficiaries nearly two months to re-evaluate their prescription drug plans and make a change that could cut their costs by nearly one-third.

Unless the infrastructure is built to support refugees, President Obama's plan is not going to work, says UB's Hilary Weaver.

People feel wronged, and in their minds, the injustices accumulate and they take matters into their own hands, says UB's Nancy Smyth.

Economic well-being for low-income families in the U.S. is often determined by basic requirements for essentials such as food, shelter and clothing, but a new UB study suggests that such a definition is unrealistically narrow.

Medicare Part D provides help to beneficiaries struggling with the cost of prescriptions drugs, but the plan’s coverage gap hits some populations harder than others, particularly African-Americans age 65 and older.

Knowing for sure that this is the flight debris will be vital in helping families gain closure, says UB's Nancy Smyth.

Paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are trained to save lives. But they sometimes enter situations where a dying patient’s end-of-life wishes contradict their professional code.

A group of UB experts and students will hold a panel discussion on ways to strengthen efforts to make the university more accessible to underrepresented communities, and will address topics including access to visiting the university; student expectations; counselor-to-student ratios; and the application and financial aid processes.

Parents who chronically neglect their children contribute to the likelihood that they will develop aggressive and delinquent tendencies later in adolescence, and the one factor that links neglect with those behaviors appears to be poor social skills.

An award winning documentary is coming to Buffalo for a special screening thanks to some teamwork involving the UB School of Social Work and the Amherst Senior Center.