Department News
Two sociology undergraduate students have been awarded the 2008/2009 Rachel and Jacob Bernstein Scholarship for Study Abroad. Leslie Cyman and Jessica Keaton will be using the award towards the cost of their trip to London this spring, which is a Study Abroad program organized by Debra Street. This scholarship is made possible through the generous endowment gift from Mr. Richard Seltzer, UB alumnus.
Cindy Cooper, a 2007 PhD graduate, has received the UB Outstanding Recent Alumni Award for this year. Cindy is currently a City of Buffalo Court Assistant Corporation Counsel and, through her dissertation research and media coverage, has become nationally known for her pioneering work holding lenders accountable for abandoned properties. Congratulations Cindy on your outstanding work!
Congratulations to Robert Adelman (PhD University at Albany, SUNY), who was promoted to Associate Professor of Sociology.
Three new faculty joined the department this fall - Assistant Professor Ellen Berrey (Ph.D. Northwestern University), Visiting Assistant Professor Erin Hatton (Ph.D.University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Visiting Assistant Professor Steve G. Hoffman (Ph.D. Northwestern University).
The Department of Sociology, in conjunction with Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society held the first 2008 Sociology Research Poster Competition. Winners were sociology students Lori Glantz (1st place), Patrick Shaver (2nd place), and Brian Kelly (3rd place). For more details regarding the winners and this competition, please visit our Poster Competition webpage.