Annemarie Franczyk, associate professor of journalism, has been named a 2024 Faculty Champion by the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont. She was among 38 honorees recognized for helping forge a sustainable future for local news through university-led reporting programs.

CCN Faculty Champions is a national initiative to support the people running local news reporting programs at U.S. colleges and universities across the country. News-academic partnerships have emerged as a critical contributor to the national news landscape and one solution to the crisis facing local news. Dr. Franczyk has been instrumental in forming the Institute for Local News at SUNY.

Steven S. Sypniewski, assistant campus planner and manager of Buffalo State's Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum, has received the 2024 Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional of the Year award from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association (NYSNLA). The award, which recognizes an individual's extraordinary commitment to the green industry, his or her family and community, and the betterment of others through the Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional Program, was bestowed at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York, on August 21. The NYSNLA is a statewide professional trade association dedicated to advancing New York's nursery and landscape industries through promotion of sound business practices supported by education, relationships, and advocacy.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, published the article "Psychache, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study from China" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21 (7): 885. The study's coauthors were Ching Sin Siau, E. David Klonsky, Kairi Kõlves, Jenny Mei Yiu Huen, Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Muhamad Nur Fariduddin, Norhayati Ibrahim, Yee Kee Tan, Cunxian Jia, Jie Zhang, and Bob Lew.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, and coauthor You Yu published their research study "Suicidal Ideation and Related Factors in College Students with Visual and Hearing Disabilities" in the Chinese Mental Health Journal 38 (8): 719-723.

Zhang Jie, SUNY distinguished professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, and Jill Norvilitis, professor of psychology, published their article "Self-Esteem and Depression as Mediators between Social Support and Satisfaction with College" in the Journal of Anxiety and Depression 7 (1): 163. The article's coauthor was Tuozhe Zhu.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, and coauthor Buerzhasala Ha published their research study "Physical Exercise and Life Satisfaction of Urban Residents in China" in the journal Behavior Sciences 14 (494): 1-11.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, and Jill Norivilitis, professor of psychology, published the article "Educational Discrepancy and Its Impact on Couples' Subjective Well-Being in China" in the Journal of Clinical Psychology and Neurology 2 (2):1-6. The article's coauthors were Xiaoning Sui and Jiwen Zhang.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published the article "Religion, Psychological Strain, and Suicidality in China: A Preliminary Study" in the OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 89 (1): 275-291. The study's coauthors were Bob Lew, Yanzheng Liu, Ksenia Chistopolskaya, and Sibo Zhao.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, and coauthors Lulu Zhao and David Lester published their research study "Religion, Religiosity and Health in China" in the journal Suicide Studies 5 (3): 64-74.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of sociology and director of Buffalo State's Center for China Studies, published his research paper "Some Reflections on the Role of Science in Human Civilizations" (PDF, 350 KB) in the Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research 1 (2): 1-3.