Background
The Environment and Society Institute (ESI) was established by Provost Thomas E. Headrick in January 1998 to promote interdisciplinary research on environmental problems important to the regional community, function as an environmental clearinghouse for the UB community and the general public, and review and facilitate development of environmental curricula. ESI shares with numerous departments and organized research centers and programs the larger mission of increasing UB's overall strength and prominence in the environmental science and education arena.