Social Sciences

News about UB’s social sciences programs, including anthropology, psychology and social work. (see all topics)

  • Study: Inflammation drives social media use
    8/17/23

    Understanding and identifying when and why people use social media can inform intervention strategies that teach people when to seek connections, social support, or strengthen their offline relationships.

  • Media Advisory: NYS Assemblywoman/UB alum Latoya Joyner to make UB law clinic funding announcement 10 a.m. Wednesday
    8/15/23

    Joyner, who represents portions of The Bronx and surrounding communities, earned a JD from UB in 2012.

  • Study: Music can help people learn a second language
    7/28/23

    People with musical training — whether instrumental or vocal — are better at imitating pitch than someone without that training.

  • Study: Pain risk varies significantly across states
    7/7/23

    The risk of joint pain is over three times higher in some states compared to others, with states in the South having particularly high prevalence of joint pain.

  • Study: Academic fields valuing ‘brilliance’ less welcoming to women
    6/22/23

    Review of CVs shows fewer women enter and more leave these fields, a pattern that is explained in part by gender-based prejudice.

  • UB study finds that cliffhangers keep audiences…[to be continued]
    6/15/23

    Study suggests these popular narrative conclusions are not necessarily a buzzkill when compared to endings that have either the hero or the villain coming out on top.

  • Don’t worry, be happy? It’s not that simple, according to UB research
    5/26/23

    New UB research suggest that people’s beliefs about happiness matter in shaping their everyday goal pursuits and well-being. 

  • UB students to hold crowdsourcing event for community organizations
    4/25/23

    Buffalo Soup, the first crowdfunding event of its kind in Western New York, is set for May 3 at Thin Man Brewery.

  • Study explores how QAnon went from fringe to mainstream on Twitter
    4/4/23

    QAnon’s journey from a fringe phenomenon in 2017 to a mainstream presence on Twitter represents an evolution that arrived by tapping into an interconnected media system.

  • Free talk explores the hidden bias of our AI-assisted world
    2/14/23

    At the Buffalo Museum of Science on Feb. 18, scholars will discuss the ethical and social justice implications of AI.