Social Sciences

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

  • Alcohol Consumption and Marriage: A Good Mix?
    6/6/01
    Alcohol's impact on marriage -- for better or for worse -- is the focus of a study being conducted by a research scientist at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) under a new $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
  • 12-Hour ADHD Drug as Effective as Thrice Daily Doses
    6/4/01
    A new 12-hour formulation of the most commonly prescribed drug for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has proved to be as effective as the standard three-times-a-day dosing regimen, a clinical trial conducted by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • Listening to Music of Choice During Outpatient Eye Surgery Lowers Patients' Cardiovascular, Emotional Stress
    5/24/01
    Older adults who listened to their choice of music during outpatient eye surgery had significantly lower heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac work load than patients who did not listen to music, a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Want Your Child to Eat Broccoli? Try a Dash of Sugar
    5/23/01
    College students can be taught to like cauliflower and 5-year-olds to drink grapefruit juice. It can be accomplished through flavor-flavor learning and all it takes is a sprinkling of sugar, says Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Ph.D., University at Buffalo provost and professor of psychology, who studies the origins and development of taste preferences.
  • UB Center for Students Suspended for Violence Having Impact on Participants' Attitudes, Self-Esteem
    5/16/01
    Since it opened last Nov. 15, the V.I.S.A. Center has provided roughly 200 students who have been suspended from the Buffalo Public Schools for acts of violence a safe, weapon-free environment where they can feel comfortable expressing themselves. And even the toughest-acting students seem to be finding something they need there.
  • Teams of UB MBA Students Help Town of Amherst Move Toward E-Government Applications
    5/8/01
    Working with officials from the Town of Amherst and representatives from EDS, teams of University at Buffalo MBA students are developing e-commerce applications designed to streamline town services and generate cost-savings for governmental operations.
  • Investigator of Neurotransmitters' Role in Male Sexual Functioning Receives $1.5 Million NIMH Grant
    4/30/01
    New understanding of the mechanisms of sex differentiation could result from research in the neuropharmacology of sexual behavior being conducted at the University at Buffalo.
  • Book by UB Vice Provost Celebrates Pan-American Exposition
    4/19/01
    A University at Buffalo administrator has recaptured the vibrancy and innovation of the Pan-Am Exposition in his book, "The Rainbow City: Celebrating Light, Color and Architecture at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo 1901."
  • Schools of Social Work, Management Receive Oishei Foundation Grant to Bolster Skills of Non-Profit Agencies
    4/18/01
    The University at Buffalo is bolstering its ties with the community with the formation of an institute that will strengthen the planning and management skills of local not-for-profit agencies. Funded by a $190,000 grant from The John R. Oishei Foundation, the UB Institute for Non-Profit Agencies will work with the management of local health and human-service agencies to train and certify executives, managers and staff in program planning, development, management, supervision and evaluation.

  • International Financier, UB Alumnus Brun Pledges $1 Million to UB School of Social Work
    2/13/01
    An international investment advisor who used his University at Buffalo degree in social work to build a $32 billion business, Leslie A. Brun is pledging $1 million to the UB School of Social Work.