Social Sciences

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

  • Media Briefing: Chilean miners' psychological state to be discussed by UB expert this morning
    10/13/10
    University at Buffalo psychologist and stress expert Michael Poulin will be available to discuss the psychological state of the rescued Chilean miners and the effect this positive news story could have on people worldwide at a media briefing to be held at 11 a.m. today in 209 Park Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • Rural Aging in Place Initiative Focuses on Adirondack Communities
    10/12/10
    Mercy Care for the Adirondacks and the University at Buffalo have helped three communities in New York's Adirondack Mountains develop plans to help older residents "age in place," engaging community volunteers in a grassroots planning process that could serve as a model for other rural communities.
  • Thoughts Matter Immediately after a Breast Cancer Diagnosis, According to UB Study
    9/9/10
    What goes through a woman's mind when she first hears the words, "You have breast cancer"? One in eight women will hear those words at some point in their lives and yet very little research has been conducted about women's thoughts at this early stage before treatment or surgery.
  • Stress Management with Chilean Miners Is a Tricky, But Not Impossible, Business
    9/2/10
    A psychologist and stress expert at the University at Buffalo says research on traumatic experiences pinpoints specific sources of stress that the trapped Chilean miners and their rescuers will need to manage in the weeks and months ahead, and offers ways of dealing with them.
  • Study Describes Birthing Differences in Somali, Sudanese and U.S Women
    8/31/10
    Traditions surrounding childbirth are an intrinsic part of a culture, and when people emigrate and cultures intersect, fundamental beliefs surrounding labor and delivery can collide.
  • Post-Katrina Effects on St. Bernard Parish Police Officers to be Studied
    8/30/10
    A University at Buffalo researcher will spend the next two years studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on police officers who worked during the disaster.
  • What Have Engineers Learned from Katrina?
    8/26/10
    Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, James N. Jensen, PhD, University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, says that probably the biggest lesson learned from that disaster was that municipalities and citizens now take orders to evacuate much more seriously. Jensen was one of six UB researchers that visited the Gulf Coast soon after Katrina hit, as part of a National Science Foundation-funded reconnaissance mission organized by UB's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
  • Our Best and Worst Moments Occur Within Social Relationships, Research Shows
    8/26/10
    In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people and the fulfillment of an urge for social connection.
  • Drug Addicts Get Hooked via Prescriptions, Keep Using 'To Feel Like a Better Person,' Research Shows
    8/20/10
    If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain.
  • Researchers Challenge Myth of the Well-Adjusted Asian American
    8/18/10
    Two University at Buffalo researchers are challenging the "myth of the well-adjusted Asian American," detailing how members of one of the country's fastest-growing ethnic groups face crucial disadvantages preventing them from receiving quality health care taken for granted by other, more culturally assimilated Americans.