Social Sciences

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

  • The Growing Market for 'War Porn' -- What's Going On?
    5/17/10
    "War porn" -- videos viewed for entertainment that feature gruesome footage of dead American soldiers or the killing of soldiers and civilians in the Middle East wars -- are growing in numbers online, in part, because of the absence of a strong mainstream media presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, says University at Buffalo popular culture expert David Schmid, PhD.
  • Self Directed Behavioral IBS Treatment Rapidly Relieves Even the Most Severe Symptoms
    5/12/10
    Nearly one-third of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who underwent a novel behavior treatment developed by a University at Buffalo behavioral scientist achieved significant relief within four weeks of beginning treatment.
  • Just in time for Mother's Day, UB's Falconcam Goes Live
    5/7/10
    The University at Buffalo Information Technology (IT) wizards who brought you the UB falcon webcam, which was refreshing at intervals of 6 seconds, have now developed a live stream of life in the nest at http://ubfalcon.buffalo.edu
  • How Will BP's Corporate Responsibility Ranking Be Affected by Oil Spill Crisis?
    5/6/10
    A University at Buffalo expert on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is available to comment on how the BP oil spill disaster will affect the company's CSR ranking.
  • Improving Cancer Screening in Minorities with Multiple Diseases is Goal of New $1M Study
    4/28/10
    A University at Buffalo researcher has received a two-year, $1 million Recovery Act grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop a community-based partnership that motivates low-income minorities with chronic diseases to include cancer screening in their medical care.
  • Media Advisory: Designer for Solar Installation on UB North Campus to be Introduced April 22
    4/21/10
    UB President John B. Simpson and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will introduce the winning designer of an innovative solar installation to be constructed on UB's North Campus at event to be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's Clifton Hall, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
  • UB Student A Cappella Group Heading to National Competition in NYC
    4/19/10
    Ask the 13 University at Buffalo students in the award-winning, high-flying, history-making, musical zone-dwelling, universally charming, suddenly famous Buffalo Chips a cappella group whether they now believe the truth of that familiar musical adage: A good song can take you far.
  • Students'' 'Living Wall' Goes Up in Griffis Sculpture Park
    4/15/10
    The Living Wall, a "linear community of pods" comprising 14 full-scale interactive structures created by 100 University at Buffalo architecture students, will be exhibited through Oct. 23 at Griffis Sculpture Park, where visitors climbing on, over and through them will help the students test the functionality of their designs.
  • International artists offer visions for solar installation on UB's North Campus
    4/14/10
    What do a strand of DNA, snow drifts and a terrain of clouds, mountains and ponds have in common? They all provided inspiration for designs submitted by three internationally renowned artists, finalists in a University at Buffalo-sponsored public art competition, for a solar installation to be constructed on UB's North Campus in partnership with the New York Power Authority (NYPA).
  • Tuskegee Study has Little Effect on Blacks' Willingness to be Study Volunteers, Survey Shows
    4/12/10
    The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study has little effect today on the willingness of blacks to take part in medical research studies, researchers involved in a three-city survey conducted as part of the Tuskegee Legacy Project have found.