Social Sciences

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

  • UB Regional Institute Celebrates New Space and New Chapter with Open House in UB Downtown Gateway
    12/15/09
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute welcomed the community to its new space in downtown Buffalo with an open house held Dec. 15 in the UB Downtown Gateway, 77 Goodell Street.
  • UB's First Civic Engagement and Public Policy Research Fellows Named
    12/15/09
    The University at Buffalo has named the first fellows to be funded by the university's Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP) research initiative, one of eight areas identified in the UB 2020 Strategic Plan as the embodiment of a particular tradition of excellence at the university.
  • Media Advisory: UB Regional Institute to host open house
    12/11/09
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute will welcome the community into its new space in downtown Buffalo at an open house to be held December 15.
  • Pro Bono Legal Services Have Increased Dramatically, But Can't Keep Pace with Need
    12/8/09
    A multidisciplinary investigation of the evolving role of pro bono legal services in the United States demonstrates that available private and public resources do not meet the legal needs of Americans of limited means.
  • Formula Can ID Music Industry Payola
    12/8/09
    A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential music corruption and to better target more traditional and much more costly hands-on evidence-gathering.
  • On Campus, Intersession is Prime Time to Conserve Energy
    12/4/09
    With most students headed off campus after final exams, the intersession between the fall and spring semesters provides the perfect opportunity to significantly reduce energy consumption, according to faculty and staff charged with creating and implementing the University at Buffalo's sustainability policies.
  • New Book Offers Rich, Rigorous Exploration of Imagination and the Science of the Mind
    12/2/09
    In a groundbreaking new book, "The Neural Imagination" (2009, University of Texas Press), Irving Massey, PhD, explores the relevance of neuroscience to the study of the arts. Subtitled "Aesthetic and Neuroscientific Approaches to the Arts," the book is concerned with the emergence and significance of neuroaesthetics, an alliance born of the recent and rapid convergence of art and technology.
  • Oprah's Decision to End Show Not a Big Surprise, UB Pop Culture Expert Says
    11/20/09
    Today's anticipated announcement that Oprah Winfrey will end her award-winning show in 2011 marks the end of an era in television, but don't expect her influence to wane, says Elayne Rapping, a nationally known media critic and analyst.
  • Media advisory: UB experts available to discuss Sesame Street, stock market, mass shootings
    11/9/09
    University at Buffalo faculty experts are available to discuss the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, the Dow's climb to its highest point in a year and the shootings in Orlando and at Fort Hood in Texas.
  • 'People of Color' Legal Scholarship Conference Comes to UB
    10/22/09
    The University at Buffalo Law School will host the annual Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (NEPOC) Oct. 23 and 24 in the UB Law School on UB's North (Amherst) Campus. The annual event will bring scholars from around the country together to discuss legal issues and topics of concern to people of color.