Social Sciences

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

  • New Study to Examine Relationship between Anger and Alcohol Abuse
    10/30/08
    Research suggests that alcoholics are more likely to experience emotions such as annoyances, frustrations and anger compared to non-alcoholics. A new study at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will investigate these anger emotions and how they might be addressed in outpatient alcoholism treatment.
  • Regional Institute Nationally Recognized for Its Work
    10/29/08
    For the second year in a row, the University at Buffalo's Regional Institute has received national recognition for its work from the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER), a professional association of research units at public and private universities.
  • Friendship, Not Diversity, More Critical to Team Performance, Research Shows
    10/29/08
    Contrary to popular belief, having a diverse group of people working together is not always the best way to get the job done. What's really important is the level of friendship among the team members -- as long as it's the right level, say researchers who study work teams.
  • First-of-its-kind Podcast Series Gives Social Work Profession a New Voice
    10/28/08
    Provocative conversations with prominent social work professionals. Interviews with cutting-edge researchers. The latest on emerging trends in the social work field. And all available on demand, an iPod or MP3 download away. That's what's playing on "Living Proof," the University at Buffalo's School of Social Work's freshly launched podcast series.
  • History of Madness the Focus of UB Humanities Conference
    10/23/08
    The various histories of "madness" and what the term means today will be the subject of extensive discussion at the University at Buffalo's 2008 Humanities Institute Conference October 31-November 1.
  • Couples with Children with ADHD at Risk of Higher Divorce Rates, Shorter Marriages
    10/21/08
    Parents of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD, the first study to look at this issue in depth has shown.
  • Urban Planner Michael Teitz, 2008 UB Clarkson Chair, to Speak Oct. 29
    10/20/08
    Michael Teitz, professor emeritus of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and 2008-09 Nan and Will Clarkson Visiting Chair in the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning, will deliver the annual Clarkson lecture on Oct. 29.
  • Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Among Police Officers Differ Based on Gender and Work Shift, Study Finds
    10/16/08
    A quarter of female police officers and nearly as many male officers assigned to shift work had thought about taking their own lives, a new study of police work patterns and stress headed by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown.
  • Deathways Open Doors to Unexpected Cultural Practices
    10/8/08
    Cremation, "air burial," grave cairns, funeral mounds, mummification, belief in life after death -- death practices sacred to one culture are often considered "odd" or even terrifying by another. In every social group throughout history, the disposal of the dead has special significance, and ways of death always fascinate those on the outside looking in, says a history professor at the University at Buffalo.
  • Work of UB Scholar Leads to Public Recognition of a Remarkable Life
    10/2/08
    The remarkable story of Jeffrey Brace, an African-born slave who won his freedom after fighting on the side of the colonial army during the American Revolution, might very well have been lost to history but for the work of historian Kari J. Winter, Ph.D., professor of American studies at the University at Buffalo.