Social Sciences

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

  • Regional Institute Marks 10 Years of Playing Major Role in Decision-Making
    10/12/07
    When a coalition of small municipalities from southern Erie County wanted to develop a plan to increase tourism in seven towns and villages, it turned to the Regional Institute at the University at Buffalo.
  • Buffalo's Uncrowned Kings Finally Receive Their Digital Due
    10/2/07
    They include judges, doctors, businessmen and "respectable gentlemen;" one of the famous Tuskegee airman; the proprietor of the 19th century's Hughson House hairdressing saloon, and Vernell Melson, "grandpa" to the neighborhood children on Buffalo's East Side. These are among Western New York's "uncrowned kings," hundreds of men living and dead, who built, led and sustained the local African-American community for the past 150 years
  • Epidemiologist to Discuss Failing U.S. Health-Care System
    9/28/07
    A nationally renowned physician and epidemiologist with an extensive background in health-services research and quality improvement will present the fall lecture of the 2007-08 Buffalo Center for Social Research Distinguished Scholars Series sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.
  • UB Co-Sponsors Exhibition of Cella Collection of Architectural Drawings
    9/26/07
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery are co-sponsoring an exhibition of the famous L.J. Cella collection of drawings by noted artists and architects.
  • Schools of the Future Will Look and Function in Surprising Ways
    9/26/07
    In October, the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning will offer Western New Yorkers an opportunity see and discuss some of the most exciting and beautiful contemporary schools built here and abroad, and to consider the adoption of such inventive architecture by local school districts.
  • UB Regional Institute to Commemorate 10th Anniversary with Symposium on Change
    9/26/07
    The University at Buffalo Regional Institute will mark its 10th anniversary by reflecting on the issue of change -- how it happens, why we resist it and what it means for the Buffalo Niagara region -- at a symposium to be held Oct. 11.
  • Oslo's Noted Young Architect, Craig Dykers, to Lecture at UB
    9/21/07
    Norwegian architect Craig Dykers, one of the most promising young architects in Scandanavia, will present an illustrated lecture of his work Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall on the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus as part of the fall 2007 lecture series presented by the UB School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Regional Institute Releases Policy Brief on Parks Funding in Erie County
    9/19/07
    The Regional Institute's latest Policy Brief, "Governing the Green," examines Erie County's complex parks history and its current struggles to provide adequate support for assets that are at once local and regional.
  • Spirituality Courses Become Part of Medical School Curriculum
    9/18/07
    Along with memorizing body parts and learning to diagnose and treat diseases, medical students in the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are being introduced this fall to a new set of courses incorporating spirituality into their training to become physicians.
  • Lecture Series Set on Addictions-Related Topics
    9/18/07
    The University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions is presenting a fall seminar series on addictions-related topics featuring national experts beginning on Oct. 5. The four-part series is free and open to the public.