Social Sciences

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

  • UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth Changes Name to 'Regional Institute'
    1/17/07
    In a move designed to highlight its regions-focused mission, the University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth has changed its name to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute.
  • Faculty Member's Film Named to National Film Registry
    1/12/07
    A documentary film co-directed by University at Buffalo faculty member Sarah Elder has been added to the prestigious National Film Registry as part of a select group of films that includes "Rocky," "Blazing Saddles" and "Halloween."
  • Audiences Set Lineup for Spring Buffalo Film Seminars
    1/12/07
    The 14th edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars, the semester-long series of screenings and discussions sponsored by the University at Buffalo and the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, will open on Jan. 16 with a lineup of films that has been determined by the series' audiences.
  • The Intermedia Performance Studio to Present "Human Trials" for One Performance Only
    1/12/07
    "Human Trials," a virtual reality drama, will be performed in the University at Buffalo Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 15; the one-time-only performance will be preceded by a reception at 5 p.m.
  • Lakes Have Not Developed Ice Covers This Winter
    1/11/07
    The freeze dates for many small- and intermediate-sized lakes in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest will come later than usual this year, in part as a reflection of continuing global warming, but also because of a stronger-than-expected El Nino phenomenon, says a University at Buffalo limnologist, a scientist who studies inland bodies of water.
  • UB School of Social Work Helps Put Cazenovia Library Online
    12/21/06
    The former Cazenovia Branch Library, closed as a result of the Erie County budget crisis and back in operation as a community resource center thanks to the grassroots efforts of volunteers and state and city lawmakers, is increasing its Internet access thanks to the loan of six computer workstations by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.
  • Kurtz Documentary to be Screened at Sundance
    12/12/06
    A documentary film about Buffalo artist Steve Kurtz, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo, will be among 71 short films to be screened next month at the Sundance Film Festival's 2007 Independent Film and World Cinema Competitions.
  • Study to Examine Alcohol Problems from Sexual Identity Perspective
    12/7/06
    The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded a $579,325 grant to Amy Hequembourg, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions to study the role of gender and sexual identity in alcohol use and victimization.
  • Study Looks at Effects of National Trauma on Americans' Health
    12/6/06
    A study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, has found that people's gender and ethnicity predicted their immediate response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their general state of health over the next two years.
  • Psychologist Receives $4.1 Million in Grants from NIH
    12/1/06
    Understanding of the transition into adolescence and what may promote or mitigate substance abuse in adolescents will be advanced by research conducted by a University at Buffalo psychologist that is being funded by two grants totaling more than $4.1 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).