Social Sciences

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

  • UB School of Social Work to Sponsor Workshop on Problem Gambling
    10/13/04
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, in collaboration with the Erie County Department of Mental Health, will present a workshop, "Problem Gambling: A Community Concern," from 1:30-4 p.m. on Nov. 3 in the Butler Auditorium of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, 330 Forest Ave.
  • Are the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox Cursed?
    9/30/04
    Technically speaking, the Chicago Cubs are "cursed," and the Boston Red Sox are "jinxed," according to a renowned anthropologist at the University at Buffalo who studies the origins of cults, superstitions and cultural identities.
  • Monkeys and Humans Form Categories in Strikingly Different Ways, New Research Shows
    9/21/04
    The ability to form categories is a crucial cognitive ability shared by humans and animals. It plays an important role in the way in which humans and animals behave toward objects in their worlds.
  • Message to Parents: Hold Off on Growth Hormone for Short Kids; Their Friends Like Them Just the Way They Are, Study Finds
    9/7/04
    A new study counters the prevailing belief that children and adolescents who are extra short have social adjustment problems and fewer friends than children of average height, challenging one rationale for intervening at an early age with human growth-hormone treatment.
  • U.S. Aerospace Sector Outsources its Own Innovations to Potential Foreign Competitors, UB Study Says
    9/7/04
    Boeing Corp., the only remaining U.S. commercial aircraft manufacturer, is outsourcing the technologies and innovations that once made it the aerospace sector's undisputed global leader, according to a study by two University at Buffalo industrial geographers.
  • Embargo Changed for Study in Pediatrics
    8/31/04
    Because of the Labor Day holiday, the embargo on the study by University at Buffalo researchers on social adjustment in children of short stature that will be reported in the September issue of Pediatrics has been moved to 12:01 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004.
  • Parents of ADHD Children Should Consider Behavioral Therapy before Medication, Says Leading Authority on ADHD Treatment
    8/31/04
    Teachers nationwide say about five percent of children in their classrooms have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and they estimate another 5 percent have ADHD but are undiagnosed, according to a survey conducted by University at Buffalo researchers.
  • Undergraduate Is First UB Recipient of UUP's Eugene Link Scholarship
    8/9/04
    Paul Zarembka, Ph.D., professor of economics at the University at Buffalo, says his former student, Daniel Cross of Hamburg, "is an outstanding student and a human being committed to economic justice, and this award is richly deserved." Cross is the first UB recipient of the annual Eugene P. Link Scholarship presented by United University Professions (UUP), the SUNY-wide faculty/staff labor union.
  • In Buffalo, a "Children's Geography" Reveals How Significantly Kids Impact Their Inner-City Neighborhoods
    8/9/04
    For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much closer to home and University at Buffalo researchers are paying attention.
  • Smyth Named Interim Dean of School of Social Work
    7/29/04
    Nancy J. Smyth has been named interim dean of the School of Social Work effective Aug. 1 by UB Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Satish K. Tripathi.