Social Sciences

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

  • UB Part of Demonstration Project Developing Model Pediatric Palliative-Care Programs
    3/6/02
    In response to concerns that the American health-care system offers almost no palliative care for terminally ill children, psychologist James Donnelly, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo, is conducting an assessment of the palliative-care needs of terminally ill children and their parents. The needs assessment will be conducted, in part, through brainstorming sessions over the World Wide Web between palliative-care workers, medical personnel and patients' families.
  • A Breach of Trust: Enron Case Will Cause Some Americans to Question How Much They Trust Their Employers
    1/23/02
    In the wake of the Enron debacle, many Americans will begin to question how much they trust their employers, says a University at Buffalo School of Management professor who researches the development and consequences of trust in the workplace.
  • UB to Host Meeting of Physical Anthropologists in April
    1/11/02
    Primate evolution, Neanderthal life and the interpretation of human bone will be among the enormous array of topics to be covered April 9-13 when the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA), the largest association of physical anthropologists in the world, meets in Buffalo for the organization's 71st annual conference.
  • Publication by UB Professor and Alumnus Receives National Award from Council of Editors of Learned Journals
    1/11/02
    CR: The New Centennial Review, the theoretically inflected interdisciplinary journal of the Americas, has received the Council of Editors of Learned Journals' (CELJ) Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement for 2001.
  • UB Historian's Book Named One of Year's Best by Major Publications, American Historical Association
    1/8/02
    An award-winning book by University at Buffalo historian Jorge Canizares-Esguerra examining the emerging identities that shaped the Western hemisphere has been cited as one of the best books of the year by three important international publications and has received two prestigious national awards from the American Historical Association (AHA).
  • Trauma Memories Increase Drug Abusers' Craving
    1/3/02
    Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases craving in drug abusers diagnosed with both conditions, confirming the need to treat the conditions simultaneously, the first laboratory study of the two disorders has shown.
  • UB Study to Examine Buffalo Teens' Attitudes Toward Reproductive Health Care
    12/13/01
    Researchers from the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo are conducting a study to learn what is preventing teen-age girls in Buffalo -- which has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in New York State and one of the highest in the nation -- from taking advantage of area reproductive health services.
  • Study Finds Strong Association Between Problem Drinking and Gambling, with Risk Increasing 23-Fold
    12/13/01
    Problem drinkers are 23 times more likely to have a gambling problem than individuals who do not have an alcohol problem, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • $700,000 HUD-Funded Initiative Takes Aim at One of Buffalo's Most Distressed Neighborhoods
    12/5/01
    One of Buffalo's most distressed and physically degraded inner city neighborhoods is the target of a new "healthy homes" demonstration project to be administered and operated by the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Nursing Researcher Studies Why Few People Take Charge of Their End-of-Life Medical Decisions
    11/30/01
    Why are so many people willing to relegate important medical decisions to strangers? That is the question a University at Buffalo nurse-anthropologist is attempting to answer in a study on medical advance directives funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.