Social Sciences

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

  • Sensitivity to Rejection Based on Appearance Bad for Mental, Physical Health
    1/25/07
    Three new studies by a University at Buffalo psychologist offer the first known evidence that some people anxiously expect that they will be rejected by others because of their physical appearance, and that this sensitivity, if not mitigated, has serious implications for their mental and physical health.
  • Public Safety Data, Maps Added to Regional Knowledge Network
    1/25/07
    The latest data on violent crime, fire fatalities and alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents in Western New York are among 52 Public Safety variables just added to the Regional Knowledge Network, an online information resource developed by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute.
  • Peradotto's Aeschylus Article Among Best in Past 50 Years
    1/25/07
    "The Omen of the Eagles and the Ethos of Agamemnon," an article by John Peradotto, Ph.D., of Amherst, emeritus SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and former faculty member in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, has been included an anthology of 13 of the most important articles on the Greek playwright Aeschylus published in the past 50 years.
  • Policy Brief Focuses on Public Employment in WNY
    1/22/07
    The Buffalo metro economy is slightly more reliant on public sector employment than that of the United States, but less dependent than New York State as a whole and surrounding rural counties, according to the latest Regional Institute Policy Brief focusing on "The Public Sector in WNY."
  • 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.