Social Sciences

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

  • UB Social Work Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    5/19/05
    Seventeen students attending the University at Buffalo School of Social Work received awards during the school's commencement ceremony held on May 14.
  • 3 UB Faculty Members Recognized by SUNY Research Foundation
    5/17/05
    Three University at Buffalo faculty members were among the 52 State University of New York faculty members recognized for their research and scholarship by the SUNY Research Foundation at a recent dinner in Albany.
  • Researchers Help Forest Service Respond to "Roadless" Rule Change
    5/16/05
    The development of geographic information science tools to help rangers and forest scientists determine whether logging or prescribed burning is the best way to reduce the fuel load to mitigate the risk of devastating wildfires is the goal of software-development work being done in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service by Chris S. Renschler, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo.
  • UB School of Social Work to Co-Sponsor First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
    5/9/05
    Mental-health professions representing a variety of fields will gather in Buffalo June 16-18 for the First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, the first interdisciplinary conference devoted to clinical-supervision theory, practice and research.
  • Computer Test for Specific Maladaptive Traits Offers Hope for Clearer Diagnosis, Treatment of Personality Disorders
    5/2/05
    A new version of a reliable and well-regarded dimensional test for personality disorders developed by a University at Buffalo researcher and clinician may lead to clearer diagnosis of personality disorders and point toward more precise and specific treatment plans for the more than 31 million Americans affected by them.
  • UB Architecture Student Named Tradewell Fellow in Medical Planning
    4/29/05
    The Houston-based architecture and interior design firm of Watkins Hamilton Ross (WHR) has announced that Shouvik Chakaborty, a Bombay native and graduate student in architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has received the firm's prestigious 2005-06 Tradewell Fellowship in Medical Planning.
  • UB Department of Media Study to Offer Summer Workshop on "The Poetics of Movement"
    4/29/05
    The University at Buffalo Department of Media Study will offer a hands-on, two-week intensive workshop to teach filmmaking and digital arts as collaborative tools for exploration of movement.
  • UB Conference to Gather Leaders in "Computational Anatomy"
    4/7/05
    Some of the leading figures at the forefront of the new field of "computational anatomy" will be at the University at Buffalo next week to attend a conference titled "Mapping the Human Body: Spatial Reasoning at the Interface Between Human Anatomy and Geographic Information Science."
  • Group Therapy Helps Car-Accident Survivors Deal with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
    4/1/05
    Working with survivors of terrible and sometimes nightmarish car accidents, University at Buffalo psychologist J. Gayle Beck has developed a new group-therapy treatment program for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their accidents.
  • Top National Honors from the American Planning Association Go to Projects Developed by UB for the Buffalo Community
    3/31/05
    The American Planning Association this week honored two recent University at Buffalo-City of Buffalo projects with its top annual awards, including the 2005 Best Student Project Award, at its annual conference in San Francisco.