Social Sciences

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

  • Nancy J. Smyth Named Dean of UB School of Social Work
    12/9/04
    The appointment of Nancy J. Smyth as dean of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work was announced today by UB President John B. Simpson.
  • Award-Winning International Filmmaker Elliot Caplan Joins Media Study Faculty
    12/3/04
    Elliot Caplan's work as a producer, video maker, filmmaker, theater designer and cinematographer is internationally recognized and held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), France's National Museum of Modern Art, Cinematheque Francaise and museums in Taiwan, Germany, Israel and Brazil. Earlier this fall, Caplan added another distinction to his resume -- professor in the Department of Media Study in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Science.
  • Fichte Named Director of Continuing Education in UB School of Social Work
    11/30/04
    Lesa L. Fichte of Kenmore has been named director of continuing education in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo.
  • Risk of Adult Drinking Problems Jumps 12 Percent Per Year as Youths Drink Younger and Younger, UB Study Shows
    11/18/04
    Underscoring the importance of educating children about alcohol use and abuse, research at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has shown that the likelihood of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life increases by 12 percent for each year of decrease in the age at first drink for both men and women.
  • Dig Less, Learn More: Geophysics and GPS Technology Play Important Roles in Excavation of Ancient Roman Fort
    10/22/04
    For centuries, trowels and handpicks have been traditional tools of the trade for archeologists, but a University at Buffalo geophysicist who has been working at an archeological site in Jordan is proposing that some decidedly 21st-century technologies, like tablet PCs equipped with fancy navigational software, ought to be standard gear as well.
  • 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.