Social Sciences

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

  • Overwhelmed by Stress, Sadness or Unexplained Aches and Pains? Free, Anonymous Help Will Be Available on Oct. 9
    9/29/03
    On Oct. 9, the Psychological Services Center at the University at Buffalo will offer, in conjunction with National Depression Screening Day, free, anonymous mental health screenings for a range of common emotional situations that often go undiagnosed and misunderstood, although excellent and proven treatments are available.
  • Studies to Look at Role of Alcohol in HIV Risk in Heterosexual Women, Reducing Drinking-Related HIV Risk in College-Age Women
    9/25/03
    The relationship between drinking and HIV/AIDS in women will be the focus of studies to be conducted under two grants totaling $3.1 million awarded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Additions.
  • Safyer Named Interim Dean of School of Social Work
    9/12/03
    Andrew W. Safyer, associate professor of social work, has been named interim dean of the School of Social Work. He succeeds Lawrence Shulman, who stepped down as dean on Aug. 30 to return to the faculty.
  • How to Ruin a Relationship
    8/21/03
    Squeezing the toothpaste from the wrong end, sneering at her cat or putting the toilet paper roll on backwards can irk your partner no end, even after decades together. But new or old relationships, says a prominent social psychologist from the University at Buffalo, are far more likely to be ruined by one partner's low self-esteem.
  • Social Anxiety Disorder Affects Up to 15 Percent of Children, Yet Often Goes Undiagnosed and Untreated
    7/29/03
    Five to 15 percent of children and adolescents in the United States suffer from a dangerous and disabling emotional disorder that poses a serious impediment to their social, educational and emotional development. It is social anxiety disorder (SAD), a condition that, according to a researcher at the University at Buffalo, is seldom researched, recognized or treated although it is one of the most prevalent and disabling mental disorders of childhood and adolescence.
  • Post-Graduate Certificates in Clinical Supervision, Clinical Practice with Children to be Offered by UB
    7/29/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work will offer two new, intensive training programs for mental-health and human-services professionals during the 2003-04 academic year.
  • UB Students Will Go Door-To-Door to Evaluate Incidence of Autoimmune, Respiratory Diseases
    7/21/03
    The University at Buffalo and the New York State Department of Health are teaming up to conduct a study to investigate the incidence of autoimmune and respiratory diseases in the Bellevue neighborhood of the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga.
  • Conference to Address Latest Evidence-Based Treatments for Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
    6/13/03
    The University at Buffalo and McMaster University of Ontario will present the third biennial Niagara Conference on Evidence-Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Problems from July 24-26 at the Queen's Landing Inn and Conference Resort, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  • Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among Youths Focus of Study
    6/13/03
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions will be gauging the prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents and young adults in a study funded by a new four-year, $1,827,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
  • You Can "Star" in Virtual-Reality Dramas by UB Professor
    6/13/03
    If you've harbored dreams of starring in productions on stage or in the movies, Josephine R. Anstey has an offer that you can't refuse. In fact, she has two offers in the form of virtual, interactive dramas in which you would play the main protagonist.