Social Sciences

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

  • Family Involvement Key to Helping Children Lose Weight and Keep It Off, Says UB Childhood-Obesity Researcher
    5/16/02
    There is hope for parents concerned about their children's health in the wake of a recent Center for Disease Control study showing a disturbing increase in childhood obesity and diseases associated with childhood obesity.
  • Study by UB's Research Institute on Addictions Confirms Link Between Alcohol Consumption, Work Absence
    5/9/02
    Alcohol consumption is predictive of workplace absenteeism on a day-to-day basis, with employees nearly two times more likely than normal to call in sick the day after alcohol is consumed, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • International Education Expert Calls Presidential Directive Restricting Graduate Student Studies "Ghastly"
    5/3/02
    Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the field of international education, today expressed serious concern over a "hidden" directive from President George Bush that, if implemented, would place stricter controls on student visas and bar "certain international students from pursuing education and training in sensitive areas."
  • Marketing Software Puts the "Oral" Back in Oral History
    5/1/02
    A University at Buffalo historian has developed a unique application for a software originally developed for the industrial market-research field that has enormous implications for thousands of audio and video history collections held in archives around the world.
  • UB Human Rights Expert Says Le Pen Success in French Election Signifies Emerging Racism, But Europe Can Handle It
    4/23/02
    Jean-Marie Le Pen's electoral success on Sunday in the qualifying race for the French presidential election, which the London Daily Standard referred to as "the awakening of a vampire," will be "dealt with responsibly by European nations," says a human-rights expert from the University at Buffalo.
  • UB "Pup in a Cup" Study Finds Early Nutritional Modification Permanently Programs Metabolism, Predisposes to Obesity
    4/23/02
    Consuming a milk formula high in carbohydrates during the critical early weeks of postnatal life causes permanent changes in pancreatic islets and leads to overproduction of insulin and development of obesity in adulthood, University at Buffalo biochemists, working with rats, have found.
  • Success of Right-Wing Le Pen in French Presidential Race is a Fluke, says UB Historian
    4/23/02
    The showing of right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the April 21 qualifying race for the French presidential election, which has caused an uproar throughout Europe and in the United States, is a fluke, according to a historian at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB, Bioinformatics Representatives to Travel to Capitol Hill as Part of "UB Day in Washington"
    4/22/02
    The past, present and future of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics will be the topic on April 23 as faculty members, staff members and administrators from the University at Buffalo, as well as center partners and representatives of the Buffalo business community, travel to Capitol Hill as part of UB Day in Washington.
  • UB Launches Nation's First Program to Certify Practicing Pharmacists as Specialists in Treating HIV
    4/18/02
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has launched the nation's first program to certify practicing pharmacists in the management of antiviral treatment for patients with HIV.
  • Homeless Urban Children in Developing Countries Found to Be Healthier Than Expected
    4/10/02
    The rapid increase in the number of homeless children in cities in the developing world is a matter of grave concern, particularly with regard to their physical well-being. A study by a University at Buffalo researcher, however, supports earlier findings that although fraught with danger and poverty, the conditions under which these children live are more optimal for survival than originally thought.