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UB School of Social Work to Hold Seminar on Problems of Aging
4/25/12
The University at Buffalo School of Social Work will hold a seminar from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 26, at the Weinberg Campus, 461 John James Audubon Pkwy., Amherst, to look at the development of a "one-stop shop" to care for the sick and elderly.
After the Catastrophe: UB School of Social Work Students Help Victims Pick Up the Pieces as Red Cross Disaster Action Team Members
3/21/12
Imagine for a moment that it's cold and dark; you're huddled together with your family in front of your house, having just watched it burn to the ground. You have ash in your hair, smoke in your lungs and every possession you own was just incinerated.
UB Makes Four-Year Graduation Pledge to Incoming Freshman Students
2/16/12
University at Buffalo Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Bruce D. McCombe today announced the launch of a new program, Finish in 4, which pledges to provide entering UB freshmen with the academic resources they need to graduate in four years.
Struggle and Hope for Pakistan's Women: Activists Challenge Gender Violence
2/1/12
An active and forceful grass roots movement committed to expanding democratic freedom for women is essential to curbing the dramatic and widespread violation of women's rights in Pakistan, a University at Buffalo School of Social Work researcher has concluded.
UB's Krause to Help Choose Leadership in County Executive's Transition Team
12/21/11
Denise Krause, clinical professor and associate dean for community engagement and alumni relations in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, has been named to the health and human services subcommittee of County Executive-elect Mark C. Poloncarz's transition team.
Giving Elderly Immigrants Easy Access to Medicaid is in Everyone's Best Interest
11/15/11
With health care, the national deficit and immigration all serving as current hot-button political issues, one University at Buffalo professor has found a viable way to both save money and provide health care for elderly immigrants.
Social Workers in Cyberspace: School of Social Work Pursues a Vision for the Profession's Digital Future
11/8/11
From text messages to making appointments online to the mysterious avatar alter egos in Second Life, Nancy Smyth would like to see social workers comfortable with all the tools in cyberspace in order to do their real work -- making a difference in people's lives -- in a digital age.
UB's Smyth to Give Keynote Speech at Social Workers Conference
11/2/11
Nancy J. Smyth, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, will give the keynote speech at the annual New York State Social Workers Association Conference Nov. 3-5 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo.
From Healing to Hospice: UB Social Work Researcher Adding to the Shift Toward a Good and Compassionate Death
7/19/11
University at Buffalo School of Social Work Professor Deborah P. Waldrop has seen people die. Too often, their lives have ended in pain and despair, spending their final days in an alienating institutional environment, just another patient in an impersonal progression that leads to what she calls "reciprocal suffering" for families who also watch their loved ones die.
American Basic Economic Security Much Different than 'Poverty Line,' UB Researcher Says
4/22/11
A University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor is helping redefine the country's definition of being poor with research that shows the dramatic difference between achieving "basic economic security" and the federal government's "poverty line."
UB School of Social Work Achieves Cyberspace Milestone
1/26/11
The University at Buffalo's School of Social Work has recorded its 100,000th download to its "Living Proof" podcast series, a milestone the school's dean calls "a sign UB's School of Social Work's entrance into cyberspace is here to stay."
Caregiver Support Groups Lowered Care Costs for Veterans with Dementia Short-term; Savings Lost by 12 months
12/30/10
A telephone-based group education and support intervention provided to spouses of veterans with mild to severe dementia saved an average of $2,768 per patient over six months compared to "usual care," a study conducted by a University at Buffalo researcher has show. However, those savings dissipated during the following six months and by the one-year assessment the savings were lost.