First Look
They did it!
In a moment of sheer jubilation, President John B. Simpson and Coach Turner Gill celebrate the UB Bulls’ decisive win over unbeaten Ball State, 42-24, to capture the 2008 MAC Championship December 5 at Detroit’s Ford Field. An elated Warde Manuel, UB director of athletics, looks on.
Photo: Paul Hokanson
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Features
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Probing childhood obesity
Research team investigates a startling epidemic, while pioneering family focused treatments
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The voice of America’s physicians
Nancy Nielsen, MD ’76, presides over the nation’s most influential physicians’ group as AMA president
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Avenues of access
Bevy of programs helps students in need reach higher to carve their part of the American dream
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Thunder of the East
Marching band’s pageantry, passion and precision inspire fans and players alike
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Online Exclusive
Golden airwaves
Celebrating WBFO’s golden anniversary
Profiles
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Joe Freedy, BA ’02
Former Bulls quarterback is ordained to the priesthood
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Louis Slovinsky, BA ’64
Retired executive with Time Inc. is sculptor, painter, author
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Lisa Albrecht, PhD ’84, MA ’75
& BA ’72Scholar, activist and teacher offers an inspiring worldview
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Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, EdM ’01
Community foundation leader draws on her own immigrant story
UB in the News
CTV News
Researchers looking for patients for new treatment for MS
A story broadcast throughout Canada on CTV describes a new therapy to treat multiple sclerosis and reports that researchers from Italy have been working with a UB team led by Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology, to recruit 1,700 adults and children to do detailed analysis of blood flow in and out of the brain. The research also is the subject of an article in the Toronto Globe and Mail, which quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, UB associate professor of neurology, who says if the new treatment is proven correct; it will completely change how MS is thought about and treated. Articles also appear in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Nova Scotia News, Canoe.ca.
The Christian Science Monitor
Oprah following the audience to cable, pop culture expert says
An article in The Christian Science Monitor about the uproar over the announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she will end her daytime talk show on broadcast television and move over to her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who calls the decision to move from broadcast to cable strictly a business move. She also is quoted in a French-language news site, Cyberpresse in Montreal, and in the Times of London.
New York Times
SUNY weighs the value of Division I sports
An article in the New York Times looks at the advantages and disadvantages SUNY schools have encountered as they upgrade their athletic programs to compete with other major public institutions at the Division I level. UB is mentioned as having led the way to Division I in 1991 and the football team played a bowl game for the first time in January, but the path has not been as smooth for other SUNY campuses. The article quotes former UB president William H. Greiner and UB athletic director Warde Manuel.