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School of Hard Knocks
UB Police Officer Stacy Tuberdyke, BA ’99, (left) and UB adjunct professor Shannon Carlin, PhD ’06, MA ’01, EdM ’99 & BA ’97, square off under their respective monikers—Tuesday Hula and Dr. Dementer—as members of the Queen City Roller Girls.
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The baby whisperer
Celebrated pediatrician offers sure-fire techniques for calming young children
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Strange culture
Visual artist Steven Kurtz rebounds after lengthy legal battle
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Remembering UB’s 13th president
Colleagues, friends and former students recall life of William R. Greiner
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We can row!
Program helps breast cancer survivors bolster strength and spirit
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One vision, three campuses
Historic master plan offers guidelines for UB’s growth and transformation
Profiles
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Gordon Gross, JD ’55
Attorney and philanthropist combines passion for UB with concern for region
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Rosalind Jarrett, BA ’69
Triathlete and Hollywood executive relishes racing on a world level
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Ryan Toohey, BA ’97
Savvy Manhattan consultant serves politicians and corporate clients
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Profiles on Parade
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UB in the News
USA Today interviews UB accounting professor on Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing
An article in USA Today on Eastman Kodak?s bankruptcy filing, which has caused huge cuts to pay, benefits and insurance coverage for retirees and employees, quotes Martha Salzman, assistant professor of accounting and law in the UB School of Management.
NPR interviews UB professor on Pres. Obama?s plan to reduce gun violence
Steven Dubovsky, chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was interviewed live on NPR?s ?Here & Now,? which airs on 170 NPR affiliates nationwide, about President Barack Obama?s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence.
Buffalo News front-page story features UB study on use of stem cells in MS
A front-page story in the Buffalo News reports on a new study soon to be underway at UB and two other upstate medical centers to test a procedure that infuses stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis to repair damage to their central nervous systems. The article quotes Bianca Guttman-Weinstock, co-principal investigator on the study. ?Expectations have to be kept under control,? she said. ?You?re not going to implant stem cells in people and suddenly see them running around.?