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in my OPINION
Can you describe UB in just three words?*
*Question posed in “In My Opinion,” a feature of the monthly electronic
newsletter @UB, a portion of which also appears regularly in UB Today. To
subscribe, go to the Stay Informed tab at www.alumni.buffalo.edu.
Erudite. Principled. Embracing.
Ruth Littner Shaw, BA ’76
Philadelphia, Pa.
Regional crown jewel
Bill Altreuter, JD ’82
Buffalo, N.Y.
Best school ever!
Bethany Mazur, JD ’08 & BA ’05
Amherst, N.Y.
America’s finest university
Gordon Gibson, BA ’57
Orangevale, Calif.
Smart, not smug
Kevin Dipaolo, Friend
Pittsford, N.Y.
Diversity. Research. Success.
Rob Jones, MUP ’08 BA & ’06
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Life-changing experience!
Rebecca Schongar, BA ’06
Albany, N.Y.
Top-notch memories!
Mary Schmid, PMCert ’09, EdM ’97 & BA ’06
Fayetteville, N.C.
Education and friendship!
William Garczynski, BS ’83
Westminster, Md.
Stimulating, nurturing, pioneering
Marilyn Gross, MSW ’79
Downingtown, Pa.
Lifelong meaningful value
Pamela Sweitzer Stone, BS ’90
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Outstanding public education
Martha Krisel, JD ’80
Rockville Centre, N.Y.
My best years!
Susan Wedaa, BA ’94
Denver, Colo.
Best-kept secret
Peter Getoff, MA ’78
Los Angeles, Calif.
Education before Everything
Daniel Motherway, BS ’96
Montclair, N.J.
Quality, quantity, FUN
Shannon Knapp, BA ’87
North Syracuse, N.Y.
Vital, variety, value
Kimberly Neff-Barrett, BS ’91
Liverpool, N.Y.
Home sweet home
Rahul Jain, MS ’10
Raleigh, N.C.
Close to home
Thomas Capo, PhD ’97
Silver Spring, Md.
Invented Those Wings
Alex Roth, BA ’79
Hartsdale, N.Y.
SUNY's Educational Jewel
Matt Jones, BA ’91 & BA ’90
Jamestown, N.Y.
Nurturing Business Owners
Janine Tramont, Friend
Snyder, N.Y.
Challenging, Priceless, Worthwhile
Cindy L. Kailurn, BS ’02
North Tonawanda, N.Y.
Dynamic * Extraordinary * Home
Tim Lafferty, BS’86
East Aurora, N.Y.
UB in the News
USA Today interviews UB accounting professor on Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing
1/17/2013 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 UBSchool of Management.
NPR interviews UB professor on Pres. Obama?s plan to reduce gun violence
1/17/2013 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
1/15/2013 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.?