UB in the News

An article in the Albany Times Union's Capitol Confidential blog reports Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced appointees to the three commissions he created earlier this month to develop readiness plans based on the state's experience handling Hurricane Sandy, .

Larry Sanders, professor of management science and systems in the School of Management, was interviewed for a Forbes feature story about his research on Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs).

An op-ed in the Buffalo News by UB President Satish K. Tripathi looks at the role academic research -- including research conducted at UB -- plays in the nation's health, security and economic prosperity.

An article in the Buffalo News reports UB has announced that it has purchased land at 960 Washington St. for $1.2 million, the first of three parcels it is assembling in the area of Main and High streets.

An article in Wired reports on a study by the UB School of Management that found that developers who want to build a loyal fan base should give players more control of their characters.

An article in the Buffalo News reports on the unveiling of the School of Dental Medicine's new "S-miles to Go" dental van

An article in Businessweek reports on UB research of people with an electrical malfunction of the heart led by Anne B. Curtis, chair of the Department of Medicine in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

A column in USA Today about the accuracy of survey research predicting the presidential election quotes UB political scientist James E. Campbell.

A story on WKBW-TV reports on Buffalo's growing high-tech, medical science and research business communities, and notes that UB is playing a role in the local economic transformation, with plans to move the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences downtown.

A story on WNLY-TV, the CBS affiliate in New York City, about volunteers who have traveled to the area to help victims of Hurricane Sandy reports students from the UB School of Nursing used Facebook to coordinate a trip to Long Island to set up medical relief centers for those in need.