The award is given annually to individuals who demonstrate leadership in advancement programs, furtherance of the philanthropic tradition, and public articulation of needs, goals, and issues in education.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Five alumni who have gone on to succeed in widely varied types of practice will be honored as the UB Law Alumni Association confers Distinguished Alumni Awards at its annual dinner on May 9.
A story on NPR featured Jeremy Finn discussing whether lockdown drills in schools are effective. "Research on security measures is in a very sad state," he said.
An article in The Washington Post about reality television and the Top 5 myths about the popular and profitable genre quotes UB psychologists who studied how viewers formed parasocial bonds with Donald Trump when he was host of “The Apprentice.”
An article in National Geographic interviews Jack Tseng about a newly described species that belonged to a giant meat-eating mammal larger than a polar bear and resembling a big lion.
An article in TIME Magazine featured James Coleman Battista discussing legislation introduced in New York State this week that would make President Donald Trump’s state income tax returns public.
“This isn’t even the tip of the iceberg. If you just count the number of people whose data has been compromised within the last year, it is over 350 million people. That is a staggering number."
--Arun Vishwanath, associate professor, on what appears to be one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data involving at least 4 million government workers.
