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  • Huffington Post covers UB study on alcohol/energy drink mixes and casual sex
    7/27/12
    Mixing alcohol and energy drinks may lead to casual sex among college students in new UB study reported on by Huffington Post.
  • The New York Times featured UB research on the evolutionary history of polar bears
    7/27/12
    A New York Times article featured research led by UB assistant professor of biological sciences Charlotte Lindqvist, PhD, and quoted her about a study that analyzed the whole genomes of polar bears.
  • Buffalo News reports Sen. Schumer backing of $120 million grant for UB materials research
    7/17/12
    The Buffalo News reports on Senator Charles E. Schumer's appearance with UB president Satish K. Tripathi at Barbara and Jack Davis Hall yesterday on the North Campus to announce Schumer's support of UB's application for a $120 million federal grant to pursue materials research within the university's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics.
  • The Economist reports on factors causing a WNY resurgence, namely UB
    6/29/12
    An article in The Economist reports both Buffalo and Rochester are seeing a resurgence, and looks at factors that are contributing to their re-growth.
  • Front page Buffalo News story interviews UB expert on the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform
    6/29/12
    Tom Rosenthal, chair of the UB Department of Family Medicine, was quoted in a front page story in Buffalo News on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's signature health care reform law.
  • The New York Times features UB's June in Buffalo
    6/13/12
    The new York Times featured the June in Buffalo music festival.
  • The Buffalo News puts UB's new CTRC on the front page
    6/5/12
    A front-page article in the Buffalo News about UB's new Clinical and Translational Research Center on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus looks at the types of research that will be conducted there and quotes Timothy F. Murphy, MD, director.
  • Discovery News turns to UB experts about Niagara Falls' conditions for tightrope artist Nik Wallenda
    6/5/12
    Discovery News gets the lowdown on what Nik Wallenda will face when he crosses Niagrara Falls on a tightrope from UB professor, Marcus Bursik, and UB librarian, Christopher Hollister.
  • CNN reports on new tinnitus treatment and asks UB hearing expert for his opinion
    6/5/12
    CNN asks Richard Salvi, director of UB's Center for Hearing and Deafness, for his opinion on new tinnitus treatment.
  • Business First reports that UB is number one choice among WNY's most talented students
    6/4/12
    A story in Business First about which colleges are most attractive to Western New York's top high school students lists UB at No. 1.

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