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  • CTV: Understanding health info a challenge for those born deaf
    10/23/11
    A story on CTV interviews Lance Rintamaki, a health communication researcher, for a story about the difficulties Canadians born deaf have communicating with medical providers and obtaining health information over the Internet.
  • Chronicle of Higher Ed: Art prof takes her students to draw cadavers
    10/23/11
    The Chronicle of Higher Education profiled Joan Linder, an assistant professor of visual studies, in the newspaper's "5 Minutes With" column.
  • The Guardian: Surgeons who listen to music more relaxed, better at their job
    9/26/11
    An article in England's The Guardian reports on a new study that found that surgeons who listen to music while they work are more relaxed and better at their jobs, and cites an earlier UB psychology study that found that listening to music, especially music of a surgeon's own choosing, led to decreased stress and increased performance.
  • Buffalo News: $40 million donation to medical school "an incredible gift" for UB
    9/26/11
    An editorial in the Buffalo Newscalls last week's $40 million anonymous donation to the medical school "an incredible gift" that will allow UB to attract top-notch doctors and scientists, as well as provide scholarship funds for students. "It all sounds like the perfect formula for raising the medical school's reputation," the editorial notes.
  • Buffalo News: Wilson donation a boost for athletes, UB, community
    9/24/11
    An editorial praises the $1 million gift from Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson and his wife, Mary, to the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, noting it will not only help elite athletes continue their careers, but will also benefit average members of the community, as well as support new research and educational programs.
  • Syracuse Post Standard: Pharmacy dean discusses popularity of flu shots at drug store
    9/22/11
    An article in the Syracuse Post Standard about the growing popularity of offering seasonal flu shots at pharmacies quotes Wayne Anderson, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • SmartMoney: What NFL coaches and investors have in common
    9/22/11
    An article in SmartMoney reports on new research by Jun Zhuang, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, that suggests National Football League coaches struggle with a behavioral mistake also common to stock market investors: they focus so intently on not giving up ground that they gain less of it than they should. The research was published in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
  • Academic Minute: UB researcher examines evidence for and against a sibling universe
    9/22/11
    On Today's Academic Minute, broadcast by WAMC in Albany featuring professors from top institutions around the country, William Kinney, associate professor of physics, examines evidence for and against the existence of a sibling universe.
  • Buffalo News: UB receives record $40 million gift from anonymous donor
    9/21/11
    A story on the front page of the Buffalo News reports an anonymous donor who graduated from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during World War II has bequeathed to the medical school $40 million, the largest donation to UB by an individual.
  • Huffington Post: Education prof quoted on high-achieving students and motivation
    9/21/11
    An article on the Huffington Post about policies such as the federal No Child Left Behind act causing high-achieving students to lose momentum quotes Jaekyoung Lee, associate dean for academic affairs in the Graduate School of Education.

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