UB in the News

An article in the Wall Street Journal reports on research conducted by Mark Seery, assistant professor of psychology, that showed that people who had experienced a few adverse events in their lives reported better mental health and well being than people with a history of frequent adversity and people with no history of misfortune. "So much of the existing literature shows that having experience with a negative life event is bad, with negative effects on mental and physical health," he said. "But we've found that that is not the whole story, and that people are more resilient in general than we may think." An article on his research also appeared in the Allentown Morning Call's Lehigh Valley Health blog.

An article in the Toronto Globe and Mail looks research conducted by UB marketing student Satheeshkumar Seenivasan and others that found that consumers who use debit or credit cards to pay for food are more likely to make impulsive purchases of unhealthy products. The study, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, suggests that there may be a connection between rising obesity and the increased use of paying by plastic in America. Consumer Affairs, The Medical News, PhysOrg, England's Daily Mail and Telegraph newspapers and the South Asian news service ANI also reported on the study.

A story on Wired reports that a recent UB study of personality and social psychology offers scientific evidence to prove the old adage: "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger." Articles also appeared in England's Express newspaper; Futurity, WKBW-TV, Medical News Today, PhysOrg and Science Daily also report on the study; and the South Asian news service ANI distributed an article on the research.

An article on The Architect's Newspaper Blog reports on Dennis Maher's installations, Animate Lost/Fount Matter in the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo and "End Wall" in Brooklyn's Black & White Gallery/Project Space. Inhabitat also reported on the installations.

An article in the Wall Street Journal reports on research conducted by Mark Seery, assistant professor of psychology, that showed that people who had experienced a few adverse events in their lives reported better mental health and well being than people with a history of frequent adversity and people with no history of misfortune. "So much of the existing literature shows that having experience with a negative life event is bad, with negative effects on mental and physical health," he said. "But we've found that that is not the whole story, and that people are more resilient in general than we may think." An article on his research also appeared in the Allentown Morning Call's Lehigh Valley Health blog.

An article distributed by the Associated Press about efforts to clean contaminated water at the West Valley Demonstration Project reports a trench is being dug and filled with 2,000 metric tons of zeolite, shipped form an Idaho mine, which tests by UB researchers showed will work like a home water softening system to significantly lower contamination levels. The article appeared on CBS New York, USA Today and the Buffalo News.

An article on Wired Science about the success of the Large Hadron Collider quotes Ulrich Baur, professor of physics, whose theoretical predictions laid the groundwork for new research done there. "You really see the power of the Large Hadron Collider coming in here," he said.

An article on Wired reports on work by Randall Dipert, C.S. Peirce Professor of American Philosophy, on the lack of boundaries and protocols that set the standards in international law for how cyberwar can and cannot be waged. Articles also appeared on Futurity, Newsroom America, Science Centric, Science Daily and UPI.

A story distributed by the Associated Press reports UB alumnus Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been named to serve as the next prime minister of Somalia. Articles on his appointment also appeared in the Boston Globe and Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Local coverage of his appointment aired on WBFO-FM, WKBW-TV, WNED-AM, WIVB-TV and in the Buffalo News.

Research on the upcoming midterm election by James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, that predicts a 51- or 52-seat gain for Republicans was included in the Washington Post's Economic and Domestic Policy blog.