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  • Playbill: UB professor receives Actors' Equity Foundation award
    5/6/10
    An article in Playbill reports Stephen McKinley Henderson, professor of theatre and dance, has received the annual Richard Seff Award, presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation, honoring a veteran male character actor for the best performance in a supporting role in a Broadway or off-Broadway production. An article also appeared in Broadway World.
  • Broadway World: Theatre professor nominated for Tony Award
    5/5/10
    An article on Broadway World interviews Stephen McKinley Henderson, professor of theatre and dance, about his Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor for his role in the Broadway play "Fences."
  • Sun Chronicle: Anti-Bullying Study Center donor says bullying is child abuse by children
    5/5/10
    An op-ed in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle on the anti-bullying legislation passed in Massachusetts quotes alumna Jean Alberti, who donated funds for a national anti-bullying study center at UB.
  • CBC News: Neurologist cautions people with MS about surgery outside official of clinical studies
    5/5/10
    An article on CBC reports Canadians with multiple sclerosis rallied across the country to demand access to a controversial procedure not available in Canada or covered by provincial health insurance policies, and notes that last month in Toronto, Robert Zivadinov, associate professor of neurology, cautioned people with the disease not to rush to seek the surgical procedure to unblock veins unless it was through official clinical studies.
  • Business First: Land purchase moves UB 2020 forward
    5/4/10
    An article in Business First reports UB has purchased the property at 65 Goodell St. as part of its efforts to increase its presence in downtown Buffalo as defined by the UB 2020 master plan. The Buffalo News also covered the purchase.
  • Christian Science Monitor: Use of weapons for small things is slippery slope, says pop culture expert
    5/4/10
    An article in the Christian Science Monitor about a Philadelphia baseball fan who was tasered Monday night after running onto the field during a game quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies.
  • Reuters: Research shows behavioral therapy can quickly calm IBS
    5/4/10
    An article on Reuters about the effectiveness of behavioral therapy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome quotes Jeffrey M. Lackner, director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The National Post and England's Top News website also carried stories on the study.
  • Live Science: Study shows obesity linked to low testosterone in men
    5/3/10
    An article on Live Science reports a UB study has found that obese men have lower-than-normal levels of testosterone and that risk increases in men with diabetes. The article, which also appeared on MSNBC.com and Yahoo News, quotes Sandeep Dhindsa, a UB endocrinologist, and Paresh Dandona, head of UB's Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
  • Scotland's Daily Record: Study shows having a pet can be health benefit
    5/3/10
    An article in Scotland's Daily Record about the health benefits of having a pet reports that in 1999, UB conducted a study of 48 stockbrokers with high blood pressure, and found that when subjected to challenges designed to increase their stress, the stockbrokers with pets experienced a smaller rise in blood pressure than their pet-less counterparts.
  • Buffalo News: Assembly roadblock to UB 2020 thwarts economic hope
    5/2/10
    An editorial and opinion column in today's Buffalo News supports Assemblyman Mark Schroeder's criticism of Speaker Sheldon Silver for blocking a bill that would free up restrictions and allow UB and other SUNY campuses to become stronger economic engines in their regions. The editorial notes Silver "seems devoted to nothing greater than maintaining the disastrous status quo" and calls the bill "good for upstate." A related column in The Buffalo News and a story on WNED-AM also look at the issue.

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