UB in the News

An article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about a local appearance by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to promote her book, "Going Rogue," quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said part of her popularity is that she says whatever she thinks.

A story broadcast throughout Canada on CTV describes a new therapy to treat multiple sclerosis and reports that researchers from Italy have been working with a UB team led by Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology, to recruit 1,700 adults and children to do detailed analysis of blood flow in and out of the brain. The research also is the subject of an article in the Toronto Globe and Mail, which quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, UB associate professor of neurology, who says if the new treatment is proven correct; it will completely change how MS is thought about and treated. Articles also appear in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Nova Scotia News, Canoe.ca.

An article that tracks editorials about legislative matters in news outlets across the state includes a strong vote of confidence from the Buffalo News for UB 2020 and asks that Assembly leaders get out of the state's way and approve the measure.

An article in Wired magazine on the world's largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul's airport, quotes Michael Constantinou, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering. The article also appears on Reuters.

An article in The Christian Science Monitor about the uproar over the announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she will end her daytime talk show on broadcast television and move over to her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who calls the decision to move from broadcast to cable strictly a business move. She also is quoted in a French-language news site, Cyberpresse in Montreal, and in the Times of London.

An article in The Christian Science Monitor about the uproar over the announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she will end her daytime talk show on broadcast television and move over to her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who calls the decision to move from broadcast to cable strictly a business move. She also is quoted in a French-language news site, Cyberpresse in Montreal, and in the Times of London.

An article on Live Science about the vulnerability of shipping container cranes to damage from even moderate earthquakes reports that to get a better understanding of how container cranes respond during an earthquake, a one-tenth scale model will be tested on UB's shake table.

Fox23.com quotes UB professor of neurology and nuclear medicine, Alan Lockwood, MD, in an article about a "Physicians for Social Responsibility" report on the effects of coal pollutants in which Lockwood is a principle author.

An article in the L.A. Times about increases in fees to University of California students reports that for the first time the UC system's costs for undergraduates would be higher than the average of UB, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia.

L.A. Times health science writer, Jeanine Stein, blogged about the recent UB study on police who work late shifts, and the possibility that this can lead to sleep deprivation and subsequent stroke, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes.