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  • New York Times: Student fees, university subsidy accounts for 66 percent of UB athletic revenue
    11/18/09
    An article in The Quad, The New York Times' college sports blog, looks at the role that student fees play in the athletic budgets of SUNY research universities, and reports that at UB, 66 percent of athletic revenues come from student fees and the university subsidy.
  • BusinessWeek: Accounting professor discusses federal task force efforts to target Financial Fraud
    11/17/09
    Ron Huefner, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Management, was quoted in BusinessWeek in an article on a federal task force aimed at investigating and prosecuting financial fraud.
  • UPI: Research shows that M.S. in kids is less disabling but causes more disease activity
    11/17/09
    A UPI article reports on research conducted at UB that shows that despite being less disabling, multiple sclerosis in children causes more disease activity; the article quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, associate professor of neurology.
  • New York Times: SUNY weighs the value of Division I sports
    11/16/09
    An article in the New York Times looks at the advantages and disadvantages SUNY schools have encountered as they upgrade their athletic programs to compete with other major public institutions at the Division I level. UB is mentioned as having led the way to Division I in 1991 and the football team played a bowl game for the first time in January, but the path has not been as smooth for other SUNY campuses. The article quotes former UB president William H. Greiner and UB athletic director Warde Manuel.
  • New York Times: UB photographer says a rephotograph lifts the illusion that time stops
    11/13/09
    UB's Doug Levere, photographer in University Communications, is quoted in a New York Times article about the changing urban landscape of New York City.
  • USA Today: Government downsizing may result in a dangerous concentration of power, expert says
    11/13/09
    An article in USA Today about efforts in Western New York to downsize local governments and the wave of national frustration over big government that was illustrated this year by raucous town-hall style meeting over health care reports a study by UB's Regional Institute concluded that if every municipality in Erie County cut two legislators, the savings would be "negligible," less than $4 per person a year in most cases. The article quotes Kathryn Foster, director of the Regional Institute.
  • Utica Observer-Dispatch: Layoffs and cuts at small liberal arts colleges no surprise, education expert says
    11/11/09
    An article in the Utica Observer Dispatch about cuts being made by Utica College to trim $1.3 million from the school's $50 million operating budget quotes D. Bruce Johnstone, University Professor Emeritus in educational leadership and policy, who said layoffs and cuts could be the sign of things to come in higher education, especially if the state cuts funding to SUNY institutions.
  • KCSN-88.5 FM: Researcher interviewed on decision making for women with breast cancer
    11/11/09
    NPR affiliate KCSN-88.5 FM in California interviewed UB assistant professor of nursing, Robin Lally, PhD, about her research on decision making for women with breast cancer. The interview is not available online.
  • Top Cancer News: Positive attitude increases survival rates in women with breast cancer, expert says
    11/11/09
    Top Cancer News reports on breast cancer research and the decision-making process of women who suffer from breast cancer. Robin Lally, assistant professor at the School of Nursing, is quoted and says, "one of the most important discoveries of her team's research was the fact that they observed that women felt more positive and courageous in having the capability of deciding which treatment suited them better."
  • New York Daily Record: Intellectual property expert discusses Supreme Court patent case
    11/10/09
    An article in the New York Daily Record reports the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a closely watched case over what types of inventions are patentable, and quotes Mark Bartholomew, associate professor of law and an expert on online intellectual property issues.

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