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  • The Chronicle of Higher Education: Prolific inventor improves health and quality of life for millions
    10/18/09
    An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles Esther Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and looks at her work developing batteries for medical devices such implantable cardiac defibrillators, drug pumps and neurostimulators.
  • Indianapolis Star: Prescription information is not really private
    10/18/09
    An article in the Indianapolis Star about the declining privacy of patients' prescription histories quotes Jack Freer, associate director of UB's Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care.
  • New York Times: Building a ballet and filming it
    10/18/09
    An article in Sunday's New York Times interviews Elliot Caplan, professor of media study and director of the Center for the Moving Image, about his documentary, "15 Days of Dance: The Making of 'Ghost Light.'"
  • Wall Street Journal: School of Management Alum to lead SEC fraud branch
    10/16/09
    An article in The Wall Street Journal reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped UB School of Management alumnus Adam Storch to serve as the agency's first-ever chief operating officer of the enforcement division. Storch most recently worked as vice president of Goldman Sach's Business Intelligence Group. His appointment to the SEC also was carried by dozens of other media outlets, including the Associated Press, CBS News, Reuters and the Washington Times.
  • The Hill: Popular candidate running for important office brings out more partisans voters
    10/13/09
    An article in The Hill about the effect state governor's races could have on Senate and House elections in 2010 quotes James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, who said that while the impact is less than in a presidential race, having a popular candidate at the top of the ticket can have a pronounced effect.
  • Los Angeles Times: Thinking like terrorists in order to stop them
    10/12/09
    An article in the Los Angeles Times about efforts by scientists to dream up ways a weapon might be slipped onto an airplane and the figure out how to prevent it quotes Colin Drury, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The article also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News.
  • Yahoo! News: Women's roller derby is a legitimate contact sport
    10/6/09
    An article distributed by the news service AFP about the sport of roller derby in the U.S. quotes Caroline Storms, a UB graduate student in the Department of Sociology. The article appeared on YAHOO! NEWS and the SINGAPORE NEWS.
  • Associated Press: Junior senator treads political minefield
    10/5/09
    James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, is quoted in an article distributed by the ASSOCIATED PRESS about the dilemma facing junior Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has to avoid being sucked down by Gov. David Paterson's historic low approval ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. The article appeared in roughly 100 news outlets around the nation, including THE NEW YORK TIMES, HARTFORD COURANT, MIAMI HERALD and SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE.
  • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: One in 10 wants to have a job, expert says
    10/5/09
    Larry Southwick Jr., professor emeritus of management science in the School of Management, is quoted in the Rochester DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE "ROCnow" publication in an article about a poll to Monroe county residents that indicated the economy is their primary concern.
  • Los Angeles Times: Letterman's damage control is a joke
    10/3/09
    An article in the LOS ANGELES TIMES about David Letterman's admission that he has had sex with women who work for the Late Night show quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said "there are so many of these scandals and they all show some apology or embarrassment, and this guy decided to control the damage by making it into a joke." The article also appeared in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ARIZONA REPUBLIC and NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN.

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