UB in the News

An article distributed by Reuters reports that a UB study has found that overweight children and teenagers eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than with a thinner peer. The article quotes Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics, who said the same pattern has been found in adults. The article appears in news outlets that include ABC News and MSNBC.

An article distributed by Reuters Health reports that when asthma and symptoms of depression coexist in children, asthma may become worse, and quotes Bruce D. Miller, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics. The article also appeared on Yahoo! Health and ABC News.

An article distributed by UPI reports people with multiple sclerosis who smoked as little as six months experienced more brain shrinkage than those who never smoked, and quotes Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology.

An article in the Detroit News about the highly buzzed-about sixth season of "Project Runway" quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and an expert on popular culture, who called the switch from Bravo to Lifetime "a perfect fit."

James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, is listed as an information source in an article in the Christian Science Monitor about U.S. political parties since 1900 and how the balance of power has shifted between Republicans and Democrats.

An article in The Scientist reports researchers have created a new glue that may help surgeons reconstruct shattered bone and quotes Bob Baier, executive director of the Industry University Center on Biosurfaces, who was not involved in the research and called the glue, which mimics an adhesive naturally produced by marine worms, "a wonderful advance."

An article distributed by HealthDay reports patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to be at higher risk for brain lesions linked with the disease and for brain shrinkage. The article quotes study co-author Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, associate professor of neurology and director of the Baird MS Center. The article appeared in outlets that include U.S. News & World Report and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

An article in the New York Daily News about the high cost of college textbooks reports a Queens councilman is calling on CUNY officials to create a textbook rental program and that book rental programs are springing up all over the country, including at UB.

An article in the Orlando Sentinel reports the 1958 UB football team was honored in Orlando 51 years after they turned down a bowl bid because of racial discrimination.

An article in The New York Times about textbook publishers who are beginning to rent books to students reports Follett Higher Education Group, which manages more than 850 college bookstores, is starting a pilot rental program this fall at about a dozen of its bookstores, including at UB.