UB in the News

An article in the Toronto Globe and Mail reports a UB study has shown that when obese women eat the same snack every day, their motivation to eat it increases.

A UPI article reports a business founded by Lani Burkman, a reproductive physiologist in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, offers advanced semen analysis using sperm video transmission online to provide fertility analysis.

An article on Live Science about what governs people's capacity to learn quotes Eduardo Mercado III, associate professor of psychology, whose research indicates that the cortical modules determine cognitive plasticity and changes in the modules may explain why people have different learning capacities as they grow older.

An article in Scientific American reports new research by Jaye Derrick, a postdoctoral associate in psychology, and Shira Gabriel, associate professor of psychology, suggests that loneliness can be alleviated simply by turning on your favorite television show.

An article in the Christian Science Monitor about people's willingness to share intimate details of their life online quotes Michael Stefanone, assistant professor of communication, who says the public purging is a natural extension of the reality television boom of the past decade and people's boundaries of privacy are becoming more relaxed.

An article in the Deseret News about the opening in Utah of the Children's Summer Treatment Program, a therapeutic camp for children with ADHD founded by William Pelham, director of the Center for Children and Families and an internationally recognized expert on ADHD, that uses an elaborate point system to monitor and modify behavior while kids play sports, do schoolwork or simply stand in line.

An article distributed by the AP reports on the Porcupine Freedom Festival, a four-day gathering of supporters of the Free State Project, which advocates less government and more individual freedom. The organization was begun by Jason Sorens, assistant professor of political science, who was quoted in the article.

An article in the Wilmington News Journal about the "birther" movement, whose members question whether President Barack Obama is a native-born American and eligible to serve as president, quotes Joshua Dyck, assistant professor of political science, who said that while there are some die-hard conservatives who truly believe Obama was born in Kenya and not Hawaii, the issue shows how public perceptions can be easily distorted in the digital age.

An article distributed by the Associated Press about the effect declining state budgets are having on class sizes quotes Jeremy Finn, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology and a nationally recognized expert of class size.

An article in Syracuse Post-Standard about the billions of dollars academic researchers are receiving through federal economic recovery act questions whether two years of academic research can make jobs and stimulate the economy reports R. Lorraine Collins, professor of health behavior, is using the funds to study malt liquor and marijuana use.