UB in the News

An article in the Fresno Bee about the lack of reasonably priced supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in the San Joaquin Valley reports a UB study concluded that prices at corner markets are on average 15 percent higher than at supermarkets.

An article on MarketWatch about mistakes unemployed workers should avoid making in their job searches quotes Judith Applebaum, director of career services.

An article on PsychCentral.com reports a new research study conducted at UB using an animal model shows that short-term or acute physical stress may enhance learning and memory. The research also was the subject of an article distributed by IANS News Service.

An article in the Dot Earth blog in The New York Times reports UB is among more than 100 schools, student groups and nonprofit organizations that have signed a letter pressing the Senate to provide money President Obama has sought for his Re-Energyse program, which is aimed at building the intellectual capacity to transform the nation's energy system.

An article distributed by UPI reports a study by Bruce Miller and Beatrice Wood, professors of psychiatry and pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has shown that stress and depression may cause asthma in young people to worsen.

An article distributed by Health Day News reports normal-weight and obese women respond to high-energy, high-density snacks differently and quotes Jennifer Temple, assistant professor of exercise and nutrition science, who conducted a study that found that "food reinforcement," the term researchers used to describe motivation to eat, decreased in non-obese women who were asked to consume their favorite snack for days at a time. the article appeared in news outlets throughout the nation, including the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Yahoo! Health.

An article in the Los Angeles Daily News about a local resident who lost nearly 100 pounds in order to join the Army and pursue his career dream of joining the FBI reports a UB study showed that about one in six young Americans is heavy enough to fail the weight requirements for all four military services.

An article on Daily Kos looks at the name letter effect, which holds that people are more likely to live in a city that shares the first letter of their name, and reports the effect was demonstrated by Brett Pelham and other researchers at UB.

An article on Inside Higher Ed reports on a podcast featuring SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher discussing the need to promote a more cohesive vision for the university system and for its ties to the City University of New York and to the state's many private colleges.

A story on KCIT-TV in Texas about the growing number of young people who are compulsive gamblers, particularly in the Internet, reports that three-quarters of a million teens have a serious gambling problem, according to UB research.