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  • CBC: Finally, the Bulls go to the big game
    1/1/09
    An article distributed by the Canadian Broadcasting Company looks at the UB football team as it gets ready to play its first bowl game, and the 1958 team, which was invited to play in the Tangerine Bowl but turned it down.
  • Boston Globe: 1958 team showed grace, courage in turning down bowl bid
    12/31/08
    An article in the Boston Globe looks at the 1958 football team that declined to participate in the Tangerine Bowl because of racism and interviews several members of the team about their winning season 50 years ago and disappointment over the bigotry that prevented them from playing a bowl game.
  • Buffalo News: Editorial encourages state to support growth of UB as a SUNY flagship
    12/31/08
    An editorial in The Buffalo News coauthored by editorial writers from newspapers throughout upstate New York supports the growth of UB as a flagship SUNY system research university.
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Parents of ADHD kids face higher risk of divorce
    12/30/08
    Dr. Joyce Brothers' advice column in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about parents of a child with learning and emotional difficulties who are divorcing reports a study by UB psychologists found that parents of children with certain hyperactivity disorders had a divorce rate 10 percent higher than other parents by the child's 8th birthday.
  • Newsday: Pop culture expert discusses debutante ball
    12/30/08
    Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, is quoted in an article distributed by the Associated Press about the International Debutante Ball and its social and cultural relevance today.
  • Sports Illustrated: Articles look at UB football program, minorities in coaching
    12/29/08
    The UB football program is featured in two articles that appear in the Dec. 29 issue of Sports Illustrated.
  • Buffalo News: Simpson calls Bulls' success a source of tremendous pride
    12/29/08
    An op-ed by President John B. Simpson in The Buffalo News looks at the tremendous sense of pride and spirit that has been generated by the football team's championship season.
  • Inside Higher Ed: Simpson calls state budget shortfalls opportunity for UB
    12/4/08
    An article in Inside Higher Ed interviews President John B. Simpson on UB 2020, the state budget crisis and regulatory reforms that would challenge longstanding traditions in New York but improve public higher education.
  • Buffalo News: Editorial calls campus redesign well thought out
    12/2/08
    An editorial in The Buffalo News calls UB's draft plan to redesign and reconfigure its three campuses "a well-thought-out concept that deserves support" and calls the university "one of this region's best bets for growth in the new economy."
  • Buffalo News Editorial supports need for UB to have more flexibility
    11/30/08
    An editorial in The Buffalo News calls on New York State to give the State University of New York and its colleges and universities the flexibility to make independent decisions, such as raising tuition and eliminating the need for preapproval for purchasing, to allow state universities and UB in particular to become major contributors to local and state economic recovery.

UB faculty frequently offer expert perspectives on issues that are part of the current public discourse, including ones that may be perceived as controversial. It is our belief—and at the core of UB’s academic mission—that constructive, thoughtful dialogue fosters a better understanding of our world. Thus, we openly share these perspectives.