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  • Psychiatric News: Prof discusses pharmaceutical industry's influence on med students
    4/18/08
    An article in Psychiatric News on efforts by medical schools to manage the pharmaceutical industry's influence on students quotes Linda Pessar, professor of psychiatry and chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on Medical Student Education.
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch: Stefanone quoted on shut down of Virtual Magic Kingdom
    4/18/08
    An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on plans by the Disney Corp. to shut down its Virtual Magic Kingdom, a game that lets players interact with one another in an online theme park, quotes Michael Stefanone, assistant professor of communication and an expert on social media and its cultural impacts.
  • MSNBC: Communication prof discusses link between reality shows, social networking
    4/18/08
    The Cosmic Log section on MSNBC reports on research by Michael Stefanone, assistant professor of communication and an expert on the cultural impact of social media, and Derek Lackaff, a doctoral candidate in the department, that showed that online media, especially social networking sites, gives regular people the opportunity to craft an identity and an audience for themselves, just like celebrities do.
  • Chicago Tribune: Teens learn financial lessons by investing, Mandell says
    4/16/08
    An article in the Chicago Tribune on children and teens who are learning financial lessons by investing in the stock market quotes Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics.
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Yankees right to drill out Red Sox jersey, Stevens says
    4/15/08
    An article in the Chicago Sun-Times on a Boston Red Sox jersey buried in -- and unearthed from -- the foundation of the new Yankees stadium looks at the role of superstition in baseball and quotes Phillips Stevens, Jr., associate professor of anthropology.
  • New York Sun: Stevens discusses superstition and baseball
    4/15/08
    An article in The New York Sun about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry and the role of superstition in baseball quotes Phillips Stevens, Jr., associate professor of anthropology.
  • Good Morning America: Hearing expert discusses tinnitus
    4/11/08
    Richard Salvi, director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness and one of the top researchers on the causes and treatment of tinnitus, was interviewed ABC News' Good Morning America, which taped the interview with Salvi in his lab for a story on tinnitus.
  • The Body Odd: Researchers identify source of bad breath
    4/11/08
    "The Body Odd" blog on MSNBC reports that researchers in the School of Dental Medicine have identified a tongue bacteria that they say is associated with severe bad breath and that while not much is known about the bacteria strain, the researchers say it originally come from human feces.
  • AP: Students' financial literacy gets an "F"
    4/10/08
    Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics, is quoted in an article distributed by the Associated Press that reports that according to a nationwide survey released by the Federal Reserve, high school seniors' financial knowledge has gotten worse, with students on average answering correctly only 48.3 percent of question. The article appears in hundreds of news outlets, including The New York Times.
  • LiveScience: Is it a religious sect or a cult?
    4/10/08
    An article on Live Science on whether the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound in Texas is a religious sect or a full-blown cult quotes Phillips Stevens, associate professor of anthropology, what the term "cult" means.

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.