UB in the News

Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics, was interviewed in an article in The Economist on the problems that are caused by widespread ignorance about finance.

Douglas Clements, professor of learning and instruction and a member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, was quoted in an article on computer-based instruction in the "Bits" technology blog of The New York Times.

An article in The New York Times on promising new therapies to treat tinnitus quotes Richard Salvi, director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness, who said, "We've never been so hopeful of finding treatments for a disorder that haunts people and follows them everywhere they go."

An article in the Newark Star Ledger on the different way the media portrays fictional female U.S. presidents and fictional African-American male presidents quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and an expert in pop culture.

David Pritchard, research associate in the Canada-U.S. Trade Center and an expert on global aviation, is quoted in an article in the Kansas City Star on the likelihood that Bombardier Aerospace will open an aircraft plant in Kansas City because the weak U.S. dollar makes it more affordable to build airplanes here than abroad.

An editorial in The Buffalo News calls on Gov. David A. Paterson to keep his upstate aid promise, noting that the UB 2020 initiative to expand the university as a flagship research university is too important to let its support get lost in the need to prepare a budget by the April 1 deadline.

An article in the Detroit Free Press on Detroit automakers that are using pension funds to pay for retirement incentives quotes James Wooten, professor of law and a pension expert.

An article distributed by HealthDay News reports the long-term survival of older Americans who have heart attacks has improved steadily in recent years, apparently because of the drugs they are prescribed, and quotes William E. Boden, professor of medicine and public health. The article appeared in a number of national media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report.

An article distributed by Reuters Health quotes Melinda Scime, a staff therapist in UB's Center for Children and Families, on a promising eating disorder prevention program aimed at elementary school girls.

Pop culture expert Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, is quoted in an AM New York article on the recent sex scandals that have involved politicians in the tri-state area.