UB in the News

An article in England's Guardian newspaper on the battle for the votes of superdelegates who will decide who will be the Democratic candidate for president quotes James Gardner, an electoral law expert and professor of law, who said, "The conditions exist for a lot of deals to be struck."

An article distributed by the Associated Press and the Canadian Press on the opening in Grand Rapids, Mich., of an exhibit that includes some of Andy Warhol's darker works quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and an expert on pop culture.

An article in The Washington Post on "murderabilia" -- artwork, letters and other items collected by people fascinated with serial murderers and other killers -- quotes David Schmid, professor of English and author of "Natural Born Celebrities," a study of serial killer popularity.

Research by Leonard Epstein, professor of pediatrics and social and preventive medicine, that showed that limiting the time that young children spend with television and computers reduces their risk of becoming obese is featured prominently in the news, appearing in major metropolitan newspapers that include The New York Times.

An article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on how movie-viewing habits have changed, at least in part, because of technology quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said, "It's not the same thing, watching Blade Runner or Brokeback Mountain on a computer screen, much less an iPod. It diminishes the experience of the art by making it smaller and smaller."

An article in American Medical News on the growing number of medical schools that offer courses about spirituality in medicine reports UB medical students learn at every stage of their education how to incorporate spirituality into medicine and quotes David Holmes, clinical assistant professor of medicine.

An editorial in The Buffalo News praises UB for the increasingly important role it has played in the planning and design of the area, as well as its innovative student projects, projects that connect the school and the city, a lecture program that brings people from all over the world to the school and involvement with Habitat for Humanity.

An op-ed in the Sunday Albany Times-Union written by UB President John B. Simpson and Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny makes the case for why New York State should invest in flagship universities at UB and Stony Brook.

An article in Discover magazine on DNA pollution that is believed to be transforming some bacteria into antibiotic-resistant "supergerms" quotes Scott Weber, professor and chair of civil, structural and environmental engineering and executive director of the Center for Integrated Waste Management, who is studying how fertilizer derived from human sewage may contribute to the spread of antibiotic-resistant genes.

An article on KOAM-TV in Kansas quotes Douglas Clements, professor of learning and instruction and an expert on early childhood math education, on research that examined preschoolers' free-play activities and found that nearly half of every minute was spent doing some kind of math, usually patterns and shapes.