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  • UB alumnus named to Forbes' 2012 All-Star Student Entrepreneurs list
    8/10/12
    An article in Forbes reports Ansar Khan, a 2011 UB graduate, has been named to the magazine's 2012 All-Star Student Entrepreneurs.
  • The Buffalo News features UB Fulbright doctoral student heading for Tajikistan
    8/9/12
    An article on the front page of the Life & Arts section in the Buffalo News profiles Grace Mukupa, one of three UB students to earn a Fulbright Fellowship this year, who will leave for Tajikistan.
  • The Buffalo News and the Scientist report on UB-designed bat home
    8/8/12
    An article in The Buffalo News and The Scientist reports on "Bat Cloud," an unusual array of hanging bat houses installed in Buffalo's Tifft Nature Preserve by UB's Joyce Hwang.
  • Wired reports on UB computer simulation to keep track of space junk
    7/27/12
    A Wired article on UB research about computer simulations that will help keep track of space debris, quotes John L. Crassidis, PhD, director of graduate studies and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
  • Huffington Post covers UB study on alcohol/energy drink mixes and casual sex
    7/27/12
    Mixing alcohol and energy drinks may lead to casual sex among college students in new UB study reported on by Huffington Post.
  • The New York Times featured UB research on the evolutionary history of polar bears
    7/27/12
    A New York Times article featured research led by UB assistant professor of biological sciences Charlotte Lindqvist, PhD, and quoted her about a study that analyzed the whole genomes of polar bears.
  • Buffalo News reports Sen. Schumer backing of $120 million grant for UB materials research
    7/17/12
    The Buffalo News reports on Senator Charles E. Schumer's appearance with UB president Satish K. Tripathi at Barbara and Jack Davis Hall yesterday on the North Campus to announce Schumer's support of UB's application for a $120 million federal grant to pursue materials research within the university's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics.
  • The Economist reports on factors causing a WNY resurgence, namely UB
    6/29/12
    An article in The Economist reports both Buffalo and Rochester are seeing a resurgence, and looks at factors that are contributing to their re-growth.
  • Front page Buffalo News story interviews UB expert on the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform
    6/29/12
    Tom Rosenthal, chair of the UB Department of Family Medicine, was quoted in a front page story in Buffalo News on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's signature health care reform law.
  • The New York Times features UB's June in Buffalo
    6/13/12
    The new York Times featured the June in Buffalo music festival.

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