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  • UB research stories among the best of 2011
    1/7/12
    Futurity's list of Top 10 Stories of 2011 included two UB research stories. Futurity publishes daily news from the world's top research universities. UB and Duke University were the only schools that placed two stories in the top 10.
  • Business First reports on Waters Corporation's gift to UB Pharmacy School
    1/4/12
    Business First reported that the Waters Corporation has donated the Acquity TQD System to the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to help train graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows in the UB/University of Zimbabwe AIDS International Training and Research Program.
  • USA Today quotes UB expert on population changes
    1/2/12
    A story in USA Today about the "sandwich generation" of caregivers who find themselves taking care of their children and parents at the same time quotes Peter Rogerson, a professor of geography who studies population changes.
  • Philadelphia Inquirer: Pop culture expert discusses Lindsay Lohan's nude pictorial in Playboy
    12/21/11
    David Schmid, associate professor of English, is quoted in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer about Lindsay Lohan's nude pictorial in Playboy. "The therapeutic process of unveiling her emotions is consistent with her exposing herself" physically, he said.
  • Chronicle of Higher Ed: New physics hires at UB revitalizes department
    12/21/11
    The Chronicle of Higher Education's "On Hiring" blog discussed how new hires have energized UB's physics department.
  • Legislative Gazette: Cuomo OK's grant to get UB 2020 ball rolling
    12/19/11
    An article in the Legislative Gazette reports Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill awarding UB $35 million in state funds to begin the first phase of a larger $375 million strategic development that will relocate the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and also be used to hire new faculty members and expand academic offerings and facilities while reducing class sizes.
  • Men's Health: Humble leaders more effective, better liked
    12/18/11
    Brad Owens, assistant professor of organization and human resources in the School of Management, is quoted in an article in Men's Health for his research on how humble leaders are more effective and better liked.
  • Daily Mail: Psychologist shows Nietzsche was right -- adversity makes you stronger
    12/18/11
    Articles in England's Telegraph and Daily Mail newspapers report a study by UB psychologist Mark Seery has found that while traumatic experiences such as assault, bereavement or natural disaster can be extremely damaging, smaller amount of trauma may help people develop resilience.
  • Innovation Trail: New York awards $35 million grant to UB
    12/16/11
    A story on Innovation Trail, a statewide Public Radio program focusing on the innovation economy in Upstate New York, reports that as part of the new NYSUNY 2020 program to improve the state's higher education system, UB will receive $35 million to pursue the goals of UB 2020, including efforts to relocate the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
  • Wired Science: Physicists quoted on new theory about the universe
    12/16/11
    An article on Wired Science about new research that contradicts the finding that everything in the visible universe is moving in the same direction quotes William Kinney, associate professor of physics, and Dejan Stojkovic, assistant professor of physics.

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.