UB in the News

Buffalo News features UB's 36th Annual MLK Jr. speaker, Soledad O'Brien
2/14/12
A full-page feature in the Buffalo News features Soledad O'Brien, anchor of CNN's morning show "Starting Point," who will speak in Kleinhans Music Hall on Thursday as part of UB's 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event.
ZDNet reports on business app developed by UB student and alum
2/14/12
An article on ZDNet's iGeneration blog reports a UB alum and a UB student have built a business through an app developed to eliminate the need for paper tickets in restaurants.
YNN profiles UB's Timothy Murphy, director of CTRC
2/14/12
A story on YNN profiles Timothy Murphy, director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center, about the new UB-Kaleida Health building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus that will house the CTRC on its top floors.
BBC News reports UB breakthrough in the genetics of Parkinson's disease
2/8/12
A UB breakthrough allows researchers to see how mutations in the parkin gene cause the Parkinson's disease in approximately one in 10 patients.
Buffalo News editorial supports UB membership in Buffalo Niagara Partnership
2/8/12
The editorial, "UB Union is Mistaken," criticizes the Buffalo Center Chapter of United University Professions, the union representing academic and professional staff at UB, for last month's referendum calling on UB to drop out of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and the Business Council of New York State.
NBC Today Show interviews UB professor about Tourette's-like symptoms of Le Roy students
2/7/12
David Lichter, MD, UB clinical associate professor of neurology and a specialist in Tourette's syndrome, discussed the possibility of social media contributing to the symptoms of conversion disorder.
The Buffalo News reports on the UB Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center
2/3/12
A front page article in the Buffalo News reports on the Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center, a project of UB's neurology department based in the Jacobs Neurological Institute in Buffalo General Hospital, which opened for patients just a few months ago.
WSJ reports on UB Bulls football signing 19 recruits
2/2/12
On high school signing day 2012, the Associated Press reports in the Wall Street Journal that UB Bulls football coach, Jeff Quinn, recruited 19 players.
Associated Press reports on new UB-developed drug to treat cystic fibrosis
1/31/12
Drucy Borowitz, clinical professor of pediatrics and director of UB's cystic fibrosis program, is quoted in an Associated Press article about a new drug, the first of its kind, that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis.
The Buffalo News features UB-led surgical team giving hope to those considered inoperable
1/31/12
An article on the front page of the Buffalo News reports on a new treatment developed by a surgical team led by Vijay Iyer, UB assistant professor of medicine, that offers patients with seriously narrowed aortic valves a promising medical option.

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