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  • New York Times: Psychologist discusses past adversity and personal resilience
    1/3/11
    An article in The New York Times' Science Times section about personal resilience and how people behave when confronted by adversity reports new research suggests that resilience may have at least as much to do with how often people have faced adversity in the past as does with who they are and what they're facing now, and quotes Mark Seery, assistant professor of psychology.
  • Associated Press: Buffalo neighborhood up for national recognition, thanks to UB project
    1/3/11
    PhysOrg.com featured the research of UB chemistry Professor Michael Detty, who helped develop dyes that improved solar technologies for producing electricity and hydrogen fuel. Stories also appeared in Global Print Monitor and on Sciencely.com.
  • UPI: Synthetic dyes could increase energy
    12/31/10
    A UPI article reports UB chemists have developed photosensitizing dyes that could greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce green energy.
  • Business Insider: Communication prof interviewed about Wall Street using deception experts
    12/30/10
    An article in the Business Insider about financial firms that are rumored to have been using deception experts to train their employees reports Mark Frank, professor of communication and an expert in detecting deception, told the Wall Street Journal that he has received repeated requests from Wall Street firms asking him to analyze people for them.
  • Fox News: Pop culture expert discusses top family-friendly films of 2010
    12/30/10
    An article on Fox News about the top-grossing films in 2010 that also were family-friendly quote Elayne Rapping, professor emeritus of American studies. Parents are spending more time with their children, and movies are one way to do that, she said.
  • News Blaze: 10 (research-tested) New Year's resolutions
    12/29/10
    News Blaze, College Confidential, and Buffalo Rising are among media outlets featuring a list of News Year's resolutions complied by UB's Office of University Communications based on UB faculty research published in 2010.
  • Michigan Public Radio: Study by emergency medicine prof shows obese more likely to die in crashes
    12/29/10
    A story on UB professor of emergency medicine Dietrich Jehle's research that moderately obese people are 22 percent more likely to die after a car crash ran on Michigan Radio, an NPR affiliate.
  • PhysOrg: New dyes improve solar technologies for generating clean energy
    12/29/10
    PhysOrg.com featured the research of UB chemistry Professor Michael Detty, who helped develop dyes that improved solar technologies for producing electricity and hydrogen fuel. Stories also appeared in Global Print Monitor and on Sciencely.com.
  • NPR: Engineering student contributes to nuclear waste cleanup effort
    12/27/10
    NPR's All Things Considered reported on the cleanup of radioactive material at West Valley and cited the wall of volcanic rock intended to prevent further contamination designed by UB Civil, Structural and Environmental student, Shannon Seneca, as part of her thesis.
  • UPI: UB students create switch that allows people with limited mobility to use computers
    12/24/10
    UPI.com reports on UB computer engineering students, Austin Miller, Robert Rodenhaus, Leonard Story Jr. and Matthew Taylor who have developed OmniSwitch, which enables people with limited mobility to use a computer using a single button.

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.