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  • Washington Post: UB alum interviewed on new role in Somali government
    12/4/10
    An article in the Washington Post about the large community of Somali expatriates who have returned to Somalia to join that nation's fragile transitional government, despite the immense risks they face for doing so, includes among them UB alumnus Mohamed A. Mohamed, who was named prime minister.
  • Good magazine: Choreographed snow to become winter park
    12/3/10
    An article in Good magazine reports on the work of architecture Assistant Professor Sergio López-Piñeiro, who will work with the Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy this winter to plow snow in Buffalo's Front Park into a whimsical, polka dot pattern. The project was also featured on Cannon Design Blog and World Design Forum.
  • Consumer Affairs: Research looks at effect of caffeine on boys, girls
    12/3/10
    An article on Consumers Affairs reports moderate consumption of energy drinks can improve people's response time on a lab test measuring behavioral controls, and notes that a second study conducted by Jennifer Temple and colleagues at UB found boys and girls respond differently physiologically to caffeine.
  • Bay Area Reporter: Portrait of the artist as a gay man
    12/2/10
    An article in the Bay Area Reporter looks at "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," the first major museum exhibition to examine sexual identity in modern American portraits and co-curated by Jonathan Katz, director of the doctoral program in visual studies. An article on the exhibition also appears in the Huffington Post.
  • WomensRadio Network: Doctoral students helping victims of sex trafficking
    12/2/10
    A story on the radio show "Keeping Up with Gen Y" on the WomensRadio Network interviewed Bincy Wilson, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work, on her experiences trying to help victims of sexual exploitation. A story also appeared on Y Gen Out Loud.
  • Businessweek: Urban planner discusses the fall of Niagara Falls
    12/2/10
    An article in Businessweek magazine about the decades of decay, corruption and failed get-rich-quick schemes that have contributed to the downfall of the City of Niagara Falls quotes Robert Shibley, director of the Urban Design Project who has worked on planning issues with the city.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education: Why don't we insist on equity?
    12/2/10
    An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Manage Your Career section about the need for employment equity, including in higher education, as two-tiered wage scales become more common was written by Steve Street, a lecturer in UB's writing program.
  • IEEE Spectrum: Beyond CSI -- the rise of computational forensics
    12/1/10
    Sargur Srihari, director of UB's Center of Excellence in Document Analysis and Recognition, wrote an article in IEEE Spectrum magazine about his participation in the National Academy of Sciences' report on science and forensics.
  • Wall Street Journal: Pop culture expert quoted on prince marrying a non-royal
    12/1/10
    An article in the Wall Street Journal about England's Prince William marrying a non-royal, and how in the U.S. class distinctions are more blurred, quotes Elayne Rapping, professor emeritus of American studies and a nationally known pop culture expert. "We kid ourselves into thinking we're all the same, that we're a classless society," she said. "Class divisions in this country are getting wider all the time."
  • Globe and Mail: Paying with cash leads to healthier grocery shopping
    12/1/10
    The Toronto Globe and Mail's "Did You Know?" column reports researchers from UB and Cornell found that using a credit card caused shoppers to purchase more unhealthy foods than when they paid for groceries in cash.

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.