UB in the News

An article in the Youngstown Business Journal about protests over plans to drill for oil and natural gas in an affluent Ohio neighborhood reports the group's website features resources about the environmental hazards of fracking, including a UB study that found the process could unearth uranium naturally trapped inside the shale.

An article on England's Multiple Sclerosis Trust on the recent meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, the largest annual international conference devoted to basic and clinical research in MS, reports Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology, presented research that showed a higher prevalence of CCSVI among people with secondary progressive MS, but "Our findings point against CCSVI having a primary causative role in the development of MS."

An article in Crain's New York Business calls New York City the No. 1 destination in the nation for international students, and reports that UB is among three New York universities ranked in the Top 20 of U.S. institutions that host the most international students.

An article in The Wall Street Journal about the questions that remain over how Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will deal with many key issues, including the state's rapidly growing deficit, reports that as a candidate he was supportive of the stalled effort to expand UB, but was vague on whether he favored a broader regulatory overhaul of public higher education that would give state colleges more authority to raise tuition and set budgets on their own.

An article titled "How to build a better student" in the Toronto Globe and Mail reports Ming Ming Chiu, professor of learning and instruction, recommends chatting with your kids about political and social events, especially when there's math involved.

An article in Financial Times about China's cultural collision between its authoritarian politics and the freedom of the Internet quotes Junhao Hong, professor of communication and an expert on Chinese free speech on the web.

Elayne Rapping, professor emeritus of American studies, is quoted in an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about U.S. reaction to the announced engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton. "Americans," she said, "are going to eat this up."

An article in the International Business Times reports a recent study has found that energy drinks are strongly associated with increased risks for heavy drinking and alcohol dependency, and quotes Kathleen Miller research scientist at the Research Institute on Addictions. "Caffeine does not antagonize or cancel out the impairment associated with drunkenness – it merely disguises the more obvious markers of that impairment, she said. Articles also appeared on Science Daily, PhyOrg and ZME Science. The news service Asian News International also distributed an article on the findings.

A story on American Public Radio's Marketplace looks at why it costs more to eat healthier and reports a UB study found that if you lower the cost of healthy food, shoppers will use the money they save to buy more chips and cookies.

Articles on CBS New York, Smart Money and KTVK-TV in Phoenix report on a new study that found that people who pay for food with credit cards are more likely to buy junk than those paying with cash. The study was conducted by Satheeshkumar Seenivasan, a School of Management doctoral student, and others.