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  • 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.
  • Los Angeles Times: Obese drivers face higher risk of dying in serious car crashes
    12/22/10
    A study by Dietrich Jehle, UB professor of emergency medicine, on the mortality of obese drivers in severe car crashes was covered by the Los Angeles Times, ABC News Radio, BBC Yahoo News, MSN international, Times of India and TV news outlets around the country, including CLTV (Chicago) and KNTV (San Francisco).
  • Utica Observer-Dispatch: Should part-time city workers receive health benefits?
    12/18/10
    An article in the Utica Observer-Dispatch about providing health benefits to part-time public employees quotes Kathryn Foster, director of the Regional Institute, who said, "One way the public sector has historically gotten its talent is to compete on benefits."
  • ScienceCentric: Ion channels responsible for pain identified by UB neuroscientists
    12/18/10
    An article on Science Centric reports UB neuroscience researchers conducting basic research on ion channels have demonstrated a process that could have a profound therapeutic impact on pain. Articles also appeared on Insciences, a Swiss free-access social networking website dedicated to science from around the world, as well as Science Daily, PhysOrg and Health Canal.
  • New York Times: "Garage biologists" are the new do-it-yourself amateur scientists
    12/17/10
    An article in the New York Times about do-it-yourself amateur scientists looks at some of the legal problems these so-called "garage biologists" have encountered, and cites the case of Steve Kurtz, professor of visual studies, who obtained some bacteria from a Pittsburgh geneticist to use in an exhibit, only to find his house surrounded by FBI agents in hazmat suits. The article also appeared in the Seattle Times.

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.