UB in the News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

An article in Fast Company 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.

Coverage on C-SPAN of a local appearance this fall by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts includes a question by a UB law student, who asked Roberts if it is difficult to write opinions if you disagree with prior rulings.

An article in the Albany Times Union's Capitol Confidential blog looks at Assemblyman Mark Schroeder's unhappiness with Sheldon Silver's leadership, particularly the way Assembly Democrats rebuffed efforts to give SUNY more autonomy, and includes a letter Schroeder wrote to Assemblywoman Deborah Glick in which he questioned her "close attention" to issues important to Upstate New York, noting that, "Perhaps you were correct in asserting that these initiatives were not ignored. It is, after all, awfully difficult to strangle the life out of something unless you pay it at least some attention."

Dennis Maher, a clinical assistant professor of architecture, was the focus of a short feature in Rust Wire, a website that covers news across the Rust Belt. Maher's work was also featured on sites including the Architectural League of New York's Urban Omnibus forum.