UB in the News

Makau W. Mutua, dean of the Law School, describes his vision for UB Law and discusses his human rights work in a Q&A in the Buffalo Law Journal. Mutua also said that UB 2020 is the kind of long-range plan UB has been lacking and it is not possible to have a great American city without a great university.

Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, is quoted in an article in am New York about the way actor Sandra Bullock has handled the scandal surrounding her husband's infidelity. "She knows how to escape from the media and she has put them on her timetable," she says.

Lawrence Southwick Jr., professor emeritus of finance and managerial economics, is quoted in an article in the Christian Science Monitor about cities like Buffalo and Minneapolis that have seen their unemployment rates fall more quickly than cities in warmer climates. "This area doesn't leap up as much in good times and doesn't fall as badly in bad times," he said.

A letter to the editor in the Staten Island Advance calls a soda tax a win-win proposition for New Yorkers as a source of revenue and a way to combat obesity, and cites a study by UB researchers that showed that taxing unhealthy food is a more effective way to fight obesity than making healthy foods like fruit and vegetables more affordable.

A Buffalo News story reports that Assemblyman Mark Schroeder has criticized Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for standing in the way of UB 2020, which has the support of Gov. David Paterson and the state Senate.

An article in The Washington Post's The Answer Sheet blog reports that the UB Graduate School of Education will become the site of a national center for the prevention of bullying, abuse and school violence as part of an article that looks at a draft anti-bullying policy unveiled by the Massachusetts school district where a bullied 15-year-old committed suicide.

Husam A. Ghanim, senior research scientist of medicine, is quoted in a Better Health Research story on research that shows that individuals who drink acidic drinks such as orange juice help counteract oxidative stress brought on by high-carb meals.

An article in Salon about the growing controversy over psychiatric drug use and whether the drugs improve lives or are a warning sign of a dangerously over-medicated culture quotes William Pelham, on using stimulants to treat ADHD. "We need to confess to parents that we've found no benefit," he said.

An article in Fast Company, a high-traffic business news website, reports that renowned landscape architect Walter Hood will design a combined solar-array landscape installation at UB, with construction of the sprawling park intended to make solar energy beautiful, scheduled to begin this summer. An article in the sustainability blog Green Technology also reports on Hood's design.

An article on LiveScience.com about brain hemorrhages -- what they are, symptoms and the damage they can cause -- reports smoking increases the risk, even after an individual has quit smoking, according to a study conducted by researchers at UB and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.