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  • Brain and Spinal Cord Blog: UB wrestler Dan Bishop shows drastic improvement
    4/26/10
    An article on the Brain and Spinal Cord blog reports that UB wrestler Dan Bishop has shown drastic improvement since his spinal cord injury on March 6.
  • Religion Dispatches: Prisoner re-entry programs hard for states to do well, law prof says
    4/25/10
    A story in Religion Dispatches, a daily online religion magazine, about the Prison Fellowship Ministries' Out4Life program quotes Winnifred F. Sullivan, associate professor of law, who has written on the intersections of prison and religion. Re-entry programs are increasingly popular, but one of the "hardest things for a state to do well," says Sullivan.
  • UPI: UB med students planting a vegetable garden to improve their own diets
    4/24/10
    A UPI article reports UB medical students are planting a vegetable garden on campus to improve their own diets and learn more about nutrition for their patients.
  • Buffalo News: UB 2020 necessary to allow Buffalo and WNY to grow and prosper
    4/24/10
    An op-ed in Saturday's Buffalo News by William L. Joyce, chairman of the board of directors of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, states that UB 2020, in jeopardy due to inaction in Albany, is necessary to grow and prosper Buffalo and Western New York.
  • TIME Magazine: UB geologist interviewed about Iceland's volcanic ash plume
    4/23/10
    Marcus Bursik, UB professor of geology and expert on volcanic ash clouds, was quoted in a TIME Magazine story that described how an Icelandic volcano closed European air space for a week. "It was an eruption at the right place at the right time. Or, I guess, really, the other way around," he said.
  • Physics World: Volcanic hazards could become more commonplace due to climate change
    4/23/10
    An article in Physics World about the erupting Icelandic volcano reports geologists are warning that volcanic hazards such as this could become more commonplace due to climate change and quotes Michael Sheridan, professor emeritus of geology and founder of the Center for Geohazards Study.
  • Philadelphia Inquirer: Icelandic volcano history doesn't bode well for the present, geohazards expert says
    4/23/10
    Michael Sheridan, UB professor emeritus of geology and founder of UB's Center for Geohazards Studies, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer story, noting that the history of Icelandic volcanoes "doesn't bode well for the present."
  • Newsday: Pop culture expert wonders about J.Lo in romantic comedies
    4/23/10
    Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and a pop culture expert, is quoted in an article in Newsday about dancer-singer-actress Jennifer Lopez's career. The article also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Norwalk Reflector, the Victoria Advocate and the Lexington Gazette.
  • Homeland Security Newswire: Leading volcanologist warns of possible long-term climate changes, health hazards from Icelandic volcano eruption
    4/22/10
    Michael Sheridan, founder of the Center for Geohazards Studies, is interviewed for an article in Homeland Security Newswire about the possibility that the ash cloud produced by the Icelandic volcano eruption may trigger long-term changes in climate and health hazards.
  • Canadian Press: Geologist quoted on why airplanes can't take off or land through an ash plume
    4/20/10
    An article distributed by the Canadian Press about concern that the volcanic eruption in Iceland could have an impact on Eastern Canada quotes Marcus Bursik, professor of geology and an expert in tracking ash plumes and their effects on air transportation. The problem with the Iceland eruption, he says, is that ash is right over landing sites, so airplanes can't take off or get in. The article appeared in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star, among other outlets.

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