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  • Newsweek: Earthquake researcher says people providing aid in Haiti have to cope with their own loss as well
    2/2/10
    An article in Newsweek on the differences between the situation in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and post-earthquake Haiti quotes Andre Filiatrault, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, who said, "Katrina was different because [many aid workers] were from outside and had no emotional ties to the community." He also is quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times about disaster researchers who rush to the scene of a disaster like the Haitian earthquake to study what happened in an effort to alleviate further catastrophes.
  • CTV News: Research confirms earlier study that suggested iron deposits in the brain might cause MS
    2/1/10
    A Q&A on CTV News looks at the experimental Liberation Treatment for multiple sclerosis, and reports that in 2003, UB researcher Rohit Bakshi and colleagues suggested that iron deposits deep in the brain might cause MS.
  • Buffalo News: A bigger, stronger UB may be the best way to revitalize the WNY economy
    1/31/10
    An article in the Prospectus section of Sunday's Buffalo News reports that for several years now, the Buffalo Niagara region has rallied around the idea that a bigger, stronger UB may be the best way to revitalize the Western New York economy.
  • Democrat and Chronicle: Benefits are being cut left and right says compensation expert
    1/30/10
    Jerry Newman, a compensation expert and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Organizations and Human Resources, is quoted in an article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about Xerox cutting its severance benefits to U.S. workers in anticipation of the elimination of 2,500 jobs worldwide this year. The new severance terms, he said, bring the company more in line with the business world overall.
  • Huffington Post: UB partners with Hunter's Hope to research effective treatment strategies for genetic defects
    1/29/10
    A Huffington Post article on the Hunter's Hope Foundation reports that research funded by the foundation is conducted by the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, in a partnership with UB, to develop more effective treatment strategies and correction of genetic defects.
  • Haiti Rewired: Focus on multi-hazard engineering can help rebuild Port-au-Prince, engineering doctoral candidate says
    1/29/10
    A Q&A on Haiti Rewired interviews UB doctoral candidate Pierre Fouche about why he chose to study earthquake engineering and what it will take to rebuild his country.
  • CityTownInfo.com: Pharmacists play an increasing role in direct patient care
    1/28/10
    An article on citytowninfo.com on the role pharmacists' play in direct patient care quotes Scott V. Monte, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy.
  • Education Week: Young children have potential to be impressively competent in math, expert says
    1/28/10
    An article in Education Week's Curriculum Matters blog about math learning in young children quotes Douglas H. Clements, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction.
  • New York Times: UB historian discusses authenticity of burial emblem
    1/27/10
    An article in The New York Times about questions over the authenticity of an emblem -- a sankofa -- found on coffin uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, which originally was believed to be a symbol printed on funereal garments in 18th-century West Africa, quotes Erik R. Seeman, associate professor of history, whose new study treats the sankofa claim skeptically.
  • UPI: Aftershocks unnerving to Haitians, civil engineering expert says
    1/27/10
    An article distributed by UPI reports that nearly the entire population of Haiti is sleeping in tents or outdoors because of fear of aftershocks, and quotes Andre Filiatrault.

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.