UB in the News

A health column in the Boston Globe asks whether there is a link between fertility and marijuana smoking, and reports that Lani Burkman, professor emeriti of obstetrics and gynecology, runs a business that gives fertility tests to men and women who have used drugs, including marijuana.

An article in the Charlotte Observer reports on UB alumnus Ken Ilgunas, who, to avoid going into debt, is living in a 1994 Ford Econoline van while he pursues graduate studies at Duke University. He also wrote about his experiences living in his van, which he calls his "grand social experiment" on Salon.com

An article on CBS Sports reports that former UB quarterback Drew Willy has been signed by the Indianapolis Colts.

Pop culture expert Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, was interviewed on WNYC-FM for a story about movies like "2012" and "The Road," and the never-ending appeal of doomsday and end-of-the-world movies.

An article in The Wall Street Journal about asbestos abatement trust funds that have come under fire from insurance companies and legal scholars with concerns about their lack of transparency quotes S. Todd Brown, associate professor of law, who said there is a concern that people who get sick in the future may not get paid what they are entitled to because the trusts are using their assets to pay more marginal claims.

An article in Port Strategy magazine reports researchers from UB and Georgia Tech will test a one-tenth scale model of a shipping container crane on UB's shake table to measure the response of the crane from small levels of shaking to those large enough to cause the test crane to collapse.

Shira Gabriel, assistant professor of psychology, was interviewed on KTRS Talk Radio in St. Louis about cultural and media appetite for celebrity and scandal in the wake of Tiger Woods' car accident.

Robert Silverman, associate professor of urban and regional planning, was interviewed on WFAE-FM in Charlotte, N.C., about the number of Buffalo residents who have relocated to that city.

An article in Sleep Review magazine reports that the combination of night work, overtime and shortened sleep can contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome among police officers, and quotes John Violanti, research associate professor of social and preventive medicine.

A story in the Buffalo News on the number of international students in Buffalo reports that UB has 4,539 international students, or 16.7 percent of the university's enrollment, who come from more than 100 countries.