UB in the News

An editorial in the Buffalo News about projects that are high priority for the region puts the UB 2020 plan at the top of the list.

Alan Lockwood, professor of neurology, is quoted in an article distributed by McClatchy Newspapers looks at efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on coal pollution and reports the new rule, proposed this month, is the first time since 1971 that the EPA has tightened control s on sulfur dioxide to protect the public health. "Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from inhaling pollutants from coal burning," Lockwood said. The article appeared in newspapers throughout the country, including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Charleston Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Miami Herald.

An article in The Buffalo News on the roll out of the "2010 Regional Agenda," a collaboration by area business and political leaders to set an annual agenda to tell state and federal lawmakers what they view as the highest economic-development priorities for the year, reports UB 2020 tops the list for the third straight year.

An article in the Los Angeles Times reports police may have poorer health due to late shifts and overtime they often work, and quotes John Violanti, research associate professor of social and preventive medicine.

An article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about a local appearance by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to promote her book, "Going Rogue," quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who said part of her popularity is that she says whatever she thinks.

A story broadcast throughout Canada on CTV describes a new therapy to treat multiple sclerosis and reports that researchers from Italy have been working with a UB team led by Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology, to recruit 1,700 adults and children to do detailed analysis of blood flow in and out of the brain. The research also is the subject of an article in the Toronto Globe and Mail, which quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, UB associate professor of neurology, who says if the new treatment is proven correct; it will completely change how MS is thought about and treated. Articles also appear in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Nova Scotia News, Canoe.ca.

An article that tracks editorials about legislative matters in news outlets across the state includes a strong vote of confidence from the Buffalo News for UB 2020 and asks that Assembly leaders get out of the state's way and approve the measure.

An article in Wired magazine on the world's largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul's airport, quotes Michael Constantinou, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering. The article also appears on Reuters.

An article in The Christian Science Monitor about the uproar over the announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she will end her daytime talk show on broadcast television and move over to her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who calls the decision to move from broadcast to cable strictly a business move. She also is quoted in a French-language news site, Cyberpresse in Montreal, and in the Times of London.

An article in The Christian Science Monitor about the uproar over the announcement by Oprah Winfrey that she will end her daytime talk show on broadcast television and move over to her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who calls the decision to move from broadcast to cable strictly a business move. She also is quoted in a French-language news site, Cyberpresse in Montreal, and in the Times of London.