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  • Live Science: Earthquake test to shake down shipping container cranes
    11/19/09
    An article on Live Science about the vulnerability of shipping container cranes to damage from even moderate earthquakes reports that to get a better understanding of how container cranes respond during an earthquake, a one-tenth scale model will be tested on UB's shake table.
  • Fox23: Tens of thousands of Americans die prematurely due to coal exposure, researcher says
    11/19/09
    Fox23.com quotes UB professor of neurology and nuclear medicine, Alan Lockwood, MD, in an article about a "Physicians for Social Responsibility" report on the effects of coal pollutants in which Lockwood is a principle author.
  • Los Angeles Times: Increase in fees at the University of California will push costs higher than UB, other comparable universities
    11/19/09
    An article in the L.A. Times about increases in fees to University of California students reports that for the first time the UC system's costs for undergraduates would be higher than the average of UB, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia.
  • Los Angeles Times: Study shows working late shift may cause metabolic syndrome in police officers
    11/18/09
    L.A. Times health science writer, Jeanine Stein, blogged about the recent UB study on police who work late shifts, and the possibility that this can lead to sleep deprivation and subsequent stroke, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes.
  • New York Times: Student fees, university subsidy accounts for 66 percent of UB athletic revenue
    11/18/09
    An article in The Quad, The New York Times' college sports blog, looks at the role that student fees play in the athletic budgets of SUNY research universities, and reports that at UB, 66 percent of athletic revenues come from student fees and the university subsidy.
  • BusinessWeek: Accounting professor discusses federal task force efforts to target Financial Fraud
    11/17/09
    Ron Huefner, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Management, was quoted in BusinessWeek in an article on a federal task force aimed at investigating and prosecuting financial fraud.
  • UPI: Research shows that M.S. in kids is less disabling but causes more disease activity
    11/17/09
    A UPI article reports on research conducted at UB that shows that despite being less disabling, multiple sclerosis in children causes more disease activity; the article quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, associate professor of neurology.
  • New York Times: SUNY weighs the value of Division I sports
    11/16/09
    An article in the New York Times looks at the advantages and disadvantages SUNY schools have encountered as they upgrade their athletic programs to compete with other major public institutions at the Division I level. UB is mentioned as having led the way to Division I in 1991 and the football team played a bowl game for the first time in January, but the path has not been as smooth for other SUNY campuses. The article quotes former UB president William H. Greiner and UB athletic director Warde Manuel.
  • New York Times: UB photographer says a rephotograph lifts the illusion that time stops
    11/13/09
    UB's Doug Levere, photographer in University Communications, is quoted in a New York Times article about the changing urban landscape of New York City.
  • USA Today: Government downsizing may result in a dangerous concentration of power, expert says
    11/13/09
    An article in USA Today about efforts in Western New York to downsize local governments and the wave of national frustration over big government that was illustrated this year by raucous town-hall style meeting over health care reports a study by UB's Regional Institute concluded that if every municipality in Erie County cut two legislators, the savings would be "negligible," less than $4 per person a year in most cases. The article quotes Kathryn Foster, director of the Regional Institute.

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.