UB in the News

A story on CNN reports two UB alumni Clark Dever and Joe Dinardo, are taking advantage of a month-long all-you-can-jet pass for $599 from JetBlue to visit 29 cities in 31 days.

A Q and A on AlterNet.com interviews Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, associate professor of law and director of the Law and Religion Program, about the church/state division, which she says has been made impossible by the shift of religious authority from the institution to the individual, confusing how we define religion and separate it from government.

An article in The New York Times about the economy looks at the history of the dollar bill, and reports that Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, who figured out that the American government simply needed to print money to pay for the Civil War, is the namesake of a UB residence hall.

An article in Time magazine that reports on UB research about the social factors that influence overeating in children quotes Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics and principal scientist on the study, who said that obesity can be contagious—that overweight children will tend to eat more when with overweight friends.

An article on Yahoo! Hot Jobs about mistakes that will get your resume tossed out quotes Cynthia Shore, assistant dean for corporate and community relations in the School of Management.

Esther Takeuchi is one of just four innovators featured in a story called "Profiles in Creativity" published this month in the Saturday Evening Post. She was the only woman featured in the story, which says: "Takeuchi, now an engineer at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has parlayed her penchant for figuring out how things work into a wildly successful career."

An article on MSN.com on secrets for staying healthy on the road suggests travelers invite a new client to dinner because a recent UB study showed that men downed 35 percent fewer calories when eating with strangers as when eating with friends. The article originally appeared in Men's Health.

Kathryn Foster, director of the Regional Institute, is quoted in an article on Governing.com that looks at factors that have led Niagara Falls, N.Y., to become a city long past its heyday and shackled by its economic and political history, in stark contrast to the success of Niagara Falls, Ont.

An article in O, The Oprah Magazine, about childhood obesity and the role that friends play in children's eating habits reports a study conducted at UB showed that overweight children who are with their overweight friends consumed more food than when they were with thinner children, and quotes Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics.

An article in the St. Joseph (Missouri) News Press about a local elementary school that missed making the Adequate Yearly Progress, part of the No Child Left Behind program, quotes Doug Clements, professor of learning and instruction, who said that No Child Left Behind fails to take into account the disparity of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, compared to their more affluent counterparts.