UB in the News

Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, was interviewed on National Public Radio's Marketplace program for a story about the reality TV show "Project Runway," and whether the high price Lifetime is paying to air the show will be worth it.

New York Daily News picked up the Reuters article that reports that overweight children and teens may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer.

An article in U.S. News & World Report reports that UB, in an effort to pursue its UB 2020 goals, is lobbying the New York legislature to let it raise its tuition and keep the money instead of sending some of it back to the state general fund. The article quotes UB President John B. Simpson.

An article on Ivanhoe Newswire reports that people with multiple sclerosis who smoked for as little as six months during their lifetime exhibited more destruction of brain tissue and more brain atrophy than MS patients who never smoked, according to a UB study.

An article distributed by Reuters reports that a UB study has found that overweight children and teenagers eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than with a thinner peer. The article quotes Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics, who said the same pattern has been found in adults. The article appears in news outlets that include ABC News and MSNBC.

An article distributed by Reuters Health reports that when asthma and symptoms of depression coexist in children, asthma may become worse, and quotes Bruce D. Miller, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics. The article also appeared on Yahoo! Health and ABC News.

An article distributed by UPI reports people with multiple sclerosis who smoked as little as six months experienced more brain shrinkage than those who never smoked, and quotes Robert Zivadinov, professor of neurology.

An article in the Detroit News about the highly buzzed-about sixth season of "Project Runway" quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and an expert on popular culture, who called the switch from Bravo to Lifetime "a perfect fit."

James E. Campbell, professor and chair of political science, is listed as an information source in an article in the Christian Science Monitor about U.S. political parties since 1900 and how the balance of power has shifted between Republicans and Democrats.

An article in The Scientist reports researchers have created a new glue that may help surgeons reconstruct shattered bone and quotes Bob Baier, executive director of the Industry University Center on Biosurfaces, who was not involved in the research and called the glue, which mimics an adhesive naturally produced by marine worms, "a wonderful advance."