UB in the News

An article distributed by HealthDay reports patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to be at higher risk for brain lesions linked with the disease and for brain shrinkage. The article quotes study co-author Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, associate professor of neurology and director of the Baird MS Center. The article appeared in outlets that include U.S. News & World Report and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

An article in the New York Daily News about the high cost of college textbooks reports a Queens councilman is calling on CUNY officials to create a textbook rental program and that book rental programs are springing up all over the country, including at UB.

An article in the Orlando Sentinel reports the 1958 UB football team was honored in Orlando 51 years after they turned down a bowl bid because of racial discrimination.

An article in The New York Times about textbook publishers who are beginning to rent books to students reports Follett Higher Education Group, which manages more than 850 college bookstores, is starting a pilot rental program this fall at about a dozen of its bookstores, including at UB.

An article on CNN about using stem cells to treat heart disease quotes Techung Lee, associate professor of biochemistry, who said injecting stem cells into the heart muscle carries the risk of arrhythmias and is working on a less invasive technique using mice.

An editorial in The Bay State Banner in Massachusetts about the last week's confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court looks at the nation's growing minority population, and reports that according to demographer Peter Rogerson, professor of geography, more than half of all the people born in the United States since 1776 were alive around 1997, a number that he says will not change until 2030, and that between 2040 and 2050 the majority population of the U.S. will be either black, Latino or Asian.

An article in U.S. News & World Report about treatment techniques that may diminish children's ADHD symptoms without the use of drugs includes the summer treatment programs developed by William Pelham, director of the Center for Children and Families, that aim to teach children social skills and improve academic performance.

Larry Southwick, professor emeritus of finance and managerial economics, is quoted in an article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about a government survey on worker productivity that found that Americans are working harder than ever.

An article in Engineering News-Record about bridge information modeling and why it's needed to integrate design and operations management interviews Stuart S. Chen, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering.

An article on the CNN Truth Squadblog asks whether dental service will be covered under the health care reform bill and quotes Debra Street, associate professor of sociology and an expert in health care policy.