UB in the News

An article on American Medical News on the link between police work and physical and mental disease looks at research being conducted by John Violanti, research associate professor of social and preventive medicine.

An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review profiles football coach Turner Gill and looks at the success he is having with the UB football program.

Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, was quoted in an article on ABC News about the new popularity of television shows, movies and music from the 1980s and '90s, with shows like "90210" and music by New Kids on the Block making a comeback.

An article in The New York Times on clinical trials that have raised concerns about cancer risks and the use of the widely prescribed drugs Zetia and Vytorin quotes Peter Bradford, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology.

Joseph Atkinson, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and director of the Great Lakes Program, is quoted in an article distributed by the Associated Press that reports a number studies predict Great Lakes water levels will drop as average temperatures creep higher and looks at the affect lower water levels would have on New York State's ability to use hydro facilities to generate electrical power.

An article in the travel section of The New York Times on the impact high gasoline prices have had on summer vacation plans interviews UB graduate student Robert Huether, who with his fiancé took a four-day bike trip from Buffalo to Albany following the Erie Canal.

An article on Inside Higher Ed on the question for disciplinary associations of how and where to schedule their meetings in light of the American Political Science Association's decision to hold its 2012 annual meeting in Louisiana, a state with one of the most restrictive bans on gay marriage in the nation, quotes Donald Rosenthal, professor emeritus of political science and chair of the APSA's Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered in the Profession.

An article distributed by UPI reports that young men with type 2 diabetes have low levels of testosterone that could affect the quality of life and the ability to father children, and quotes Paresh Dandona, UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine.

An article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on women and drinking reports that a UB study showed that while moderate drinking cuts heart risk, those benefits disappeared in women who overindulged just once a month.

An article in Investor's Business Daily on Monette Young Investors Fund, a kids-themed mutual fund aimed at persuading young people to embrace long-term investing, quotes Lewis Mandell, professor emeritus of finance and managerial economics.