UB in the News

Nancy Nielsen, associate dean for medical education and president of the American Medical Association, is quoted in an article in Newsday in about a $19 million deal between Nassau University Medical Center and the American University of the Caribbean Medical School to will bring 64 AUC students to the medical center for their third and fourth year clinical rotations.

An article distributed by Reuters Health reports that pooled data from randomized trials does not clearly demonstrate a significant advantage for thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients with central venous catheters and quotes lead investigator Elie A. Akl, assistant professor of medicine.

An article on CBS MarketWatch on factors that indicate that Barack Obama will win the presidential election reports that James Campbell, professor and chair of political science, and a few colleagues have created a system that combines several forecasting methods into one, with that system predicting that McCain is expected to get 47.4 percent of the two-party vote, the lowest his expected vote has been all year.

Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education, is quoted in an article on the front page of Singapore's Straits Times on the increasing number of American students who are studying in Singapore in order to get a better picture of the growth occurring on that continent.

George Barnett, professor of communication and president of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, is quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article on using social networking to find a new job.

RIA research scientist John W. Welte is quoted in the Allentown Morning Call in an article about a former Lehigh University student who developed a gambling addiction and wound up serving 22 months in prison for robbing a bank.

Michael Sheridan, director of the Center for Geohazards, is quoted in the Pekin Daily Times in an article on the unique problems resident of rural community face in a crisis like the floods in the Midwest.

An article in The Wilmington News Journal on the controversy over the nomination of the Independent Party of Delaware's gubernatorial candidate by three of the party's four executive-committee members at a local pizza-parlor meeting quotes James Gardner, professor of law.

Research by Feng Gu, assistant professor in the School of Management's Department of Accounting and Law, was cited in The Wall Street Journal in an article on a deal between Washington Mutual and TPG.

An article in The New York Times profiles Harold Rosenbaum, visiting associate professor of music and a recent recipient of the Laurel Leaf Award from the American Composers Alliance presented in recognition of "distinguished achievement in fostering and encouraging the performance of new American works."