UB in the News

An op-ed in today's issue of The Buffalo News by President John B. Simpson calls on state leaders to continue to support UB 2020, which will benefit not only the university but the entire Buffalo Niagara region.

The need for continued support of the expansion of UB as a flagship campus of SUNY is referenced in an editorial in today's The Buffalo News focusing on the transition of David Paterson to governor.

An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education on Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation yesterday and what it means to proposal to add 2,000 faculty members to New York State's public universities and to create a $4 billion endowment for the institutions quotes President John B. Simpson on his confidence that much of the momentum for improving higher education, and the way it contributes to the state economy, will continue beyond the Spitzer administration.

An article on PBS's NewsHour Online on the history behind the ethnic-driven killings in Kenya quotes Makau Mutua, interim dean of the Law School. "The country must go through a cathartic experience, and put measures in place to make sure those abomination do not reoccur."

An article in The Oregonian on tinnitus -- what it is and how it's treated -- quotes Richard Salvi, director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness.

An article in The Oregonian on tinnitus -- what it is and how it's treated -- quotes Richard Salvi, director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness, who said, "The ear is no longer sending information to the brain. The lack of information causes the brain to turn up its volume control. When the brain turns up its volume control, noise or static increases as well."

An article in England's Guardian newspaper on the battle for the votes of superdelegates who will decide who will be the Democratic candidate for president quotes James Gardner, an electoral law expert and professor of law, who said, "The conditions exist for a lot of deals to be struck."

An article distributed by the Associated Press and the Canadian Press on the opening in Grand Rapids, Mich., of an exhibit that includes some of Andy Warhol's darker works quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and an expert on pop culture.

An article in The Washington Post on "murderabilia" -- artwork, letters and other items collected by people fascinated with serial murderers and other killers -- quotes David Schmid, professor of English and author of "Natural Born Celebrities," a study of serial killer popularity.

Research by Leonard Epstein, professor of pediatrics and social and preventive medicine, that showed that limiting the time that young children spend with television and computers reduces their risk of becoming obese is featured prominently in the news, appearing in major metropolitan newspapers that include The New York Times.