UB in the News

An article distributed by the Associated Press reports that Swedish snus, a smokeless tobacco, puts smokers at a significantly lower risk of cancer than cigarettes, and quotes Lynn Kozlowski, professor and chair of health behavior in the School of Public Health and Health Professions and an internationally regarded expert in smoking and health.

An article distributed by UPI reports UB scientists are designing bridges that "dance" during earthquakes, making the structures the safest and least expensive to build, retrofit and repair, and quotes Michel Bruneau, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering.

An article distributed by the Associated Press on the controversy over whether to re-release Walt Disney Co.'s 1946 film "Song of the South," which produced one of the company's most famous songs, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," but also has been criticized as racist for its depiction of Southern plantation blacks, quotes James Pappas, associate professor of African-American studies. The article received wide distribution nationally and internationally

An article in Forbes reports on research conducted by Joshua Dyck, assistant professor of political science, that shows that people who registered to vote the week of the registration deadline -- about 30 days before the election in many states -- were 16 percent more likely to vote than voters who registered one year before the deadline.

An article in the April 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine looks at the lifestyle and traditions of Zuni Pueblo on the Zuni Indian Reservation in New Mexico and quotes Dennis Tedlock, professor of anthropology and author of a book on the art of the Zuni storyteller.

An article that also appears on the front page of The Washington Post reports on research that shows that many angioplasty patients who receive stents would do as well being treated just with drugs, and was picked up by newspapers that include the Seattle Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Los Angeles Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and St. Petersburg Times.

An article in the Colorado Springs Gazette on the enthusiastic greeting Michelle Obama is receiving on the campaign trail quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies and a pop-culture expert, who said, "I think people relate to her as a glamorous version of one of the girls."

An article on the front page of The New York Times reports on a new study that showed that many patients routinely implanted with stents to open arteries gain no lasting benefit compared with those treated with just drugs and quotes William E. Boden, professor of medicine and public health and lead author on a report on the study.

An article distributed by UPI reports on a UB study on the pathway through which estrogen aids in maintaining bone density.

An article in today's issue of the New York Post looks at "My Life on the McJob," a book by Jerry Newman, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Organizations and Human Resources, about his 14-month undercover odyssey working at fast-food restaurants from Detroit to Jacksonville.