UB in the News

Fresno Bee: Rapping weighs in on celebrity addicts
8/8/06
An article in the Fresno Bee on Web sites that concentrate on snarky celebrity news quotes Elayne Rapping, professor emeritus of American studies.
Boston Globe: Fingertip Digitizer a hit at conference
8/7/06
An article in the Boston Globe reports on the SIGGRAPH conference at which the Fingertip Digitizer was being demonstrated, and quotes Thenkurussi Kesavadas, director of UB's Virtual Reality Lab.
UPI: Meth promotes spread of virus in HIV-infected users
8/7/06
An article distributed by UPI reports UB researchers have found that methamphetamine can promote the spread of HIV-1 in users.
UPI: Residual radiation can trigger security devices, Ackerhalt says
8/7/06
An article distributed by UPI reports that a person who undergoes medical tests that include use of radioactive material may have enough residual radiation in his or her body to trigger security devices as long as three months after the test and quotes Robert Ackerhalt, professor of nuclear medicine.
Toledo Blade: Violanti weighs in on police and suicide
8/2/06
An article in the Toledo Blade looks at the suicide of a local police chief and quotes John Violanti, research professor in social and preventive medicine, who said, "It's the idea that police are problem-solvers, not people with problems. That's part of the culture, and it's bad because a lot of officers are reluctant to go for help when they need it."
Post-Gazette: Mandell quoted on bank services that encourage kids to save
8/2/06
An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about new services banks are offering to encourage teen and preteens to invest their savings with them quotes Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics.
Health Day: Prof discusses marijuana and pregnancy failure
8/2/06
An article distributed by Health Day news service reports on a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that found that using marijuana at the time of conception or in early pregnancy can result in pregnancy failure, and quotes Herbert Schuel, professor emeritus of anatomy and cell biology.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Dunnett quoted on finger scanning at the Canadian border
7/28/06
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on a proposed rule change that would require Canadian students studying in the U.S. to be digitally fingerprinted and photographed quotes Stephen Dunnett.
Bloomberg: Andrea Yates unlikely to be released, law prof says
7/27/06
An article distributed by Bloomberg news service quoted Charles P. Ewing, professor of law, in an article on the verdict in the Andrea Yates case.
Associated Press: More sympathy for insanity defense than there used to be, Ewing says
7/27/06
An article distributed by the Associated Press quotes Charles P. Ewing, professor of law, on the verdict in the trial of Andrea Yates, the Texas woman who was found not guilty by reason of insanity of drowning her five children in the bathtub.

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