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  • New York Democrats move state to the left after 'historic' legislative session
    6/19/19

    An article in The Washington Post interviewed James Battista about the landmark session of the New York State legislature that has produced some of the nation’s most far-reaching liberal policies, demonstrating the strength of the left wing after the Democratic Party gained full control of state government for the first time in more than a decade.

  • Hyenas once roamed the Arctic. Their teeth tell the tale.
    6/18/19

    The New York Times and CNN are among news outlets around the world that continue to report on the research of paleontologist Jack Tseng, whose team identified the first hyena fossils ever found in the Arctic. 

  • Dread and decay in an 'abandoned' Miami Beach hotel
    6/14/19

    An article on Vice interviewed Elizabeth Bowen about an abandoned Miami Beach hotel that became a refuge for the area’s homeless population and the crackdown on nuisance crimes in a city that has America’s highest number of resident billionaires and more than 14 percent of its population living in poverty.

  • How modern life is transforming the human skeleton
    6/13/19

    A story on BBC News about how modern life is transforming the human skeleton interviews Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, about her research to find out if it was possible to tell where an individual was from by looking at the shape of their skulls. 

  • House holds hearing on "deepfakes" and artificial intelligence
    6/13/19

    A story on CBS News about experts testifying before the House Intelligence Committee about the threats that “deepfake” videos and other types of artificial intelligence-generated synthetic data pose to the U.S. election system reports witnesses at today’s hearing include David Doermann.

  • Everything you need to know about foster care, explained
    6/4/19

    An article in Good Housekeeping about foster care and what prospective foster parents need to know interviews Annette Semanchin Jones, who said that in the U.S., foster care is overseen by state child welfare agencies and children enter the system when a reports of possible abuse or neglect is received.

  • Wrightwood 659 opens groundbreaking exhibition on Stonewall Rebellion
    5/29/19

    An article in Art Daily interviews exhibition curator Jonathan Katz about an exhibit in Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 of “About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art,” which remembers the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.

  • A 200-year-old bicycle inspires design for climate change
    5/26/19

    The Canadian Broadcasting Company radio show Spark interviewed Nicholas Rajkovich about how his students built “laufmaschines,” which were an early version of the bicycle. The laufmachines were created in 1815 as a response to climate change and the need for less reliance on horses.

  • Being a woman, a feminist and a Muslim at workplace
    5/23/19

    An article on Medium about a feminist Muslim woman and the difficulties she had looking for a suitable job that didn’t have a problem with her hijab reports a study by Emily Grijalva showed that a gender gap in leadership still persists.

  • A surprising finding about romance
    5/22/19

    An article in Psychology Today reports on research by Sandra Murray about the role of illusion in romantic relationships and notes that she found that being out of touch with reality actually enhanced the subjective assessment of the couple’s happiness and predicted its chances of long-term stability.

UB faculty frequently offer expert perspectives on issues that are part of the current public discourse, including ones that may be perceived as controversial. It is our belief—and at the core of UB’s academic mission—that constructive, thoughtful dialogue fosters a better understanding of our world. Thus, we openly share these perspectives.