May - University at Buffalo

SUNY sets systemwide AI policy
5/4/26
Inside Higher ED reports that SUNY has set new systemwide artificial intelligence policy that expands AI in teaching and student support while adding guardrails for data privacy and high-risk uses.
Security cameras are failing spectacularly at common sense
5/5/26
The Wall Street Journal highlights the expertise of David Doermann regarding the failures of doorbell security cameras to distinguish true threats.
Consumers helped pay for tariffs. Will they get refunds?
5/5/26
Marketplace featured the expertise of law professor Christine Bartholomew in a report about businesses seeking $166 billion in tariff refunds.
Getting answers about hantavirus
5/6/26
WIVB invited John Crane to do an in-studio interview about the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that has already claimed the lives of several passengers.
Study shows how a potato-based diet changed the genetics of Andean people
5/7/26
Reuters features research co-authored by Omer Gokcumen on the evolutionary advantages of certain genes, spurred by the consumption of potatoes 800,000 years ago.
Luigi Mangione, copycat crimes, and the rise of political violence
5/11/26
Rolling Stone features the expertise of David Schmid regarding political violence and the rise of copycat crimes due to media sensationalism.
Hantavirus outbreak resurrects COVID-19 era conspiracy theories
5/8/26
Agence France-Presse sought the expertise of Yotam Ophir regarding a surge in conspiracy theories regarding the hantavirus outbreak.
Satish Tripathi reflects on 15 years leading UB
5/13/26
WGRZ-TV interviewed UB President Satish Tripathi who, after 15 years of leading the university, will step down in July and return to his faculty position.
The hantavirus outbreak is resurrecting Covid-era misinformation tactics
5/12/26
The New York Times sought the expertise of Yotam Ophir regarding COVID-19-era conspiracy theories that are spreading about the hantavirus outbreak, and how artificial intelligence tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online.
A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
5/19/26
The Associated Press sought comment from Vincent Lynch and open critic of “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences, for an article about the company’s recent claims of hatching birds using artificial eggshells in its efforts to bring back the extinct Moa and Dodo birds.
A rare Ebola strain is spreading – here’s what doctors want you to know
5/22/26
Men’s Health features Thomas Russo in an article about a new strain of Ebola virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was undetected by current tests during the potential containment period.
Everlane made millennial shoppers feel virtuous. Its Shein deal sparked instant backlash
5/22/26
Yahoo Life interviewed Charles Lindsey for a story about how fashion retailer Everlane is facing backlash after being acquired by Shein.
Some cannabinoids may ease common chronic pain conditions, study finds
5/28/26
Forbes features research co-led by Daniel Kruger on the impact of cannabis on fibromyalgia pain, as opposed to opiate pain killers.