Expert Tip Sheets

Commentary from University at Buffalo faculty experts on breaking news and other events.

UB sports law expert critical of treatment of Tagovailoa injury
9/30/22
If the NFL's concussion protocol was not followed correctly, questions of liability for injury and professional responsibility must be pursued, Helen A. 'Nellie' Drew says.
'I was stunned,' says UB concussion expert about Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returning to the Bills game last weekend
9/30/22
Tagovailoa is at higher risk for a more prolonged and complicated recovery after the concussion he sustained Thursday night, Dr. John Leddy says.
UB expert: How educators can challenge racism and become more racially literate
7/20/22
LaGarrett King, director of the UB Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education, shared his perspective on what educators can do to challenge racism and confront hate.
As temperatures soar across the U.S. and China this week, UB heat illness expert urges caution for those most vulnerable
7/12/22
Rate of heat-related deaths keeps increasing because people are not adequately informed about heat illness identification and appropriate treatments, as well as prevention strategies, says UB researcher.
Roe v. Wade: UB experts available to discussion decision and impact
6/30/22
From medicine and law to history and politics, experts can weigh in on issues.
Sports law expert available to comment on SCOTUS decision on football coach who sought on-field prayer worship
6/27/22
Nellie Drew says ‘SCOTUS continues to run amok on the field of precedent.’
University at Buffalo historian available to discuss SCOTUS gun ruling
6/24/22
At the heart of American gun culture is white anger, fear and resentment, Carole Emberton says.
UB Center for Urban Studies: How decades of racism have shaped Buffalo
5/19/22
The racist mass shooting that took 10 lives on Saturday occurred in a community that has endured decades of racism, and that painful history cannot be ignored, says center director Henry-Louis Taylor Jr.
Supreme Court draft overruling Roe v. Wade further politicizes the court and puts other rights at risk, says UB expert
5/4/22
The reasoning in the draft ruling means that rights to contraception, as well as same sex marriage could be gone as well, according to Lucinda Finley.
To boost or not to boost? UB’s Russo discusses what the new FDA guidelines mean
4/4/22
Infectious disease expert Thomas A. Russo questions regarding what the new guidelines mean for different groups depending on age, underlying conditions and other factors.

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