UB in the News

The policy changes that would really make Black families free
6/15/22
Parents magazine quotes Athena Mutua in a story about how policy changes that would benefit Black families.
Even for moderate drinkers, going on a binge can raise health risks
6/14/22
Healthline quotes Kenneth Leonard in a story that covers topics including surveys on alcohol drinking trends during the pandemic.
The connection between Crohn's Disease and Neanderthals
6/10/22
Radiolab interviewed Omer Gokcumen about the association of Crohn's Disease and Neanderthals, in an episode recounting one reporter's personal struggle with Crohn's disease.
What an ancient jawbone reveals about polar bear evolution
6/7/22
Popular Science quoted Charlotte Lindqvist about her research looking at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and brown bears.
Denying women abortion care could dent the labor market
6/3/22
An article in Fortune quoted Erin Hatton on the Great Resignation resulting in women leaving the workforce.
Why SPACs are warning they could go bust
6/1/22
Yahoo Finance interviewed Michael Dambra about why special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals with Forbes and SeatGeek are being terminated, the outlook for SPACs and protections for investors.
How do communities adapt to limited food resources?
5/25/22
Samina Raja speaks to NPR following about the limited grocery stores in the neighborhood where the Buffalo mass shooting occurred.
How the Buffalo shooting livestream went viral
5/25/22
Maria Y. Rodriguez speaks to The Verge about how social platforms can minimize harm, and what to do about harmful content.
East Buffalo needs community-driven structural investments, not fly-in, fly-out charity
5/24/22
A Civil Eats article written by scholars in the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab at UB, including Samina Raja, as well as academic partners outside of UB, states that Buffalo’s Black neighborhoods need sustained structural investments, not fly-in, fly-out charity.
Black children struggle to process Buffalo massacre
5/23/22
A story in the The New York Times about Black students in Buffalo Public Schools struggling to process the mass shooting in Buffalo referenced work led by Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr. detailing racial segregation in Buffalo.

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