2014

December

The New York Times interviews UB expert about hyperacusis
12/2/14
UB's Richard Salvi says this is an emerging field of study.
Wired reports on a UB PhD student's invention
12/2/14
This suitcase-that-does-everything has raised close to $1.4 million in an online crowdfunding campaign.
ESPN reports on the hiring of Lance Leipold as head football coach
12/2/14
Leipold has coached Wisconsin to the NCAA Division III national championship five times in seven years.
The Christian Science Monitor cited UB research that young gamblers are decreasing
12/4/14
Total numbers of gamblers have dropped since 1999.
Yahoo! Finance counts UB among the top smartest public colleges
12/4/14
UB is counted as smart for its "brainpower and affordability."
MSNBC interviews UB expert on Hillary Clinton's appearances in Canada
12/4/14
Munro Eagles states that Clinton doesn't need the exposure in Canada to run for president and that her visits may have to do with more pressing issues.
US News & World Report quote UB psychology expert in article on reducing stress
12/4/14
UB's Michael Poulin says that compassion may cause the release of neurohormones that transmit a feeling of well being.
WKBW reports on UB medical students gathering to protest officer-involved killings of black men
12/11/14
The students called their gathering "White Coats for Black Lives."
Business First reports on the benefits of the new $375 million medical school
12/12/14
The new SMBS is described as serving as the gateway to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus from Allentown.
Web MD reports on UB study that smoking may make it harder to quit drinking
12/16/14
The datat suggest that smoking may make quitting drinking during alcohol treatment more difficult.
NBC News reports on UB study showing Greenland's ice melting faster that predicted
12/16/14
Research used data gathered from NASA satellite.
CNN publishes op-ed by UB expert on the 'Sony hack'
12/18/14
Arun Vishwanath asks, "Where's the outrage over the Sony hack?"
NPR's Morning Edition reports UB geology research on the melting of Greenland's ice
12/18/14
UB geophysicist Beata Csatho has just completed the most comprehensive satellite survey of that ice cover.
Buffalo News reports on new companies approved for Start-Up NY
12/30/14
Companies include Illuminating Diagnostics, a biotech company founded by UB alum Sarah Scouten, which will create diagnostic testing for early detection of hospital-borne infections.
UB architecture professor quoted on Huffington Post about dredge landscaping
12/30/14
Instead of treating contaminated sediment as merely waste that needs to be moved and capped, contaminants can be separated out, leaving material to create new dredge landscapes, says Sean Burkholder.
New York Times: Stop walking while texting, says UB expert
12/24/14
Dietrich Jehle, UB professor of emergency medicine, offers expert analysis of why walking while texting is dangerous.