2019

September

The 'code of silence' killing US police officers
9/3/19
A BBC News story features police stress expert John Violanti in an article about the increase of police suicides.
Should parents worry about kids drinking coffee?
9/5/19
A Time story features Jennifer Temple on how caffeine affects children.
What's going on with these mysterious vaping-related illnesses?
9/6/19
A Slate article talked to public health researcher Lynn Kozlowski about the current spate of mysterious vaping-related illnesses.
UB scientists search for materials harder than diamond
9/11/19
MSN reports on research by UB chemistry professor Eva Zurek, which predicts 43 new forms of superhard carbon — including several thought to be harder than or about as hard as diamond.
Uber's response to worker bill viewed as a 'legal ploy'
9/16/19
Work and labor markets expert Erin Hatton discusses with Newsweek Uber’s response to a California bill seeking to increase benefits for gig economy workers.
'Kindness yoga' can help you survive the holidays and bad mom days
9/17/19
Parade quoted Catherine Cook-Cottone, in an article on kindness yoga, which integrates emotional states into exercises.
New clues in the hunt for a room-temperature superconductor
9/20/19
Scientific American interviewed Eva Zurek in a feature on superconductors that appears in the October edition of the magazine.
What's behind the decline in volunteer firefighters?
9/27/19
Operations management researcher Natalie Simpson tells The Associated Press that people have less time than they used to for volunteer work.