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Because of their expertise and reputations, members of UB's faculty and staff are sought out by reporters who quote them in print, broadcast and online publications around the world. Here is a sampling of recent media coverage in which UB is mentioned prominently.
"Celebrities are put in a different category and are allowed to
break the rules."
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies in the College
of Arts and Sciences, was featured in an article in the Albany
Times Union and Atlanta Journal Constitution about
actresses having children on their own or before marrying.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/
story.asp?storyID=389996& category=LIFE&newsdate=8/18/2005
"...a thought-provoking exhibition that explores the many
walls—physical and metaphorical—that unite and divide Chinese
society."
"The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art," the most ambitious
exhibition of contemporary Chinese art to travel beyond China, which
will open in the UB Art Galleries and Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Oct.
21 and recently closed in Beijing, was reviewed in The New York
Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/
18/arts/design/18wall.html?ex=
1125547200&en=9ba972242150439e&ei=5070
"I was surprised to hear addicts in the study describe their love
for the needle."
Davina Moss, who recently received her doctorate from the
Graduate School of Education, conducted research showing that heroin addicts
trying to kick the habit often profoundly grieve their lost
"relationship" with the needles they use to inject the drug was
reported in The Washington Times.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050817-115605-3943r.htm.
"It was a price that one had to pay to get cards in the hands of
large numbers of people."
Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics
in the School of Management, discussed the cat-and-mouse game that Visa
and other credit-card companies have played for years with those who
would commit fraud in an article in The New York Times
about the companies' efforts to ensure that their customers' personal
information is secure at all times.
Read the article at
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/business/25visa.html?ei=5094&en=
bee1ef9ee78aece4&hp=&ex=1125028800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print