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Published: November 3, 2005

Because of their expertise and reputations, members of UB 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.

"Some of them, they keep their heads down and they're looking at the puck. But then they can get hit. Or they run into other players. Or they run into the goal posts."
John Leddy, associate clinical professor of orthopaedics and associate director of UB's Sports Medicine Institute, in an article in the Vital Signs section of The New York Times on a UB study on injuries among young hockey players that found most injuries are caused when players collide with the boards or, by accident, with one another, and not by body checks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/health/08safe.html

"We become increasingly desensitized, so movies have to be more and more viscerally exciting."
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, in an Associated Press article on the increase in violence in children's movies, who says that as animation techniques become more sophisticated and cartoons speak to audiences of all ages, the animated world looks more like reality. The article appeared in more than 110 outlets across the U.S. and Canada, including USA Today, The New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-11-01-childrens-films_x.htm.

"Every so often, you get a student with whom you have a special relationship. You talk to each other; you get close to one another. Sam was one of those."
Lee Albert, professor of law, who taught Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., during Albert's tenure at Yale University and developed a close relationship with him, in a profile of Alito published in The Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/11/01/soft_spoken_but_sharp_alito_has_shown_focus/

"The segment of the market that frequently patronizes them doesn't care. But they don't like the image of being attacked. They would like to expand and they're afraid this type of thing will hurt them."
Arun Jain, professor and chair of marketing, in an article in the Baltimore Sun on the predicament that a handful of the most-famous companies face when their names, once synonymous with business success, becomes shorthand for misbehavior. "
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.image30oct30,1,2078744.story?coll=bal-business-headlines