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Because of their expertise and reputations, members of the 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.
"We shouted at the ref, and by the time he saw it, the other team already dunked. He called the technical, but we missed both free throws. I asked the ref, 'Can't you count any faster?'"
Reggie Witherspoon, men's head basketball coach, in an article in USA Today on technical fouls in basketball and the stories behind them, which included his recollection of coaching a game in junior college in which the opposing team came out of a timeout with six players.
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"Terrorists may not achieve the same symbolic satisfaction taking down...smaller bridges as they would a monumental bridge, but if their objective is to disturb the economy, they have more access to these bridges than the monumental bridges."
Michel Bruneau, director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, in an article distributed by UPI that reports he has developed a "multi-hazard" design to make bridges more resistant to terrorist attacks and earthquakes.
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"By symbolically repeating his brother's fall to earth, the artist conjures the suspended present; he returns to the irrepressible moment of the deceased's last breath. Chris doubles his brother. His action expresses the desire for the power to resuscitate the one he has lost and, conversely, his acceptance of his loss-contradictory states that only an artwork such as '17 minutes' can encompass."
Caroline Koebel, assistant professor of media study, in an article distributed by the Associated Press that looks at a project titled "17 minutes" by performance artist Chris Barr, a graduate student in fine arts, that remembers his brother's suicide three years ago and draws attention to the frequency with which people commit suicide-every 17 minutes. The article appeared in a number of news outlets around the state, including Newsday.
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