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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.
"The three most important things are power and
water, acute-care facilities like hospitals, and response-and-recovery
capabilities. Strengthen these three, and you are better prepared to
deal with almost all eventualities."
Michel Bruneau, professor of civil, structural and
environmental engineering and director of the Multidisciplinary Center
for Earthquake Engineering Research, in the current (Sept. 19) issue of
Business Week, which features as its cover story an article on
earthquake and disaster risk in the U.S.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951001.htm
"They have a clean slate. It gives them a once-in-forever
opportunity to do it right."
Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics,
in a story in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on the
opportunity the lower Mississippi Delta has to not only rebuild the
region following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, but also to
transform its economy
http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=National&
storyid=128025
"You have to plan with the assumption that you don't know what
you'll encounter. It's not possible—it's not rational—to try
to prepare for all contingencies."
Ernest Sternberg, professor of urban and regional planning,
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on disaster plans and their
effectiveness.
http://
www.post-gazette.com/pg/05254/569388.stm
"Disasters are loved by the media and they're loved by the
celebrities because it's very safe and it makes them look like such good
people. It's much likelier that celebrities are going to speak out and
be associated with a disaster than taking a strong political view on
Iraq. It's a plus for celebrities to be seen as helping out a charity of
any kind."
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, in an article
in the Baltimore Sun on celebrities and television
personalities who have gone to New Orleans to lend their support after
Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.
baltimoresun.com/features/bal-to.celebs09sep09,1,4889949.story?coll=bal-
features-headlines
"Medical information can be very helpful in investigations," he
said. "But there's often the question of whether an investigation goes
too far in violating a person's right to privacy."
Lee Albert, professor of law, in an article in the
Kansas City Star on a case before the Kansas Supreme Court
in which the Kansas attorney general is seeking the medical records on
90 women and girls who received abortions in order to prosecute
suspected cases of illegal late-term abortions and child rape.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/
politics/12586593.htm