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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.
"There's no way around it. We live in a sophisticated payment environment. Everyone is expected to have a credit card. We have a notion that the folks that have our credit-card information are pretty savvy, reliable people...I may become a little more apprehensive."
Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics, on KVOA-TV in Tucson, Ariz., on concerns over the security of using credit cards.
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"They use (drinking) as a coping mechanism to deal with work trauma, not just shootings, but the everyday drudgery of dealing with abused kids and human misery. It has cultural acceptance: You have to be able to drink to be a good cop. It's a macho thing, a stress reliever."
John Violanti, research professor of social and preventive medicine, in an article on police drinking in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
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"If you have a really high pension, you have a problem....Pilot pensions and early retirees are the main places you see cuts."
James Wooten, professor of law, in a CBS MarketWatch story on airline workers whose pensions have been terminated.
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"The GI tract has the most abundant, diverse population of bacteria in the human body. We are entirely dependent on this microbial population for our well-being. A shift within this population, often leading to the absence or presence of beneficial microbes, can trigger defects in metabolism and development of diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease."
Steven Gill, associate professor of oral biology, in an article in The London Telegraph on his research, which shows microbes provide an essential support system for the human body.
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"Some people don't need to balance their checkbooks. If they have sufficient assets and overdraft protection, there's no real need to worry about balancing their checkbook. Today's technology makes it so difficult [that] keeping track of what's in a checking account is virtually impossible."
Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics, in an article in The New York Times on checkbook balancing, who says that for those who have a pretty good idea of what is in their checking account and how much they spend every month, laboriously going through every statement can be just a waste of time.
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