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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.
"He certainly caught the mood of the moment. It was the moment where rhetoric, charisma and policies seemed to be congruent-and that moment has never been repeated."
Andrea Daum, professor of history, in an article distributed by the Associated Press that looks at a new museum, "The Kennedys," being opened in Berlin, Germany, that commemorates President John F. Kennedy, who visited that city on June 26, 1963. The article appeared in roughly 100 outlets in the U.S. and Canada, including The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Baltimore Sun, ABC News, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer, CBS News and Yahoo! News.
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"Northridge was a wake-up call. Suddenly, the engineering community is more interested in the performance of wood-frame buildings."
Andre Filiatrault, in an article in the Los Angeles Times that reports that UB researchers will subject an entire house to a magnitude 6.7 earthquake for a systematic assessment of how a typical wooden suburban home holds up to an earthquake.
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"Not one hospital had all of the information needed in a simple, easy-to-understand format. We were especially surprised that the designated trauma hospitals in both countries had such inadequate discharge information sheets."
Michael Fung, a fellow in the UB Sports Medicine Institute, in an article distributed by United Press International on the failure of hospitals to provide patients with clear information about complications of concussion or mild traumatic brain injury.
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