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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.
"Some of the faculty I talked to wanted to suppress discussion of religion in the classroom."
Elaine Howard Ecklund, assistant professor of sociology, in an article in Newsweek magazine on a proposal to require students at Harvard to do coursework in an area called "Reason and Faith."
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"It might suggest the possibility of more than one perpetrator."
Charles Patrick Ewing, professor of law, in an article in Newsday on a Syosset couple found shot dead in their home despite a locked front door and no sign of a forced entry.
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"One must take what diviners say and do seriously."
Barbara Tedlock, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology, in an article in the Guardian Unlimited on the science behind divination.
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"The complex web of global subsidies which transcends national borders achieves risk reduction, market penetration, containment of launch costs and the use of foreign risk-sharing partners as a conduit to foreign government funding. My view is that both sides in this dispute have sinned. They would be much better to fight it out between themselves because the ramifications of this dispute run throughout the whole global aerospace supply chain. Many elements within the industry benefit from some form of subsidy and this could open a can of worms. It is one of those down alley whispering things, but the industry would not be happy with either a U.S. WTO or a counter-case led by Europe."
David Pritchard, research associate in the Canada-U.S. Trade Center in the Department of Geography, in an article in Flight International on allegations that subsidies to Airbus are driving U.S. rivals Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas out of commercial aviation.
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