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Members of the UB faculty and staff are quoted in print, broadcast and online publications around the world. Here is a sampling of recent media coverage.
“The ear is no longer sending information to the brain. The lack of information causes the brain to turn up its volume control. When the brain turns up its volume control, noise or static increases as well.”
Richard Salvi, director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness, in an article in The Oregonian on tinnitus, what it is and how it’s treated.
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“The country must go through a cathartic experience, and put measures in place to make sure those abominations do not reoccur.”
Makau Mutua, interim dean of the Law School, in an article on PBS's NewsHour Online on the history behind the ethnic-driven killings in Kenya.
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“His star paintings define celebrity as part of the cultural world we live in and—for better or worse—relate to more than the ‘Mona Lisa.’”
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, in an article distributed by the Associated Press and the Canadian Press on the opening in Grand Rapids, Mich., of an exhibit that includes some of Andy Warhol’s darker works. The article was picked up by numerous news outlets across the U.S. and Canada, including the Detroit Free Press.
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“With the increased rates of obesity, we’re seeing more and more morbidly obese patients in the intensive care unit. We thought, if they were at increased risk and likely to die, we needed to do something, we needed a different kind of intervention to try and reduce or stem that wave of increased mortality.... If we know they’re not at greater risk, then you’re very likely to give them as much of a chance as everyone else and do the most you can for them.”
Folu Akinnusi, clinical assistant professor of medicine, in an article in the Vancouver Sun that reports that new research shows that obese people have a survival edge over skinnier people in the face of critical illness and quotes
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