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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.
“Our culture has become more youth-obsessed than ever. Children are cool, and the older you get, the less cool you are. That’s why women are trying to look younger and even dress like their children. Kids have more influence over their parents than vice versa.”
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, in USA
Weekend about Miley Cyrus and the influence tweens have on
popular culture.
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“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, professor of communicative disorders and
sciences and director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness, in an
article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune on the causes of
and treatments for tinnitus.
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“The first thing you have to recognize is that this is very deep in their culture. All magical beliefs give a person a sense of control in an unpredictable, impersonal and complex world.”
Phillips Stevens Jr., associate professor of anthropology and
an expert on superstition and “magical thinking,” in an
article in The Seattle Times on the significance of the
number 8 in Chinese culture.
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“Our feeling is that the information should be given to parents if there is a serious health concern much like any other health concern a child might have. This information should not be included on a report card or such. Medical information should be kept separate.”
Meghan Cavanaugh, a counselor in UB’s Childhood Weight Control
Program, in an article in TIME magazine about a plan to test the Body
Mass Index of school children across England and send letters to parents
telling them whether their child is underweight, a healthy weight,
overweight or very overweight.
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