Medical News Today reports on a study led by UB
researcher Zhen Yan, who has shown that an approved
anticancer drug can significantly restore the social deficits
associated with autism spectrum disorder in mice.
The Washington Post quotes Charles Ewing,
professor of law, who questioned a Pennsylvania lawmaker's plan for
legislation that would fine parents up to $750 if their child is a
habitual bully.
The Oregonian reports on research by Shira
Gabriel, associate professor of psychology, that showed the
role that Donald Trump’s reality shows played in his election
as president.
An Associated Press article about the strike by West
Virginia teacher unions interviews UB researcher Tom
Ramming, who attributed much of West Virginia’s impact to
its statewide scope.
UB researcher Julie Bowker was the first to show that a
type of social withdrawal could have a positive effect,
particularly on creativity, reports the BBC.
While seemingly crazy, most superstitions derive from three
universal principles across all cultures, Phillips Stevens
Jr., associate professor of anthropology, tells Business
Insider.
WAMC-FM's Academic Minute featured UB researcher
Michael Stachowiak, who discussed new findings that show the
early stages of pregnancy as the starting point for
schizophrenia.
An NBC News article about last week’s mass
shooting and a Colorado man who claimed that the only thing that
stopped him from carrying out his own bloodbath years ago was his
inability to get a gun interviews UB researcher Amanda
Nickerson.
An article in USA Today about last week’s mass
shooting in Florida interviews Mark Seery, associate
professor of psychology, who said it is not unexpected that young
voices are rising to the national stage on gun violence.
