News Clips April 25-May 1, 2016

Buffalo State and its students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making news. The following articles appeared in the media the week of April 25-May 1, 2016. Please note that links may expire or change as news outlets archive stories.

April 25
The Indian Panorama:  Girl who wrote Obama excited over Harriet Tubman on $20 bill (Steve Peraza, Lecturer of History and Social Studies Education, quoted)
Buffalo News:  Braves still have a hold on Buffalo (Buffalo State alum, Randy Smith, mentioned)
Buffalo News:  Buffalo has been cool for quite some time (Authored by Buffalo State alum Chris Stucchio)
Steamboat Today: 5 Minutes With...Chief of the Chief Scott Parker (Buffalo State alum, Scott Parker, profiled)

April 26
WIVB:  Study links cell phone use to sleep problems in college students (Pamela Schuetze, Professor of Psychology, and Buffalo State students, Olimpcia Desamour and Dustin Whitcomb, quoted)
New York Upstate:  How has the invasion of round gobies affected Upstate NY fishing? (Chris Pennuto, Professor of Biology, quoted)
MedicalXpress: Does exercise benefit cancer patients? (Carol DeNysschen, Associate Professor of Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics, quoted)

April 27
Buffalo Rising: Beauty is Everywhere: The Internal Workings of Jozef Bajus (Jozef Bajus, Associate Professor of Design, profiled)
Wallet Hub: 2016’s Most Gambling-Addicted States (Joseph Kelly, Professor of Business, featured)

April 28
Buffalo News:  KeyCorp to sell 18 First Niagara branches to Northwest (John Wilcox, Lecturer of Economics and Finance, quoted)
Buffalo News: Elmwood Village Winter Market to give way after this weekend to its outdoor sister (Buffalo State mentioned)

April 29
WIVB: Study shows the quality of early education programs matters (Kathy Doody, Assistant Professor of Exceptional Education, quoted)
Buffalo News: KidBiz training session May 7 (Small Business Development Center at Buffalo State mentioned)
Buffalo News: Opiate Awareness Walk, drug drop-off set for Saturday at Buffalo State

April 30
Buffalo News: Research shows local ‘winters are trending to be warmer’ (Stephen Vermette, Professor of Geography and Planning, quoted)
Buffalo News: As opiate epidemic widens, prescription drugs turned in voluntarily (William Wieczorek, Director of the Institute for Community Health Promotion, quoted)
WKBW: Fighting the addiction in Erie County (Buffalo State mentioned)
Buffalo News: Memorial walk, drug drop-offs highlight opiate epidemic in Erie County (Buffalo State mentioned)
WLFI: Study shows the quality of early education programs matters (Kathy Doody, Assistant Professor of Exceptional Education, quoted)

May 1
WGRZ: First weather and climate conference held in Buffalo (Buffalo State mentioned)
Buffalo News: Young tinkerers show their stuff at Invention Convention (Miriam Kelley, Lecturer of Creative Studies, quoted)
Buffalo News: Buffalo Mass Mob to pray outside closed St. Ann's Church (Martin Ederer, Associate Professor of History and Social Studies Education, quoted)