News Clips April 13-19, 2015

Buffalo State and its students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making news. The following articles appeared in the media the week of April 13-19.   Please note that links may expire or change as news outlets archive stories.

April 13

Buffalo News:  Mother of college rape victim will speak at ‘Take Back the Night’ event (Buffalo State mentioned)

April 14

SUNY Big Ideas:  Open SUNY MOOC Shakes Up Online Education (John Cabra, Associate Professor of the Center for Studies in Creativity and Cynthia Burnett, Assistant Professor of the Center for Studies in Creativity, mentioned)

Niagara Frontier Publications:  'Runway' to dazzle with innovative student designs (Elaine Polvinen, Professor of Fashion and Textile Technology, mentioned; Erin Habes , Lecturer of Fashion and Textile Technology, quoted; Margaret Keef, Lecturer of Fashion and Textile Technology, mentioned; Buffalo State student, Colleen Young and Breanna Morelli, quoted)

Buffalo News:  Golf preview: WNY charity events calendar (Buffalo State mentioned)

Buffalo News:  Downtown Wi-Fi offers prospect of expansion  (Buffalo State mentioned)

April 16

Buffalo News:  Region’s jobs hit peak in March (Frederick Floss, Professor of Economics and Finance, quoted)

TWC News:  Buffalo State Hosts Take Back the Night Event

WIVB:  Mother shares personal story about rape to students (Buffalo State mentioned)

WKBW:  Buffalo State community fights to stop sex assault (Paula Madrigal, Wellness and Prevention Coordinator of Weigel Health Center, quoted)

April 17

Venture Beat:  This startup claims it can assess how creative you really are (International Center for Studies in Creativity mentioned)

Ken-Ton Bee:  AGITPROP: Art Jewelry by Robin Connell (Buffalo State mentioned)

April 19

Buffalo News:  Where We Live: Aurora/East Aurora (James Hamm, Professor of Art Conservation, mentioned)