News Clips February 27-March 5, 2017

Buffalo State and its students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making news. The following articles appeared in the media the week of February 27-March 5, 2017.  Please note that links may expire or change as news outlets archive stories.

February 27
WIVB: Buffalo public art project to recognize contributions of civil rights leaders (Buffalo State mentioned)
Palladium-Item: Retired professor giving 625k IU East (Buffalo State alum Paul Kriese featured)

February 28

Buffalo News: Innovation Center officially launches Idea Lab (Buffalo State mentioned)
Buffalo News: Buffalo State's Smith receives SUNYAC basketball honor
Buffalo Rising: i4 Studio at The Innovation Center Buffalo's First Idea Lab (Roger Firestien, Lecturer, International Center for Studies in Creativity, mentioned)
Inside Higher Ed: Tea and Sympathy: The myriad unofficial demands on faculty members to advise students (Article by Angela Fulk, Lecturer of English)
Jamestown Post-Journal: Southwestern Art Teacher Talks of Lifelong Passion (Buffalo State alum Jenny Brown featured)

March 1
Buffalo News: Another Voice: Making college affordable for all in New York State (Article by President Katherine Conway-Turner)
Sun Community News: Champ is probed again for show (Buffalo State students Darrian Dowdy and Shaun Wagner featured)
Syracuse.com: Corcoran football star Wayne Thompson now known as Tampa 'Native Wellz' (Former Buffalo State student-athlete Wayne Thompson featured)

March 2
Buffalo News: Editorial: Burchfield Penney is on solid ground as Bannon heads into retirement (President Katherine Conway-Turner mentioned)

March 3   
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:  Free SUNY Tuition would increase college access, reduce debt (Buffalo State mentioned)