Politics

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  • Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Created a 'Cascading Event'
    3/14/11
    The magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of northern Japan and the tsunami it triggered demonstrate the need for an integrated approach to preparing for, mitigating and responding to extreme events, say researchers at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, MCEER and the UB Center for GeoHazards Studies, who spoke to media in a briefing Friday on UB's North Campus. Video commentary from UB faculty experts is available here: http://bit.ly/eeUn1S
  • Study: Voters' Retrospective Evaluation of Presidential Candidates is Conditional
    1/18/11
    A new study by researchers at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ modifies the longstanding theory of "retrospective voting," which holds that in presidential elections voters happy with the in-party's performance will support its candidate and when unhappy are more likely to support the opposition party's candidate.
  • Are Corporate Bailouts Effective?
    11/17/10
    Do corporate bailouts actually work? According to a recent study, some bailouts work better than others, depending on the conditions surrounding them.
  • Scholar of U.S. Politics Comments on New Post-Election Bipartisan Landscape
    11/10/10
    James E. Campbell is a widely published political scientist at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ who specializes in American electoral politics and forecasting. He is an excellent post-election source on issues related to the new working relationship ahead between the White House and Congressional leadership.
  • To Promote HIV Research in Africa, NIH Awards UB Pharmacology Lab $2.3 Million
    11/8/10
    For more than 10 years, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program has helped fight the global AIDS epidemic by hosting visiting pharmaceutical scientists from countries like Zimbabwe and Nigeria in order to teach them how to conduct clinical trials and research on HIV/AIDS. Now, in recognition of their success and the need to expand these efforts, the National Institutes of Health has awarded a total of $2.3 million to the UB laboratory.
  • Experience Rescuing Teenagers Caught in Sex Trafficking Motivates Student's Research
    11/4/10
    When ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ School of Social Work doctoral candidate Bincy Wilson tried to rescue teenage women from sexual trade slavery working the streets of Goa, India, she was the frequent target of threats made by the pimps -- some of them family members of the women -- whose livelihood relied on keeping these women in sexual servitude.
  • Scientists Track an Insidious Toxic Substance in China
    10/20/10
    Scientists at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ and the Chinese ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Mining and Technology/Beijing are tracing a toxic trajectory of excess fluorine, which may be crippling millions of people with skeletal fluorosis in a poor, remote Chinese province. The disease causes chronic joint pain and leads to muscle wasting and crippling spine and major joint deformities. Most often, the source is excess fluorine in polluted water, but in certain areas in China it comes from coal.
  • Expert says Paladino victory should raise a red flag for NYS Democrats
    9/15/10
    ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist James Campbell, a veteran political forecaster, says "The frustration of conservatives and the power of the Tea Party movement was demonstrated once again in the victory of Carl Paladino over the GOP's establishment-backed candidate Rick Lazio."
  • Political Forecaster Predicts Large Republican Gains in House of Representatives
    8/31/10
    Political prognosticator James E. Campbell, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, predicts that the Democrats can expect to lose 51 seats in the House of Representatives in the November election, producing a Republican majority.
  • Obama in Buffalo: What's the likely political impact?
    5/12/10
    A ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist is available to comment on President Obama's visit to Buffalo Thursday during a stop on his "White House to Main Street Tour."