Influential media regularly feature the accomplishments of the School of Management and the expertise
of its faculty. Below is a sampling of citations in prominent national and regional media. These placements
enhance the school's national reputation and help brand it as one of the nation's top business schools.
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The New York Times interviewed
Kevin Cleary, clinical associate
professor of management
science and systems, for a story
about sharing private financial
data with landlords� According
to Cleary, there is no blanket
data protection law, and not
all landlords take data privacy
seriously� "Even if we had a
single comprehensive law, who's
to say the landlord will follow
it?" said Cleary� Because of that,
he said it's better to limit your risk
as much as possible� "Redact it
anyway and see what they say,"
he said�
Cleary was also quoted by
Marketplace for a story about
how November's Cloudflare
outage revealed the vulnerability
of cybersecurity consolidation�
"It's economies of scale at the
end of the day," said Cleary�
"We can have a third party that
can do it better than we can for
cheaper than we can�" The trade-
off: Sometimes that third party
has a problem� So, Cleary said,
companies have to ask, "Do we
want to roll the dice that every so
often, Cloudflare is going to have
one of these issues, Amazon
is going to have one of these
issues, Microsoft is going to have
one of these issues�"
The Associated Press interviewed
Charles Lindsey, associate
professor of marketing, for
a story about machines that
use AI to generate customized
beauty products� "Devices are
collecting very large amounts
Influential media regularly feature the accomplishments of the School of Management and the expertise
of its faculty. Below is a sampling of citations in prominent national and regional media. These placements
enhance the school's national reputation and help brand it as one of the nation's top business schools.
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of personalized data with
respect to one's skin when
facial scanning one's face —
so different biomarkers and
different vital metrics, and
lots of them in just a second,"
said Lindsey� "And so that does,
then, have implications for
security� How is the data being
stored? Is it properly encrypted?"
Lindsey was also featured
by Vox in a story about
why expensive airline
"premiums" don't feel special
at all� Lindsey explained
that airlines have essentially
morphed into what's known
colloquially in economics as
"legal price discrimination" —
they allow consumers to self-
select into different pricing levels
on what's ostensibly the same
good (a flight) based on the
experience they want�
The Guardian quoted Joana Gaia,
clinical assistant professor of
management science and
systems, about the data privacy
issues of a new product by
Kohler, called the Dekoda, a
toilet cam that sends pictures
to an app that analyzes
stool samples and rates gut
health� Gaia, who studies health
data systems, says that the idea
of a toilet camera is "less
invasive" than a Fitbit or Apple
Watch, which collect more
data� "Kohler is not a medical
organization, so they are not
covered by HIPAA," said Gaia�
"This is something that comes
up a lot with apps that are
healthcare-related�"
Forbes interviewed
Michael Dambra, professor
and Kenneth W� Colwell Chair
of Accounting and Law, for
a story about how investors
are using exchange-traded
funds to take advantage of a
loophole in the wash sale rule�
Dambra explained that because
the IRS has not clearly defined
what qualifies as "substantially
identical," investors can sell
one ETF at a loss and quickly
purchase a similar fund while
still claiming the tax benefit�
Newsweek interviewed
Scott Laing, clinical assistant
professor of finance, for a
story about when consumers
could expect gas prices to go
down after President Trump
announced that Iran would
reopen the Strait of Hormuz�
"It's going to take months for us
to see a lowering of the prices at
the pump, if not a full-on year to
get it to where we were before
the war began," said Laing� "At
best, we're talking six to eight
weeks to start to see some type
of slight decline in prices at
the pump�"
Laing was also quoted by The
Independent for a story reporting
that Trader Joe's topped the latest
American Customer Satisfaction
Index, signaling a shift in what
shoppers value most� "Customers
care more about value
proposition," said Laing� "They
want to go further with their
money than they do in traditional
supermarkets�"
Marketwatch cited The M&A
Failure Trap, a book co-authored
by Feng Gu, professor of
accounting and law, in a story
about Netflix's attempt to acquire
Warner Bros� Discovery� The
article quoted Gu about his
research in relation to the
acquisition, which he said
has extremely poor odds for
success� "And as the bidding
war continues and the deal size
keeps growing, those odds get
even worse," said Gu�
Newsweek also quoted Veljko
Fotak, associate professor of
finance, in an article about
trades made by Secretary of
Homeland Security Markwayne
Mullin� Fotak said the trades
were not necessarily proof
of anything nefarious, but
"the conflicts of interest are
glaring and, of course, they are
problematic," he said� "It is not
just the lack of conflicts of interest
that matters — perceptions
matter as well�"
Buffalo Toronto Public Media
quoted Ananth Iyer, dean of the
School of Management, in a story
reporting that U�S� Rep� Tim
Kennedy announced $1�03 million
in federal funding to support a
Center of Excellence for Cross-
Border Supply Chains at UB to help
small- and mid-sized businesses
better navigate trade with Canada�
"What this funding allows us to do
is create opportunities for the
students to engage in topics that
could have a material impact on
the region," said Iyer�
