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.

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 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.”

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.”

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. 

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.