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A letter to the editor about proposed locations for the new Buffalo train station suggests that the community wait for the analysis of the 17-member nonpartisan committee exploring the major options, and notes that the committee is chaired by Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, who, the author says, “has quite a track record in chairing such planning committees over the past 20 years.”An article about a six-story apartment building being proposed for Gates Circle reports the developers, who began planning last summer, worked with Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, and Bradshaw Hovey, senior fellow in the UB Regional Institute, to develop a process for reviewing the design with the community, including a values statement.

An article about concerns by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority about the impact of moving the bus terminal from its location on Ellicott Street to the new train station either near the existing bus facility or at the Central Terminal quotes Robert Shibley, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, who said every concept the local committee is now considering incorporates the bus and train stations. “This is a group that has a vision for the future of rail and intermodal service,” he said. “The question is how far we make the step in that direction. We’re now in the process of informing that decision as best we can.”

A story on Time Warner Cable News about the closing of the Huntley Power Plant and its impact on the Town of Tonawanda and Ken-Ton School District reports the UB Regional Institute is helping the town and participating groups form a concrete plan to attract businesses, and interviews Bart Roberts, associate director of research and faculty engagement. "Really, the end deliverable here is an economic development plan that the town, as well as other public-private and non-profit partners, can use as a decision-making tool as well as a resource for the types of investments to focus on," he said.

An article on PRI’s The World about the future of advanced technology and clean energy, and what it could mean to Buffalo’s economy, interviews Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, who said the data show that Buffalo is moving in the right direction and has had more than three years of month-after-month job growth. "Not since World War II have we seen that. So that's something to be really positive about. We see number of firms, number of employees, wages, all ticking up for the first time in decades," he said. 

An article on whether to locate Buffalo’s proposed new train station in the Central Terminal stated that Robert Shibley, dean of the UB’s School of Architecture and Planning, and the committee's facilitator, spoke at a meeting concerning the new station.

An article on PRI’s The World about the future of advanced technology and clean energy, and what it could mean to Buffalo’s economy, interviews Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, who said the data show that Buffalo is moving in the right direction and has had more than three years of month-after-month job growth. "Not since World War II have we seen that. So that's something to be really positive about. We see number of firms, number of employees, wages, all ticking up for the first time in decades," he said. The article also appeared in The Week, an international news and opinion magazine.

An article on 6sqft.com, a New York City architecture blog, reports on the winner of Metals in Construction magazine’s 2017 Design Challenge, and notes that Emboss Tower, a project submitted by Jin Young Song, assistant professor of architecture, was one of five runners-up in the competition.