<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/gil-fried-buffer-zone.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>07/08/2019</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Faculty Members Push Boundaries with ‘Buffer Zone’ Research</title><description>After conducting a series of studies, sport management faculty members Gil Fried and Ceyda Mumcu determined that the buffer zones around basketball courts should be larger to ensure the safety of athletes. Their findings are scoring them points in the industry.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>July 8, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2019/gil-fried-basketballs.jpg" alt="Image of Gil Fried"/></image><image-caption>Gil Fried’s research aims to ensure the safety of athletes on the basketball court.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>