March 22, 2024 by
A&S News
From the well-being of single people to a climate impacts hackathon, experts from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Arts & Science are sharing their expertise on a variety of issues in the media.
Here’s some of what they had to say this week.
March 15, 2024
- Department of History Professor Andres Kasekamp and Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, talk to Global News about Russia's presidential election.
- Researchers of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School reveal Pegasus spyware use in Poland, as reported by the Canadian Press.
- Department of Political Science Assistant Professor Dani Kaufmann Nedal comments for FOX News online about the rise of gang violence in Haiti.
March 16, 2024
- Department of Physics PhD student Michael Morris talks to CBC Radio: Fresh Air about the university’s Climate Impacts Hackathon.
- David Roberts, associate professor, teaching stream and director of the Urban Studies Program at Innis College, shares with CBC News online his research on the impact of the FIFA World Cup on South Africa.
March 17, 2024
- Department of History Professor Emeritus Mark McGowan shares with CBC News online his research on the connection between Ontario First Nations and Irish famine victims.
March 18, 2024
- Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics public outreach strategist, talks to Niagara-on-the-Lake Local about the upcoming total solar eclipse.
- Department of Computer Science Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton and his former students are featured in Wired (paywall) among the inventors of modern AI.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis talks to CBC Radio: Metro Morning about Ontario’s retroactive pay to public sector workers
- Department of Psychology Professor Geoff MacDonald shares with CBC News online his research on the well-being of single people around the world.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond comments for CBC News online on the negative health effects linked to exposure to PFAS chemicals.
March 19, 2024
- Department of Anthropology University Professor Tania Li receives the Killam Prize for her contributions to social sciences, as highlighted by the Canadian Press.
- Citizen Lab researchers share with BBC News online their findings on TikTok and political censorship.
- Natasha Jesenak, director of access programs and registrarial services at Woodsworth College comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on the importance of kindness in leadership.
- The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics has partnered with the Toronto Public Library to provide the public with nearly 30,000 free eclipse-viewing glasses, as reported by the Toronto Star (paywall).
March 20, 2024
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics associate Julie Bolduc-Duval talks to CBC Radio: The Current about her book on solar eclipses.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Emeritus Paul Gooch writes in Times Higher Education about universities commenting publicly about issues, with insights from Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy distinguished fellow Carolyn Tuohy.
March 21, 2024
- Department of Psychology Professor Geoff MacDonald talks to CityNews Halifax Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show about the trend of more people living single, and whether they are happier single than in a relationship.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki discusses with CityNews online opportunities to use city-owned parking lots for housing, and solutions for traffic congestion.
- The U of T Trash Team, led by Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor Chelsea Rochman, shares with the National Observer findings on plastic waste and attitudes towards waste reduction.