April 28, 2023 by
A&S News
From a new think tank for researchers to tackle existential crises to a new carbon conversion and clean energy research initiative, 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.
April 21, 2023
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and St. Michael’s College Assistant Professor Adam Hincks talks to Toronto Life (paywall) about studying dark matter with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, along with colleagues Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) University Professor Richard Bond and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics and Department Associate Professor Renée Hložek.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments in the National Post (paywall) about a member of Ontario’s legislature filing a lawsuit against a national television network.
- Gizmodo and Salon highlight research from Department of Earth Sciences Professor Miriam L. Diamond and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman that shows washing machine filters help stem the flow of microplastics into water systems, and do not pose a mechanical malfunction risk.
April 22, 2023
- Department of English professor and vice-dean, undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda talks to CBC Radio: The Next Chapter about the value of exploring the Sistine Chapel with his students.
- CITA Director Juna Kollmeier and Professor Peter Martin share with The Globe and Mail (paywall) their proposal of the School of Cosmic Future, a new think tank for researchers to tackle existential crises.
April 24, 2023
- Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Rahul Krishnan talks to CTV News online about receiving Amazon funding to study the ramifications of using AI in health care.
- Political Science PhD candidate William O’Connell argues in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that better pay for civil servants will improve the quality of federal services.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments in The Globe and Mail (paywall) on public sector wage negotiations.
- The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy is covered by Fox News for its spyware discoveries.
- Department of History Associate Professor Nhung Tuyet Tran is noted in Forbes (paywall) as a Rome Prize winner in the discipline of Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
- Dunlap Institute, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Department of Physics researchers are collaborators on the just-launched balloon-based telescope SuperBIT, as covered by Space.com.
April 25, 2023
- Political Science and School of the Environment Associate Professor Kate Neville is highlighted by Global News online as the co-leader of a new carbon conversion and clean energy research initiative that just received a $24 million investment from the federal government.
April 26, 2023
- Citizen Lab researcher Jeffrey Knockel reveals to The New York Times (paywall) the extent of China’s internet censorship using search engines.
- Munk School senior fellows Tyler Meredith and Graeme Moffat discuss on TVO: The Agenda whether Canada needs a wealth tax.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple’s research on pandemic recovery in major cities is covered by the Los Angeles Times (paywall)
- Dunlap Fellow Ziggy Pleunis and student Adaeze Ibik shares with Space.com, Daily Mail, The Mirror and Jerusalem Post their discovery of a series of mysterious radio signals from outer space.
April 27, 2023
- Computer Science Assistant Professor Jimmy Ba is noted in The New York Times (paywall) because he is said to be in talks with Elon Musk to create a new AI company.
- Sunil Johal, professor in Public Policy and Society at Victoria College, comments for the Financial Post (paywall) on ongoing PSAC negotiations on remote work.