February 23, 2024 by
A&S News
From the death of Alexei Navalny to how “rizz,” or charisma, can improve relationships, 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.
February 16, 2024
- Department of Economics PhD candidate Taryn Eames talks to CBC Radio about her research into how declaring gender pronouns can lead to discrimination when applying for a job.
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, discusses on CBC Radio and CTV News the death of Alexei Navalny.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple comments for the Washington Post (paywall) on Cleveland’s ranking among the top Midwestern cities in pandemic recovery.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor Donald Jackson comments for The Narwhal on Ontario’s decision to cut protections for an endangered species of fish.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments for Timmins Daily Press on the mental health workers asking for an 11 per cent wage increase.
February 17, 2024
- Department of Psychology Professor Nicholas Rule, who is also Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean at the University of Toronto Mississauga, writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about how “rizz,” or charisma, can improve relationships.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy fellow Martin Regg Cohn shares insights in the Toronto Star (paywall) from the Next Generation China Scholars Conference organized by the Office of the Vice-President, International.
- The new and upcoming Rotman Commerce building is highlighted in blogTO as the first-ever dedicated space for Rotman students at the St. George campus.
- Department of Sociology Professor Scott Schieman shares his research in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the pitfalls of complaining about work.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CBC News online on Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault’s controversial comments about federal funding for road construction.
February 18, 2024
- Department of Sociology Professor Scott Schieman, Sociology PhD candidate Alexander Wilson and Sociology student Jiarui Liang write in the Financial Post (paywall) about the struggles of the U.S. economy.
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics Assistant Professor Laurie Rousseau-Nepton talks to the Leader Post (paywall) about her passion for research and storytelling.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond recommends in Forbes (paywall) that people should air out their mattresses before using them due to off-gassing.
February 19, 2024
- Department of Art History Associate Professor SeungJung Kim discusses in Korea JoongAng Daily the AFC Asian Cup football tournament.
- Department of Political Science Assistant Professor Olga Chyzh writes in The Guardian about the impact of Alexei Navalny’s death.
- Centre for Indigenous Studies Assistant Professor Heather Dorries tells the Toronto Star (paywall) that urban development has not taken the interest of Indigenous people into account.
February 20, 2024
- Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies Director and Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures Professor Anna Shternshis tells Global News that the Centre opened its doors for community members, so they had a place to grieve.
- Department of Art History PhD candidate Derek Dunlop comments for CTV News online on vintage cars found in the Assiniboine Forest.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics student Peter Ma shares with BBC News online his research that uses AI to search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
February 21, 2024
- Department of Sociology Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Reitz, who was also cross-appointed at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, shares new research in the Toronto Star (paywall) on earning gaps among second-generation Canadians.
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Assistant Professor and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics Associate Maria Drout shares with The Hindu (paywall) the discovery of small helium stars.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Justinas Stankus comments for CTV: Your Morning on the housing crisis in Canada.
February 22, 2024
- Department of Philosophy Professor Mark Kingwell writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the importance of civility in public discourse, with mention of the university’s first provostial adviser on civil discourse, Randy Boyagoda, who is also a professor in the Department of English and Vice-Dean, Undergraduate at the Faculty of Arts & Science.
- Dan Breznitz, University Professor in the Department of Political Science and co-director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Innovation Policy Lab, comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on regional innovation ecosystems in Canada.
- Ilana MacDonald, acting outreach coordinator of the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, comments for Global News online on the upcoming April 2024 total solar eclipse.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology alum Kennedy Bucci talks to WCMU-FM about a study she conducted while a PhD candidate at U of T about microplastics in fish.