January 19, 2024 by
A&S News
From geologic hydrogen as a potential new source of energy to AI marketplace trends, 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.
January 12, 2024
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond, as the leader of a group of academics working to regulate PFAS, answers callers’ questions about the toxic chemicals on CBC Radio: Maritime Noon (26:28 mark).
- Department of Political Science University Professor Emeritus Peter Russell is remembered by TVO for his lasting impact in Canadian politics, with comments from former students and colleagues.
- Woodsworth College Assistant Professor (teaching stream) Jon Johnson comments for
- Smithsonian online on the ancient remains from a potential Huron-Wendat ossuary.
- Department of Computer Science Associate Professor Colin Raffel comments for Global News online on Election Canada’s online tool aimed at tackling misconceptions about the election process.
January 13, 2024
- Department of Earth Sciences University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar discusses on CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks geologic hydrogen as a potential new source of energy.
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty member at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments for The New York Times (paywall) on Canada’s treatment of a Russian dissident.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Associate Professor and Munk School affiliated faculty member Matthew Light comments for CBC News online on Canada’s treatment of a Russian dissident.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on Toronto’s approval of a growing number of rental demolitions and redevelopments.
January 14, 2024
- Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Director Gillian Hadfield comments for CBC News online on a new marketplace for custom AI software.
January 15, 2024
- Department of East Asian Studies Assistant Professor Michelle Cho discusses on CBC Podcasts: Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud the death of Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in Parasite.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology alumna Madeleine Milne shares with the Washington Post (paywall) and La Presse continued coverage for her research on microplastics in meat.
January 16, 2024
- Human Biology Program sessional lecturer Kerry Bowman comments for Global News online on Disease X, a hypothetical illness being discussed at the World Economic Forum.
- Judith Taylor, professor in the Department of Sociology and the Women & Gender Studies Institute, writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about venues to express dissent and safely protest for social change.
- Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the School of Cities Enid Slack comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on the increase of property taxes in Canada.
- Department of History Professor Emerita Margaret MacMillan is noted in the Daily Mail online for being a member of the Order of Merit.
January 17, 2024
- Munk School senior fellow Jon Allen comments for the National Post (paywall) on the UN court case against Israel.
- Cinema Studies Institute Assistant Professor Brett Story signs with CAA ahead of the world premiere of her latest documentary, Union, as reported by Variety.
- Barron’s highlights the Munk School’s Citizen Lab for its findings on controversial spyware misuse.
January 18, 2024
- Munk School fellow Martin Regg Cohn writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about a recent panel on technology and democracy, with mention of Munk School Director and Department of Political Science Professor Peter Loewen.
- Sali Tagliamonte, professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics, discusses with National Geographic online (paywall) the influence young girls have on linguistic changes in society.
- Department of Sociology Professor Scott Schieman comments for Toronto Life on evolving trends and culture shifts in the workplace.
- Department of Computer Science PhD student Harsh Kumar is part of a research collaboration with Microsoft that studies the implementation of AI models in education, as covered in Forbes (paywall).
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Assistant Professor Maya Fishbach comments for Gizmodo on the discovery of a new object in the Milky Way Galaxy.