July 14, 2023 by
A&S News
From the history of the length of Earth’s day to the NATO summit in Lithuania, 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.
July 7, 2023
- Department of Physics Assistant Professor Matthew Russo explains to NPR: Science Friday his work transforming data from space into a musical album, in collaboration with NASA.
- Woodsworth College graduate Omer Malikyar shares with CTV News Channel how he has overcome incredible odds to reach graduation day.
July 8, 2023
- Department of Earth Sciences Chair and Associate Professor Sarah Finkelstein weighs in with CBC News online on the importance of peatlands in Canada.
- Department of Geography & Planning Associate Professor David Roberts talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about possible solutions to the housing crisis.
- Innis College Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Daniel Adleman discusses with Politico Ron DeSantis’ U.S. presidential campaign.
July 9, 2023
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton talks to NPR: On the Media about the origins of neural networks.
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, discusses with Global News Ukraine and Russia, more than 500 days into the conflict.
- Department of Geography & Planning PhD candidate Jeremy Withers comments for CBC online on Canadian housing market policies.
July 10, 2023
- Department of History Assistant Professor and International Relations Program at Trinity College Director Timothy Sayle explains to Reuters (paywall), The Globe and Mail, The Globe and Mail and CTV: Your Morning, Toronto Star (paywall) Canada's role at the NATO summit in Lithuania.
- Jack Cunningham, program director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and fellow at Trinity College, discusses on CTV News Channel Canada’s role at the NATO summit.
- Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the School of Cities Enid Slack comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on increasing costs for social housing and infrastructure in Toronto.
- School of the Environment Assistant Professor Teresa Kramarz talks to the Narwhal about Canada’s critical minerals strategy.
July 11, 2023
- Aisha Ahmad, affiliated faculty at the Munk School, discusses on CBC: The Current the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO.
- Department of English Professor and Vice-Dean, Undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda reviews for The New York Times (paywall) a new transhistorical novel.
- Political Science PhD candidate Cheng Xu writes for University Affairs about his experience as a field researcher in high-risk environments.
- Timothy Sale discusses on CTV News the conditions that would enable NATO to invite Ukraine.
- Aurel Braun discusses the latest on the NATO summit with CTV News, CHML Radio and Busan English Broadcasting.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor Emeritus Anthony Doob comments in the Toronto Star (paywall) on Mayor Olivia Chow’s promise to make Toronto a safer city.
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Assistant Professor and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics Associate Maria Drout shares with Space her study searching for the missing link in the evolution of “kilonovas.”
- Department of Chemistry Professor Geoffrey Ozin discusses with Advanced Science News his research into recycling materials and the pursuit of new energy solutions.
- Munk School senior fellow Sean Speer comments for the National Observer on the Conservative Party of Canada’s future in the next federal election.
July 12, 2023
- Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Jimmy Ba, who trained with Geoffrey Hinton, is one of 11 experts leading Elon Musk’s new AI company, as covered by The Washington Post (paywall) and Bloomberg (paywall).
- Randy Boyagoda writes in The Walrus about the impact of the Pope’s visit on Indigenous communities.
- Department of Economics Professor Angelo Melino discusses with BNN Bloomberg and CityNews: Breakfast Television the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike.
- Department of Political Science Professor and Trinity College Fellow John Kirton discusses with Global News online NATO’s expansion.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond comments for CTV News online on the Canadian government’s regulation of chemicals that can harm humans.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman talks to NPR: Goats and Soda about how plastic is suffocating coral reefs.
- Department of Anthropology professor Marcel Danesi comments for The New York Times (paywall) on the trending “Daddy’s Little Meatball” slogan.
July 13, 2023
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Professor Norman Murray, Department of Physics Assistant Professor Christopher Lee and Physics graduate student Hanbo Wu share with Forbes (paywall) and National Post (paywall) new research on why a day on Earth is 24 hours long.