July 22, 2022 by
A&S News
From using trains to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to leveraging retail space to alleviate housing shortages, scholars 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 15, 2022
- Ryan Balot, chair and professor in the Department of Political Science and professor in the Department of Classics, explains in The Globe and Mail (paywall) the values that are at the core of Athenian democracy, as outlined in his book Courage in the Democratic Polis.
July 16, 2022
- Department of Economics professor emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the impact of the Bank of Canada interest rate hike on inflation.
July 17, 2022
- Mark Kersten, fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, writes in Al Jazeera about the global distribution of accountability for international crimes.
July 18, 2022
- Professor in the Department of Physics, Aephraim Steinberg comments in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about new research on a quantum computing method involving silicon chips.
- Senior researcher at the Munk School’s Citizen Lab John-Scott Railton shares with Reuters (paywall), Associated Press, The Guardian, Washington Post (paywall) and Al Jazeera that Thai activists have been targeted by Pegasus spyware.
- Ashley Reynolds, PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about a Toronto city council motion to keep cats from freely roaming the streets.
- Physics PhD student Garett Brown shares his research with FOX online about how a passing star could alter Neptune’s orbit.
July 19, 2022
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton is highlighted in Canadian Business for his involvement in the AI company Cohere, which teaches machines to speak.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources director and professor Rafael Gomez and visiting researcher Andrew Gibson write in the Hamilton Spectator (paywall) about meeting workers’ needs.
- Assistant professor, teaching stream in the Department of Psychology, Taryn Grieder comments for Global News online about alcohol consumption guidelines in a new study titled Global Burden of Disease.
July 20, 2022
- Department of Chemistry professor Geoffrey Ozin discusses with BBC Science Focus magazine, Forbes (paywall), Daily Beast (paywall) and the Toronto Star (paywall) his research on how trains could be modified to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities discusses with the Toronto Star (paywall) new School of Cities research that shows land owned by six major retailers could accommodate 68,579 homes in Toronto. He also comments for Yahoo! News on the Ontario licence plate renewal process.
- Timothy Andrews Sayle, assistant professor in the Department of History and director of the International Relations Program at Trinity College, talks to The Walrus about how an unstable U.S. threatens Canada’s national security.
- School of Cities director and Geography & Planning professor Karen Chapple explains to the Toronto Star (paywall) how the strong-mayor system would limit the power of progressive politicians.