May 5, 2023 by
A&S News
From the ethics of AI to self-driving labs, 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 28, 2023
- Acceleration Consortium Director and Department of Chemistry Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik, along with Chemistry postdoctoral researcher Felix Strieth-Kalthoff and Department of History Professor Michelle Murphy, explain to The Globe and Mail (paywall), The Globe and Mail (paywall), CTV News online, Global news online, Toronto Star (paywall), The Logic (paywall), BetaKit and CP24 the emerging field of advance materials discovery using self-driving labs, for which the University of Toronto has received $200-million in federal funding.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University Professor Janice Stein reflects with TVO online on ageism and her decades-long career in academia.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics postdoctoral fellow Ziggy Pleunis and David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics student Adaeze Ibik share with Fox News, CTV News online and Weather Network their discovery of a series of mysterious radio signals from outer space.
April 29, 2023
- Department of Economics Professor Emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the Bank of Canada’s digital dollar.
April 30, 2023
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments for CBC News online on the Windsor Salt strike.
May 1, 2023
- Victoria University President Rhonda McEwen discusses with the Toronto Star (paywall) her mission to help students feel like they belong.
- Political Science Professor Emeritus David Rayside comments for London Free Press on sexual diversity in rural communities.
May 2, 2023
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton shares with The New York Times (paywall), The Guardian, Popular Science, New York Post, The Hindu, The Globe and Mail (paywall), CBC Radio: As It Happens, BetaKit, The Hill, CTV Toronto online, Toronto Sun and Smithsonian his decision to leave Google so he can speak freely to ensure AI technologies he helped invent are used for the good of humanity.
- The Citizen Lab at the Munk School receives coverage in The Guardian, South China Morning Post and International Business Times for its recent spyware discoveries.
- Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Rahul Krishnan shares with Toronto Life how he will use recent Amazon funding to study the ramifications of using AI in health care.
- Political Science and Munk School Associate Professor Michael Donnelly comments for U.S. News & World Report on professional degrees in international relations.
May 4, 2023
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics and Department Associate Professor Renée Hložek talks to Space about mapping of dark matter.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple’s research on pandemic recovery in major cities is covered by the Daily Mail and CityNews online.
- Department of Sociology and School of Cities Assistant Professor Prentiss Dantzler comments for ABC News online on the public housing crisis in the U.S.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for Politico on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership.