September 15, 2023 by
A&S News
From the origins of life on other planets to the origins of vanilla, 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.
September 8, 2023
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton discusses the latest iPhone vulnerability the lab discovered, with The New York Times (paywall), Reuters (paywall), Associated Press, USA Today (paywall), Forbes (paywall), BBC online and the Washington Post (paywall).
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics fellow Ziggy Pleunis and David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics graduate student Adaeze Ibik discuss with the Mirror the significance of multiple recurring fast radio bursts (FRBs).
September 9, 2023
- CityNews covers a new intergenerational class in the health studies program at University College that brings together undergraduate students and older adults, and is taught by Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work sessional lecturer Raza Mirza.
- Department of Psychology Assistant Professor Björn Herrmann shares with the Mirror how a slight change in someone’s eye could be an early sign of deafness.
- Department of Political Science Professor, Trinity College fellow and G20 Research Group leader John Kirton shares with the Hindustan Times, Voices of America, The Globe and Mail (paywall), CBC News online and Radio-Canada online insights on the G20 summit.
September 11, 2023
- Department of Economics Professor Emeritus David Foot recalls for the Financial Post (paywall) co-writing Boom, Bust & Echo.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on the need for housing developments to focus on mixed-use towers.
September 12, 2023
- Vice-President, International Joseph Wong of the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy advocates in The Globe and Mail (paywall) for a trusted institutions framework for international study permits.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology research fellow Tiziana Gelmi Candusso discusses with CBC Radio: Metro Morning her study on urban predator-prey networks.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez shares insights with the Toronto Star (paywall) regarding auto strikes in the United States.
September 13, 2023
- Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Assistant Professor Emerita Anne Porter talks to LiveScience about the discovery of human bones and animal remains dating to around 7,000 years ago in Arabian stone structures known as mustatils.
- Department of Earth Sciences University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar comments for National Geographic Magazine (paywall) on NASA’s planned missions to find life on other planets.
September 14, 2023
- Department of History Professor Eric Jennings shares with CBC Radio: Ideas his findings on the origins of vanilla.
- School of the Environment Assistant Professor Kerry Bowman talks to CBC Radio: The Current about public attitudes towards COVID-19 protective measures amid a rise in cases this fall.