April 25, 2025 by
A&S News
From chemicals in children’s mattresses to federal election polls, 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 11, 2025
- Department of Physics emeritus professor James Drummond discusses in The Globe and Mail (paywall) the legacy of MOPITT, an experiment that measured pollution in space.
April 12, 2025
- Department of Economics professor emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the future of Canada’s auto industry.
April 13, 2025
- Department of Political Science assistant professor Semra Sevi discusses with CBC News the latest federal election polls.
April 14, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Timothy Snyder discusses on CBC Radio: Ideas what makes a free society, with mention of professor Marci Shore and incoming professor Jason Stanley.
- Department of Art History associate professor SeungJung Kim writes in Korea JoongAng Daily about the ethics of reviving the long-extinct dire wolf.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Riley Yesno discusses on CityNews online the dilemma many Indigenous people face about voting in the federal election.
- Department of Computer Science professor Raquel Urtasun talks to BetaKit about the inaugural Toronto Tech Week in June, where Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton will deliver a keynote at Convocation Hall.
April 15, 2025
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond shares new research on harmful chemicals in children’s mattress with CNN, Daily Mail, Toronto Star (paywall), The Sun – UK, CBS, The Independent (paywall), CBC: The National, CBC online, FOX online, The Guardian, Canadian Press – French, Global News online, CTV News and People.
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert talks to CBC Radio: Ideas and CBC online about themes from his new book, Chasing Shadows.
- Researchers of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School report on cyberattacks on climate activists, as highlighted by NPR online.
April 16, 2025
- Alberto Fittarelli of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School reports on Thai security services doxxing activists on social media, as covered by Bloomberg (paywall).
- Department of Classics professor Seth Bernard weighs in for CBC Radio: As It Happens on the discovery of a 1,900-year-old papyrus from ancient Rome.
- Professors Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore and incoming professor Jason Stanley received continued coverage from Foreign Policy (paywall) for joining the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Akaash Maharaj weighs in for CHCH on the Green Party being disinvited from Wednesday’s debate.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor emeritus Anthony Doob talks to Toronto Star podcast: It’s Political about the parties’ promises on tackling crime.
April 17, 2025
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics professor Yanqin Wu discusses in the Toronto Star (paywall) a recent James Webb Space Telescope discovery.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki talks to Global News about the cause of a feeder main rupture in Calgary.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Thomas Galipeau discusses in Yahoo the English and French federal leaders’ debates.
April 18, 2025
- Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations PhD graduate Kei Yamamoto weighs in for the Times of India (paywall) on the significance of the Eye of Horus.
- St. Michael’s College distinguished fellow Michael W. Higgins writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the impact of Pope Benedict’s 2013 resignation.
April 20, 2025
- Department of Computer Science professor Raquel Urtasun tells the Canadian Press that she plans to commercially deploy the first driverless long-haul truck this year.
April 21, 2025
- Department of English professor and vice-dean, undergraduate at the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda discusses with the Canadian Press the legacy of Pope Francis.
- St. Michael’s College and Department for the Study of Religion associate professor Reid Locklin explains to Global News and CHCH how the conclave works.
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times (paywall) that he opposes OpenAI's transition to a for-profit company.
- St. Michael’s College distinguished fellow Michael W. Higgins writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the legacy Pope Francis leaves behind.
- Department of History and Celtic Studies professor emeritus Mark McGowan comments for the Canadian Press on the passing of Pope Francis.
- Department of Anthropology professor Valentina Napolitano comments for CP24 on the passing of Pope Francis.
- St. Michael’s College professor Darren Dias comments for CBC News online on the passing of Pope Francis.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Marva Bailey-Wisdom argues in The Globe and Mail (paywall) for diversity, equity & inclusion efforts in Canada.
April 22, 2025
- St. Michael’s College distinguished fellow Michael W. Higgins shares in The Globe and Mail (paywall) an excerpt from his book, The Jesuit Disruptor.
April 23, 2025
- Faculty of Arts & Science faculty are profiled in a Toronto Life feature on academics who have left the U.S. to call Toronto home, including: Department of Chemistry professor and Acceleration Consortium director Alán Aspuru-Guzik; Acceleration Consortium postdoctoral researcher Kourosh Darvish and staff scientist Aaron Clasky with comments from president-designate Melanie Woodin (link to story); Department of Chemistry postdoctoral fellow Jorge Arturo Campos Gonzalez Angulo; incoming Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Jason Stanley, with mention of professors Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore (link to story); Department of Computer Science associate professor Colin Raffel, with mention of professor Raquel Urtasun and University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton (link to story).
- Department of Sociology and Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies Professor Robert Brym discusses with CBC News online a shift toward voting Conservative among Canadian Jews.
- Department of History and Celtic Studies professor emeritus Mark McGowan discusses on Bell Media Radio the lead up to Pope Francis’s funeral.
- Department of Psychology professor Allison Sekuler shares with the Edmonton Sun her expertise on brain health and aging.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Seva Gunitsky discusses on TVO: The Agenda Russia’s economy and population.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Akaash Maharaj comments for CBC News online on the Liberal and Conservative policy platforms.
April 24, 2025
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell offers advice in the Toronto Star (paywall) on dating someone with opposing political views.
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert writes in Foreign Affairs about lessons learned from SignalGate.