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July 1, 2020
“I was completely shocked to find that social eavesdropping has such a huge effect on wasp behavior. … Insects use their tiny brains to produce surprisingly sophisticated behavior,” said Elizabeth Tibbetts, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, whose research found that paper wasps observe fighting rivals to rapidly assess potential opponents without personal risk.
Cosmos Magazine (Australia) -
July 1, 2020
Research led by Rose Cory, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences and of Program in the Environment, shows that organic carbon in thawing permafrost soils flushed into lakes and rivers and converted to carbon dioxide by sunlight could release an additional 30 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere, adding 14 percent to current estimate.
Grist -
July 1, 2020
“What’s concerning to me is that if people assume it’s a substitute for hand washing and face masks and that all of a sudden if we have a touchless technology world then we won’t have any infection problems, and (they) throw out the tried-and-true boring stuff of hand washing and face masks,” said Andrew Ibrahim, assistant professor and chief resident of surgery, on hotels investing in contactless technology.
Fast Company -
July 1, 2020
Apryl Williams, assistant professor of communication and media, cautions against letting the at-times humorous nature of Karen memes minimize the ways in which white womanhood has long posed danger to black lives: “On the one hand, the humor is a way of dealing with the pain of the violence, so in that way it’s helpful, but on the other hand, the cutesy-ness or the laughability sort of minimizes or masks the fact that these women are essentially engaging in violence.”
TIME -
July 1, 2020
Unlike in Europe, a fragmented public health system has hurt the U.S. response to COVID-19, says Holly Jarman, assistant professor of health management and policy: “First of all, political leadership really matters, especially the ability of central governments to coordinate responses … between the different systems we think are important for dealing with the pandemic — health care, public health and also systems of social support for people.”
CNN -
June 24, 2020
Black New Yorker David Ruggles, who led the charge against the kidnapping of runaway slaves and free-born people in the 1830s, shows “that police violence has been part of the DNA of New York and the nation from its earliest days. … In recent weeks, the protesters demanding justice for African Americans, who have marched through the very Manhattan neighborhoods where Ruggles made his stand … have proved once again that such a change is possible,” wrote Jon Wells, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, history and in the Residential College.
TIME -
June 24, 2020
“These protests have really pulled out into the open the way that police act really aggressively against peaceful protesters. There’s something about experiencing that for the first time, for many white folks who have only had positive interactions with police, and they’re out there being beaten with a baton or tear gas or had rubber bullets shot at them for the first time,” said Shea Streeter, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor of political science.
MLive -
June 24, 2020
“We are very much in a moment of reckoning around equity concerns in this country. At some point, the NFL as an organization is going to have to make a decision whether teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and the Washington football team should be allowed to continue to systematically discriminate against Native people,” said Stephanie Fryberg, professor of psychology, whose research shows that about half of Native Americans find the “Redskins” name offensive.
The Associated Press -
June 24, 2020
“The props and spaces that developed in the past 200 years to enable conviviality and sociability in commercial businesses will have to be re-created alongside the new health and safety measures and business models. If owners and policymakers fail to understand the experience is as important as the food and drink, our attempt to reopen restaurants, cafes and bars may flop,” wrote Shachar Pinsker, professor of Middle East studies and Judaic studies.
The Washington Post -
June 24, 2020
“So instead of asking the question, ‘Was Beethoven Black?’ ask ‘Why don’t I know anything about George Bridgetower?’ I, frankly, don’t need any more debates about Beethoven’s blackness. But I do need people to play the music of Bridgetower. And others like him,” said Kira Thurman, assistant professor of history and Germanic languages and literatures, who believes that Polish-born Afro-European musician George Bridgetower should be better known.
Newsweek
