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The New York Times: What do you call a bunch of black holes: A crush? A scream?

Apr. 22, 2021

(Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Stevenson Chair in Physics and Astronomy, quoted)


Bloomberg: Biden looks to GOP’s lone Black senator to shepherd police law

Apr. 22, 2021

(Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty and associate professor of communication studies, quoted)


Health Magazine: What to say to people who still want to ‘wait and see’ before getting the COVID-19 vaccine

Apr. 22, 2021

(Jennifer Trueblood, associate professor of psychology, quoted)


NBC News: Experts believe a contagion effect could be tied to recent mass shootings

Apr. 21, 2021

(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted)


Insider: 4 of the victims in the Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting were members of the Sikh community

Apr. 17, 2021

(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted)


Washington Post: Trump didn’t bring White working-class voters to the Republican Party. The data suggest he kept them away.

Apr. 14, 2021

(Noam Lupu, associate professor of political science and associate director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, co-authored)


WTVF: Supporting the Asian American community amid rise in hate crimes

Apr. 13, 2021

(Ben Tran, associate professor of Asian studies, interviewed)



SciTech Daily: Astronomers Sketch U Monocerotis – A Rare Type of Stellar Binary – Using Over a Century of Observations

Apr. 11, 2021

(Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy, and former graduate student Laura Vega, quoted)


The New York Times: Conservative Ex-Banker Headed to Victory in Presidential Election in Ecuador

Apr. 11, 2021

(Carwil Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology, quoted)