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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)


The Verge: Unionizing Amazon warehouses was never going to be easy

Apr. 10, 2021

(Daniel Cornfield, professor of sociology, quoted)


San Francisco Chronicle: Caitlyn Jenner is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. And she’s no threat to Newsom

Apr. 9, 2021

(Eunji Kim, assistant professor of political science, quoted)


The Hindu: Polar bears forced to forage eggs as warming shrinks hunting grounds: study

Apr. 8, 2021

(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, research highlighted)


Huffpost: Poll: Half of Republicans think Capitol rioters were largely peaceful or left-wing agitators

Apr. 6, 2021

(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted)


Scary Mommy: Racism, hate, and bigotry are not mental health disorders

Apr. 6, 2021

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


Reuters: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll

Apr. 5, 2021

(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted.)