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In the Media

Gizmodo: Would finding life on Mars really change anything?

Oct. 2, 2019

(David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, quoted)


Economic Times: Slums are emerging as arenas of competence politics: Tariq Thachil

Sep. 28, 2019

(Tariq Thachil, associate professor of political science, interviewed)


The Conversation: Why the United Auto Workers GM strike is headed for failure

Sep. 23, 2019

(Joshua Murray, assistant professor of sociology, authored)


Salon: Partisan divide creates different Americas, separate lives

Sep. 22, 2019

(Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, authored)


The Atlantic: How ancient DNA can help recast colonial history

Sep. 18, 2019

(Jada Benn Torres, associate professor of anthropology, quoted)


Elemental: Stereotypes about single people can influence cancer treatment

Sep. 18, 2019

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



Smithsonian: Babies born by C-section have different gut microbes than vaginally delivered infants

Sep. 18, 2019

(Steven Townsend, assistant professor of chemistry, quoted)


Gizmodo: Wild new theory blames a disintegrating moon for star’s mysterious dimming

Sep. 17, 2019

(Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, quoted)


Washington Post: Congress is back in town. Here’s why lawmakers will struggle to get much done.

Sep. 12, 2019

(Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Economy, co-authored)