The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom and Gizmodo were among outlets that reported on a study by Tyler White, political science, and Robert Oglesby, Earth and atmospheric sciences, with colleagues Adam Liska and Eric Holley. The researchers found that even a limited nuclear strike involving only a handful of the weapons now in the world’s arsenal, could result in devastating climate change.
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Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, offered commentary on why American movie trailers have gotten so long -- and spoiler-prone -- for Switzerland's Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Dixon also was quoted in a July 15 Investor’s Business Daily feature on “King Kong” producer Merian Cooper. On July 14, the Florida Times-Union, reporting on a profusion of vintage rock bands touring the area, asked him to answer a philosophical question: Is a rock band with only one original member still the same rock band?
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In a July 12 story analyzing political amateurs and their threat to U.S. democracy, Vox.com cited research by John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, as detailed in their book “Stealth Democracy.”
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Education Week quoted Mario Scalora, Nebraska Public Policy Center and psychology, in a July 17 report on a new grant researching how law enforcement works with Nebraska’s rural schools on safety and emergency preparedness. Scalora said rural schools face the same safety challenges as urban and suburban schools, but with fewer resources.
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Donald Umstadter, physics, and Extreme Light Laboratory research that produced the brightest light on Earth were featured by LiveScience, in a July 18 story that ran on Fox News and other outlets; The Naked Scientists podcast July 4; and video produced by Hearst TV’s VUZ on WMUR TV in Manchester, N.H. July 6.
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The New York Times cited digital literary research led by Laura White, English, in a column about how writers Kathleen Flynn and Josh Katz took a data-driven perspective to assess the work of Jane Austen. The July 15 article was part of a special Book Review issue timed to the 200th anniversary of Austen’s death.
