Will Gearty, postdoctoral researcher in biological sciences; Kate Lyons, assistant professor of biological sciences; and a four-continent team have found that extinctions of the largest herbivores and carnivores are disrupting what appears to be a fundamental feature of past and present ecosystems. Stories have appeared in Cosmos, Earth.com, The Independent, UPI and several other media outlets. Yahoo! News U.K. picked up the Independent’s story.
Heather Richards-Rissetto, anthropology, was interviewed for an April 3 article in the Santa Fe New Mexican. She talked about her research uncovering the Mayan temple Rosalila in the ancient city of Copán, Honduras.
Margaret Huettl, ethnic studies and history, appeared in an April 4 Undark story about how rhetoric used to describe space exploration has recently come under scrutiny by historians and Indigenous scholars who say the language is rooted in colonialism. Mother Jones picked up the story.
Courtney Hillebrecht, political science, director of human rights and humanitarian affairs, appeared in an April 6 Daily Beast story. She spoke about how prosecution of Russia for war crimes in Ukraine may take years. Yahoo! News picked up the story.
Hillebrecht also discussed war crime prosecution in an April 26 Politifact article.
Rupal Mehta, political science, was quoted in an April 6 Vox story on the Iran nuclear deal. She spoke about how international nuclear agreements depend on the United States’ credibility and commitment.
Alumna Yi Xuen Tay ('19, psychology), now a graduate student in educational administration, appeared in an April 20 story in The Chronicle of Higher Education. She discussed the importance of getting students’ names right in educational settings and her experience in those situations as an international student from China.
Bedross Der Matossian, history, was interviewed for an April 23 Los Angeles Review of Books article. He discussed his new book, “The Horrors of Adana,” about the Adana Massacres of 1909.
Eileen Hebets, biological sciences, was interviewed for an April 25 National Geographic article on a new study showing that male spiders of the species Philoponella prominens can escape sexual cannibalism by catapulting away. The story was picked up by MSN.com, NBC News, USA Today, Yahoo! News and other media outlets.
