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| Why Business School Efforts to Recruit More Diverse Faculties Are Failing |
| Sonya Grier, professor in the Kogod School of Business, wrote an article for The Conversation about the lack of diversity in business school faculties. Grier wrote, “I believe colleges and universities must acknowledge the various ways race influences faculty hiring in order to find ways to make hiring more inclusive.” (5/10) |
| My Mother Associated Mother's Day with Hitler. In May We Celebrate V-E Day and Her Survival. |
| Michael Brenner, director of the Center for Israel Studies, reflected on his mother's experience during World War II and her relationship to Mother's Day for an opinion article in USA TODAY. Brenner wrote, “Decades later, for her the date still remained deeply connected with the Nazi celebration of the ‘Aryan' woman and with her own degradation as a Jew.” (5/8)The article appeared in several aggregates, including Yahoo! News. (5/8) |
| How Parents Can Learn to Recognize Online Radicalization and Prevent Tragedy - in 7 Minutes |
| Cynthia Miller-Idriss, director of the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab, co-wrote an article for USA TODAY about how parents can fight online radicalization. Miller-Idriss and her co-author wrote, “It doesn't take much to enable front-line adults – parents, caregivers, teachers, teachers, coaches, mental health counselors and others who work with youth – to better recognize and respond to extremism.” Kurt Braddock, assistant professor of communication, spoke to The Daily Beast about how white nationalists are co-opting the language of social justice activists. (5/8, 5/11) |
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| Futuristic Computer Game Hopes to Be Tonic for Climate Change Anxiety |
| Reuters featured “Survive the Century,” an online game, which aims to get players to think about the future of climate change and their role in it. Simon Nicholson, co-director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy and one of the creators of the game, said, “How the future will play out is going to be shaped by choices taken by people today, and tomorrow, and the day after.” (5/10) |
| Before You Buy Dogecoin, Consider These 3 Things |
| H. Kent Baker, professor in the Kogod School of Business, spoke to CNBC about what investors should know about dogecoin. Baker said, “By the time most individual investors get into a rising investment, it's often too late.” (5/8) |
| Understanding Why so Many Migrants Are at the U.S.-Mexico Border |
| Founding Director of the Immigration Lab Ernesto Castaneda spoke to E.W. Scripps about the number of migrants at the border. Castaneda said, “A big problem is a lack of personnel, and large numbers of people that have been funneled and are arriving all at the same time.” (5/11) |
| Jobs Report Disappoints as U.S. Hiring Slow |
| Gabriel Mathy, professor of economics, spoke to CNN about the April jobs report and what it implies about the economy. The interview appeared on CNN affiliates, including WFSB-TV. (5/7) |
| Joe Biden's Bipartisan Deam May Already Be Dead |
| Jordan Tama, associate professor in the School of International Service, spoke to Newsweek about Republican opposition to President Biden's policies. Tama said, “The only way to gain support for the proposals from Republicans would be to shrink them dramatically, which would make the initiatives much less consequential.” (5/12) |
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