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The U.S. Supreme Court announced a landmark decision this morning protecting the rights of LGBTQ workers. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that employers who discriminate against gay and transgender workers are in violation of the Civil Rights Act…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 15, 2020) – Kathleen Kerwin, a wildlife expert at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is available for interviews on how to create wildlife habitat in your yard. “Creating backyard habitat for wildlife is a relatively easy way homeowners…
Steven Adelkoff, a lecturer at Rutgers University’s School of Arts and Sciences, is available to discuss the COVID-19-driven global financial crisis, and lessons learned from past financial crises. Adelkoff teaches Global Governance of Financial Crises in the MA program in Political…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 15, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Amy Rowe is available for interviews on how to protect you and your family from ticks and Lyme disease, including how to reduce tick habitat around your home. “Right now…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 15, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor William T. Hlubik is available for interviews on environmentally friendly lawn and landscape care, sustainable gardening and agriculture, home and commercial vegetable and small fruit production, and how to…
The Trump administration announced this week that its first in-person campaign rally since the coronavirus lockdown will occur in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19th – a day celebrated by many Americans as the day that marked the end of slavery…
The Trump administration authorized new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an executive order on Thursday. The executive order comes after the ICC announced investigations of war crimes by United States military personnel in Afghanistan. Jens David Ohlin,…
Smoking and vaping-related lung injuries create an underlying medical condition that can make people more susceptible to respiratory infections like the flu and COVID-19, according to experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s department of emergency medicine. “Both COVID-19 and…
Confederate monuments are being torn down across the United States as the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd continue. While the Confederate statues represent a step backwards, tearing them down will not end structural racism, says Anne Bailey,…
Many people rely on travel and vacation to decompress and take care of their mental health, which is especially important now during the pandemic. Summer travel will however bring some challenges this year for vacation goers to protect themselves from…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As school districts across the country announce their plans for fall instruction, parents and educators are raising questions about the scenarios. Districts are weighing concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 with the impact that extended online…
John McGreevy, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at University of Notre Dame, is an American Catholicism and politics expert available for stories on Pope Francis’s comments to U.S. Catholics on George Floyd’s death and racism. https://history.nd.edu/people/john-mcgreevy/ McGreevy…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 10, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Michele Bakacs is available for interviews on invasive exotic plants in New Jersey that are growing out of control, overrunning forests and other natural areas. She can discuss why this…
As working from home becomes more prevalent, business leaders need to focus on connecting with their employees both one-on-one and as a team, says Surinder Kahai, associate professor at the School of Management at Binghamton University, State University of New…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 10, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick climatologist David A. Robinson is available for interviews on the unusually cool May in New Jersey, including the first measurable May snow in the Garden State since 1977. While many people remark…
Pride Month should incorporate racial justice and honor LGBTQ+ leaders of color MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – This year, the annual celebration of Pride Month in June comes on the heels of both a pandemic and wide-ranging protests demanding racial justice and…
Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD : Brief Narrative Bio Sven-Eric Jordt is associate professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology at Duke University School of Medicine and faculty in Duke’s Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP). Dr. Jordt’s laboratory discovered…
Rutgers sociologist Paul Hirschfield is available to discuss U.S. police violence and the possibility of reform. Hirschfield has researched why rates of police lethality in the United States are much higher than in Europe. “The demand to defund the police has been dismissed…
Jennifer Lambe, an associate professor of communication at the University of Delaware, can speak on the topic of kneeling – either bypolice officers who have joined protestors or players who might do so during the next NFL season. Lambe made…
Credentials: https://www.mottchildren.org/profile/1702/dawn-jeanette-dore-stites-phd Dr. Dore-Stites’ insight in this blog story: http://michmed.org/2GlmJ (text below) — While kids are watching their parents worry about the current pandemic and ongoing protests, many haven’t played outside with their friends yet even though school’s out, and they’re…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 9, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick faculty are available to discuss the late William Roberts, who had a 41-year career at Rutgers and invented the air-inflated greenhouse covering system that revolutionized agriculture worldwide. Roberts, a Distinguished…
Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. A certified yoga teacher, her work on yoga has been featured in The Feminist Wire, Yoga International, and LA Yoga. Sabrina is also an award-winning author with publications in diverse…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 9, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick ethnic crop research specialist Albert Ayeni is available for interviews on growing non-native crops in New Jersey and the mid-Atlantic, including exotic peppers, okra, roselle (sorrel), tropical spinach (amaranths) and…
ASU Law professor talks about the possible outcomes of the upcoming Supreme Court DACA ruling
“Defund the police” has been a popular rallying cry at recent protests across the nation. Originated by the Black Lives Matter movement and police reform activists, the slogan was introduced to the public last week and is quickly picking up steam…
As America’s general election looms, Tim Weninger, the Frank M. Friemann Collegiate Associate Professor of Engineering at Notre Dame, discusses the current state of social media, the dangers of disinformation and how users can get smarter about what they share.
Kelly N. Moore, a Rutgers University expert on how children perceive and recover from trauma, is available to discuss the strategies parents can use when discussing current events, including nationwide protests, police violence and racism, with their children. “Parents do…
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 8, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Kimberly Russell is available for interviews on an upstate New York family’s 43-year family tradition – a competition to predict the arrival of American robins in their backyard every spring…
Diane Calello, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Center and an associate professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Lewis Nelson, professor and chair of the department of Emergency Medicine, are available to comment on the effects…
Anne Bailey, Binghamton University Professor of History and Director of the Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity, is available to discuss a variety of issues in relation to the George Floyd protests and race in America.…
Workers nationwide have struggled to receive unemployment benefits during the global pandemic that forced many businesses and organizations to close. Navigating through numerous phone calls for help and online snafus have frustrated many people, especially as government leaders seek to…
Dolph Briscoe, PhD, is a history scholar and lecturer at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and an excellent quotable source on how the current protests and clashes between demonstrators and police compare with those of past decades. Briscoe, whose teaching and…
As protests continue across the United States and around the world in response to systemic racism in policing, activists and political leaders seek out ways to affect permanent change. Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies at Cornell University, studies law,…
By now, we all understand the importance of washing our hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. We know that we should clean high-touch surfaces regularly, and avoid touching our faces. We know that wearing a mask…
Clashes between police and protesters escalated this week across the United States, as public outrage continued over police brutality and systemic racism. Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, is an international expert on police reform. She says…
Protests have erupted all over the nation in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans killed by police. The Black Lives Matter movement has called out these latest deaths as evidence of police brutality…
“A ‘genetic shield’ may have protected southern Italy from the Sars-CoV-2 tsunami that swept the northern regions,” says Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at Temple University, and Professor…
The issue of slavery reparations needs to be addressed in order to heal racial divisions today, according to Anne C. Bailey, professor of history at Binghamton University, State University of New York, civil rights scholar and contributor to the prize-winning…
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Anne Rimoin, Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) and Infectious Disease Division of the Geffen School of Medicine, in available for comment on the current Ebola outbtreak in Central Africa. Rimoin is director of the…
Mankind is the problem, and we appear to be hastily destroying life around us, says a Washington University in St. Louis biodiversity expert upon reading new research with a WashU connection. In a study published June 1 in the Proceedings of…
David Pierce, Ph.D., is an associate professor of sports management in the Department of Tourism, Event, and Sport Management at IUPUI. He is an expert in the area of sport sales, publishing the first textbook to teach students how to…
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (June 3, 2020) – Black workers face overlapping challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. Workplace experts in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations are available for…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, is available to speak with media about the impassioned protests occurring across America against racism and social…
As difficult as it can be for adults to deal with the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the disruption to children’s daily lives can be even more difficult. They may not understand what’s happening around them, or why…
The George Washington University has faculty available to provide opinions, expertise, and commentary on a variety of topics including race relations (including bias and inequality); protests and extremists; and peace and conflict resolution. To schedule an interview with any of…
Consumers, especially millennials, want to see their brands and companies take a stand on social issues. And In times of turmoil, companies may respond differently, but the intent behind their messaging must be authentic and responsible.
The sudden transition to remote work has psychological impacts on working and business leaders need to adapt to help their employees stay productive and enjoy their jobs, says Surinder Kahai, associate professor at the School of Management at Binghamton University,…
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release unemployment figures for the month of May. The report will shed light on a crucial period of coronavirus-related lockdowns, mid-April to mid-May, and the devastating economic consequences for workers across…
The premature death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer caught on video May 25 raises questions as to how a call to investigate a person suspected of forgery can end up in tragedy. In the…
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