Gabriel Rosenberg, associate professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies and History, co-authored an article in The New Republic, arguing that "the rise of cellular agriculture will force consumers to consider the moral consequences of torturing and killing animals for food." read more » about The Sadism of Eating Real Meat Over Lab Meat
by Sarah E. Gaither As a biracial person in an interracial marriage, I recognized so much of myself while watching Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah. I like to think that I have something of a cosmic connection to Meghan Markle, the former actor who married Prince Harry, of the British royal family. I too am a biracial Black-white woman who married a white man. My first child is also named Archie (well, mine is a pit bull mix, but still a coincidence), and I also sit here pregnant (expecting… read more » about Many Interracial Couples Know Exactly What Meghan Markle Went Through
Paul Manos, professor of Biology, was quoted in an article in the News & Observer on his research into the impact climate change will have on oak trees. read more » about Will Climate Change Threaten Raleigh’s Mighty Oaks? A Duke Professor Has Clues
Mark Anthony Neal, the James B. Duke Professor of African & African American Studies, was quoted in an essay at The Undefeated about Tinashe's cover of the famous Chaka Khan song "I'm Every Woman." read more » about Tinashe’s Cover of ‘I’m Every Woman’ Brings the R&B Anthem to a New Generation
Cynthia Rudin, professor of Computer Science, wrote an op-ed for the News & Observer about a new dating app and the dangers it has for data security. read more » about ‘The Marriage Pact’ and the Risks We Take With Data
A group of Duke researchers wrote an article for the Washington Post discussing their work on what happens when people are deported from the United States. The authors include David Dow, a postdoc in Political Science; Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, a graduate student in Political Science; and Erik Wibbels, the Robert O. Keohane Professor of Political Science. read more » about Biden Wants to Halt Deportations. Here’s What Happens When Migrants Are Sent Back.
J. Lorand Matory, the Lawrence Richardson Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology, was interview for an NBC New York story about botánicas, which are "brightly colored stores, often adorned with statues and idols in their windows." read more » about The African History Behind Latino Botánicas
Research by Christopher Bail, professor of Sociology and director of the Polarization Lab, was cited in a New York Times article about "technopessimism." read more » about Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us
An excerpt of Going There: Black Visual Satire, the new book by Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History and African & African American Studies, was recently published by Artnet News. read more » about How Should We Understand the Shocking Use of Stereotypes in the Work of Historical Black Artists? It’s About the Satirical Tradition of ‘Going There’
Adriane Lentz-Smith, professor of History, joined WGBH to discuss contralto Marian Anderson, giving " an exclusive look into Anderson's rich life story and explore fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy, and the American soul." read more » about Exploring American Experience's "Voice Of Freedom"
Connell Fullenkamp, a professor of the practice of Economics, made a video for Great Courses Daily explaining what happened to cause the Gamestop stock price to rise by 2,000 percent. read more » about Professor for The Great Courses Explains GameStop Stock Surge
Adriane Lentz-Smith, professor of History, joined PBS to speak with author Jason Fagone and CODE-EQUAL co-founders Valeria and Kyara Torres-Olivares about pioneering women in STEM—from Elizebeth Smith Friedman, to groups like CODE-EQUAL. read more » about Breaking the Code
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology, co-authored an article for The Bulwark, arguing that "Allowing freedom to become synonymous with the cultural right will make it harder to address a range of public challenges, and will degrade the concept of freedom itself." read more » about Eduardo Bonilla-Silva: Reclaiming Freedom from the Right Wing
Writing at the The Next Web, Ben Dickson explains how keeping the inner workings of neural networks mysterious can be dangerous. He draws on the work of Cynthia Rudin, a professor of Computer Science, and Zhi Chen, a Ph.D. student in the same department. “Deep neural networks (NNs) are very powerful in image recognition but what is learned in the hidden layers of NNs is unknown due to its complexity. Lack of interpretability makes NNs untrustworthy and hard to troubleshoot,” Chen said. read more » about Deep Learning Models DON’T Need to Be Black Boxes — Here’s How
Paul D. McClain, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science, joined PBS NewsHour to discuss the challenges Joe Biden will face as president. “Our democracy is not only fragile, but it can be destroyed in a flash,” she said. “How do you get people to believe in this idea of democracy again?” read more » about Biden Inherits a Deeply Divided Nation, but Most Voters Think He Will Bring Unity
In a recent article, Popular Science summarized research that discovered the age of the universe, drawing on work by Daniel Scolnic, an assistant professor of Physics. read more » about The Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old—Here’s How We Know
Lee Baker, a professor of Cultural Anthropology, was interviewed in the Washington Post about what lessons we can take from 2020. He discussed the way recent events "amplified existing race, class and political divisions, and how we might address those divisions in order to move forward as a society." read more » about What 2020 Taught Us About Race and Class in America
Marc Z. Brettler, the Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Professor in Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, co-authored a response to a New York Times op-ed about the "forgotten radicalism of Jesus Christ." Brettler and his colleagues argue that, in fact, Jesus' "social justice interests come right out of Judaism." Read their article at the Daily Beast. read more » about What the New York Times Gets Wrong About Jesus
Ariel Dorfman, the Walter Hines Page Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Literature, wrote an op-ed for CNN arguing that "Americans, awakened by the traumatic Trump experience to the more permanent frailties and limitations of their governing system, should not waste this unique opportunity to simultaneously tackle a festering crisis of democracy itself, which, if left unaddressed, will continue to endanger the republic." read more » about What Trump Has Made Blindingly Clear to America