A&S in the News
Top media outlets from around the globe turn to faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences for expert perspectives. From black holes to whales, get a glimpse into the latest trending topics with A&S.
Kevin Antshel, professor of psychology, was quoted in a CBS News article highlighting a new phenomenon called “quiet quitting”—a trend of employees setting boundaries at work. Antshel was also featured in NBC News and USA Today regarding Instagram and TikTok’s decision to pull ads from startup company Cerebral that linked ADHD to obesity.
Philip Arnold, associate professor of religion, was quoted in National Geographic and Associated Press articles exploring the legacy of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, the 500-year-old decree Europeans used to justify colonizing the Americas.
Duncan Brown, Syracuse University vice president of research and Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, was quoted in The Boston Globe, Business Insider and Wonderful Engineering regarding the release of the first image of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The image, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, helps confirm predictions from Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Frants Jensen, research assistant professor of biology, was quoted in a Gothamist article investigating why bottlenose dolphins have become a more frequent sight in New York Harbor.
Afton Kapuscinski, associate teaching professor of psychology and director of A&S’ Psychological Services Center, offered advice on how to have conflict-free holiday gatherings in a CNBC article.
Ellyn Riley, associate professor and director of the Aphasia Research Lab in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was quoted in a Washington Post article detailing Bruce Willis’ retirement from acting following a diagnosis with aphasia. Riley offered background on aphasia, which is a communication disorder in which people have difficulty understanding language, producing language or both.
Sam Tuttle, assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences, was quoted in an AP news article highlighting some of the ways humanity has helped clean up the environment. The piece was also featured on ABC News and many other media websites.
Research by Julia Zeh (right) and Julia Dombroski (center), both Ph.D. candidates in biology, and Susan Parks (left), associate professor of biology and principal investigator of the Bioacoustics and Behavioral Ecology Lab in A&S, was featured in The Washington Post, Earth.com and ABC News (Australia). The articles highlighted the team’s findings that whale mothers choose nursery sites in shallow waters where predators cannot “eavesdrop” on communication between a mother and her young.