Jamie Hanson, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich School was interviewed for a Post-Gazette interview on helicopter parenting. The article from the Post-Gazette’s 412 Kids podcast explores how helicopter parenting can stunt children’s mental and psychological growth.
Mark Abbott, a professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science in the Dietrich School was interviewed for an article in the Post-Gazette that was published on Friday, June 21. The article, Expect heat waves in Pittsburgh to become more common, experts say, takes a look at how climate change is affecting Pittsburgh and causing a heatwave. You can read the full article here.
Carmelo Mesa-Lago, a professor emeritus in the Department of Economics in the Dietrich School was recently interviewed for El Pais. The article, Carmelo Mesa-Lago: ‘Today’s Cuba is a catastrophe’, looks at how Cuba is facing its worst crisis yet.
Earlier this year, researchers in the Dietrich School published their research on the potential for fracking Pittsburgh’s wastewater for lithium. If the researcher’s study can be confirmed it would be a huge step in the transition to renewable energy. That research has been sweeping the news world and was published in Forbes on June 11.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley, a professor in the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich School is submitting her first paper about adolescents and social media to a psychology journal. It’s 2014, the early days of online culture, before teens lived on likes and danced on TikTok, and before parents and experts worried too much about the consequences.
Perhaps it explains why Choukas-Bradley’s paper is so quickly rejected, and why the journal’s anonymous peer reviewers offer her such a chilly — and ultimately shortsighted — rebuke.
Kristin Kanthak a professor in the Department of Political Science in the Dietrich school was interviewed for a KDKA story on the convictions against former President Donald Trump.
Researchers in the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich School recently published their studies on the correlation between exercise and retaining memories in Your Wellness.
Daniel Bain, an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science in the Dietrich School was interviewed for an article published on WESA’s website on Wednesday. The article looks at how increased rainfall affects flooding in Appalachia and what policies can be implemented to stop flood damage.
Rob Ruck, a professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School, was interviewed in a Trib Live article on Josh Gibson. Ruck has published several books including Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL, Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game, and Rooney: A Sporting Life.
Tera Levin, assistant professor of biological sciences in the Dietrich School, has been named a 2024 recipient of the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
