The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette posted an article on Sunday about the barriers to hormone replacement therapy in Pittsburgh. Julie Beaulieu, a teaching associate professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies in the Dietrich School, was interviewed for the article. You can read the article on the Post-Gazette’s website.
Laura Putnam, a professor in the Department of History in the Dietrich School was interviewed for a New York Times article. The article centers around disinformation in the current presidential election.
Karina Schumann, an associate professor of Psychology in the Dietrich School, was interviewed for an article in Forbes on Tuesday. The article “A Psychologist Explains Love’s ‘5:1 Ratio’—Key To Making Any Relationship Work” focuses on the 5:1, or magic ratio, method that was coined by renowned psychologist Dr. John Gottman. Schumann was asked to comment on the “Apologize and Forgive” portion of the method.
Science News posted an article on Tuesday about the chytrid fungus that frogs are currently dealing with. Professor of Biological Sciences and PLE Director, Corinne Richards-Zawacki was interviewed for the article for her expertise as an amphibian biologist.
Steven Goldstein, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, researchers at several other universities, and Dr. Emmanuel Ndiema, the head of earth sciences at the National Museums of Kenya, co-authored a new study published on July 10 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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.
