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Peaks, Testing, Lockdowns: How Coronavirus Vocabulary Causes Confusion
April 3, 2020 | The New York Times | Mark Lurie
Faculty associate Mark Lurie comments on how COVID-19 cases are reported.
COVID-19 and Imaginaries of China
March 24, 2020 | Plan A Magazine | Grazia Deng
PSTC Postdoctoral Fellow Grazia Deng, an anthropologist, discusses anti-Chinese sentiment in the age of coronavirus.
Labeling kids with mild disabilities can backfire, study finds
March 9, 2020 | Hechinger Report | Jayanti Owens
Research on childhood ADHD diagnoses by PSTC faculty associate Jayanti Owens is highlighted.
Mark Lurie, Brown University epidemiologist,discusses COVID-19
March 3, 2020 | From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal | Mark Lurie
PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie discusses the coronavirus epidemic in a podcast with the Providence Journal.
A Simple Way to Equalize the Ivies? Give Others the Legacy SAT Bonus
February 17, 2020 | The New York Times | John Friedman
PSTC faculty associate John Friedman discusses how to make college admissions more equitable.
Op-Ed: International overreaction to the coronavirus is more dangerous than the virus itself
February 4, 2020 | Los Angeles Times | Katherine Mason
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential consequences of overreacting to the coronavirus outbreak.
The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare
January 24, 2020 | Popular Science | Katherine Mason
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential for a new global pandemic.
“Boys Will Be Boys” Lets Men Like Kavanaugh and Trump Off the Hook. Let’s Let It Die.
January 17, 2020 | Mother Jones | Matthew Gutmann
PSTC Faculty Associate Matthew Gutmann debunks the myth that biological determinism drives and explains human male violence.
What Never-Ending War Does to Kids
January 3, 2020 | The Nation |
PSTC Alum Andrea Mazzarino considers the effects of war on children's education.
Why Do We Have to Go to School?
December 12, 2019 | Vermont Public Radio | Emily Rauscher
PSTC Associate Emily Rauscher answers children's questions about school.