March 2023

Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during February were the following individuals:

Eric Cline authored the article “Tree Rings, Drought, and the Collapse of the Hittite Empire” for Ancient Near East Today.

The Slave Wrecks Project was featured by The Washington Post in the article “African scuba divers rewrite a ‘settlers’ narrative’ of the slave trade.”

Jeffrey Splitstoser was featured in Archaeology Magazine for the discovery of a rare Inca tunic in the article “Rare Inca Tunic Unearthed in Chile.’’

Bernard Wood was quoted by Science in the article “Did more than one ancient human relative use early stone tools?’’

Aruna D’Souza authored the article “An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny” for The New York Times. She authored the articles “Shirin Neshat” and “William Kentridge” for 4Columns.

Dana Tai Soon Burgess was featured by the National Press Club in the article “Choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess discusses inspiration, artistic expression at book talk and performance.”

Keryn Gedan was quoted by The Post and Courier in the article “‘Ghost forests’ won’t leaf, they’re here to stay in SC. Now you can help.”

Diana Furchtgott-Roth was quoted by CNBC in the article “As the Supreme Court weighs in on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, here’s a look back at how we got here.’’

Marie Price was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “How a Bolivian construction worker became an online star from her Va. Garage.’’

Dmitry Streletskiy was featured by Alaska Beacon in the article “Permafrost thaw expected to impose heavy costs across Arctic on roads, airport runways.’’

David Silverman was quoted by The Washington Times in the articles “Survey finds Americans divided over how much attention to give Black History Month’’ and “Did America start in slavery or freedom? Schools debate 1619 vs. 1776.’’

Jesse Holland spoke to WBUR: Biden, Republicans spar over cutting social welfare programs. 

David Karpf was quoted by Columbia Journalism Review in the article “Is AI software a partner for journalism, or a disaster?’’; by the Daily Beast in the article “The Chatbot Wars Will Change the Internet Forever”; and by Financial Times in the article “Whatever happened to the metaverse?’’ He was quoted by Slate in the article “Chatbots Suck at Journalism.’’

Peter Loge was quoted by Deseret News in the article “Are phone calls the most efficient way to conduct business?’’ He authored the article “ChatGP 2024: AI is better than no intelligence’’ for The Hill.

Steven Roberts authored the articles “Steven Roberts: Book-banning a terrifying trend” for The Daily Reflector; “Steven Roberts: Tweet away, Mr. Trump” for Walker County Messenger; “Hope is the better bet” for Northwest Georgia News; and “Steven V. Roberts: The intolerance impulse” for Herald Review.

Frank Sesno spoke to NewsNation about the arrest of a reporter in Ohio.

John Sutter hosts a podcast for Foreign Policy titled, "Heat of the Moment."

Rebekah Tromble was quoted by CNN in the article “Elon Musk pledged transparency at Twitter. But he’s walling off researchers’’; by The Associated Press in the article “Twitter’s plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry;’’ by Tech Policy Press in the article “Twitter API Changes Set to Disrupt Public Interest Research”; and by Baltic News Network in the article “Elon Musk wages a fight against researchers.” 

Sarah Binder was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Heckling of Biden Reflects a New, Coarser Normal for House G.O.P’’ and by PBS NewsHour in the article “Most Americans want Congress to compromise as debt ceiling looms.’’

Jeffrey Ding was quoted by The Korea Times in the article “ChatGPT grabs headlines but Chinese competitor to face censorship’’ and by The Wall Street Journal in the article “ChatGPT Fever Sweeps China as Tech Firms Seek Growth.’’ He was quoted by South China Morning Post in the article “China’s unequal education system holding back its economy despite ambitions, top US panel hears’’ and The Washington Post in the article “Ernie, what is censorship? China’s chatbots face additional challenges.’’

Henry Hale was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “A year in the trenches has hardened Ukraine’s president” and Foreign Policy in the article “China’s Latin American Gold Rush Is All About Clean Energy.’’

Stephen Kaplan was quoted by The New Republic in the article “Debt Ceiling Politics Threaten the Power of the U.S. Dollar.’’

John Logsdon spoke to PRI’s “The World’’ in the segment “Remembering the Columbia space shuttle disaster.’’

Leah Brooks was quoted by Marketplace in the article “The producer price index hints at where consumer prices are headed.’’

Rick Kahlenberg co-authored the article “Wealth: The Last Path to Diversity at College After SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action” for Slate.

Scott Pace was quoted by Grid in the article “Where does space begin? Chinese spy balloon highlights legal fuzziness of ‘near space.’”

Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by Politico in the article “Why one state’s plan to unwind a Covid-era Medicaid rule is raising red flags.’’ She was mentioned by Health Affairs in the article “Recognizing Pharmacists As Vaccines For Children Providers.”

Susan Dudley authored the article “How Not To Write A Regulation” for Forbes.

Gregory Squires co-authored the op-ed “Appraisal Bias Is The Fair Housing Issue Of The Day” for Next City.

Ronald Weitzer was quoted by the Southern California News Group in the article “San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen is right. California should debate legalization of sex work.’’

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