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Newsweek

 

“Slavery in the United States ended in 1865, but in West Africa it was not legally ended until 1875, and then it stretched on unofficially until almost World War I. Slavery continued because many people weren't aware that it had ended, similar to what happened in Texas after the United States Civil War,” says Sandra Greene, professor of African history.

Financial Times

 

“I think if we didn’t roll back Dodd-Frank in 2018, it would have been less likely that SVB’s problems went unnoticed,” says Saule Omarova, professor of law. 

The Wall Street Journal

“It is potentially a rather perilous time for the world economy,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.

Newsweek

David Silbey, associate professor of history, says, “Arresting him in a foreign country would potentially be an act of war, and I'm not sure that any country would be willing to risk that, outside—maybe—of the United States.”

Associated Press

“Chew has been in the background on public discourse until now, so he doesn’t have the same reputation we would associate with the Silicon Valley set, especially Zuckerberg,” says Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communications.

The New York Times

 

Chekitan Dev, a professor at the Nolan School of Hotel Administration, discusses the growing trend of reduced housekeeping services in hotel establishments.

New York Post

Tomás Arias, professor of physics, Boris Barron, doctoral candidate, and Nathan Sitaraman, postdoctoral associate, examine the application of the density-functional fluctuation theory to basketball. 

Bloomberg

Robert Hockett, professor of law, discusses FDIC proposals to help prevent another bank collapse.

ABC News

“The hope with that would be to slow down the flywheel. You're not going to prevent every single user from using TikTok but that would certainly make it much more difficult to use.” says Sarah Kreps, professor of government.

Associated Press

“The Swiss National Bank has in effect pulled Credit Suisse back from the cliff’s edge and is likely to have done enough to stabilize the situation with the massive liquidity infusion,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.

National Geographic

“Sea ice is to the Arctic ecosystem what soil is for the forest. Rapid changes like these will affect all sea ice-dependent fauna and flora, from tiny under-ice algae to top predators like polar bears,” says Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences.

Nature

 

“Cell-free systems turn protein synthesis into more of a chemistry problem than a biology problem,” says Matthew DeLisa, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.