Lara Putnam, a professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School, was interviewed for an article in The Hill. The article focuses on how the shift in voter registration could be hurting Kamala Harris’s campaign.
Sam Woolley, the Dietrich School’s Endowed Chair of Disinformation Studies, was interviewed for an
Dietrich School’s Endowed Chair of Disinformation Studies Sam Woolley, was recently interviewed for an article in WIRED on Russian-backed media outlets. Woolley says that native English speakers are not the primary target of Russian propaganda.
Rachel Bezanson, observational astronomer and associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy was interviewed by KDKA about the moon tree that is coming to Pittsburgh from NASA. The moon tree, which is a sweet gum tree, will be coming to Riverview Park and the Allegheny Observatory on October 6. You can read the full article here.
Sam Woolley, the Dietrich School’s Endowed Chair of Disinformation Studies, spoke to MIT Technology Review recently about how AI could possibly affect upcoming elections.
Oscar Swan, a professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literatures in the Dietrich School was interviewed for an article in The New York Times. The article, “Harris Courts Polish American Votes in Pennsylvania, " looks into how Polish Americans are typically overlooked in politics and usually vote Republican, but Harris wants to change that.
Each fall, universities and schools across the U.S. celebrate homecoming, welcoming alums back to campus to reconnect with old friends and places held dear. But humans aren’t the only ones with a propensity to return to familiar places.
Pitt and Riverview Park will soon be stewards of a seedling grown from seeds that flew around the moon on NASA’s Artemis I mission in 2022. The agency selected the site, within view of Allegheny Observatory, after careful review of hundreds of applications.
