Brandon Brown, an epidemiologist and public health and medical ethics professor, says vaccine passports are a helpful way to encourage people to get vaccines, and that a vaccine requirement for travel isn't a new idea.
Richard M. Carpiano, professor of public policy and sociology, says the idea of a vaccine passport raises privacy concerns, including fears of government monitoring and how third parties might use medical information.
Edward Chang, a Korean American professor of ethnic studies, says as victims of racial hatred, Asians need to become more active against injustice, reporting cases of hate incidents and fight back, and demanding representation.
Political scientist Karthick Ramakrishnan says that during the presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris received an outpouring of enthusiasm among South Asians and among Asian Americans more broadly.
Astrophysicist Stephen Kane thinks one of the best arguments for Venus missions is that they will help us understand exoplanets, since Venus and Earth likely looked very similar for most of their history.
David Lo, professor of biomedical sciences and senior associate dean of research, says the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in a community is high, because it only takes one infected person to start it.
Yujie Men, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is trying to learn how microbes could help break down PFAS - environmental contaminants that are difficult to degrade.
Psychology Professor Sonja Lyubormirsky’s study on happiness shows the U.S. with larger gaps in rankings between rich and poor than most other wealthy countries.
Sociologist Ellen Reese says more and more workers are joining the ranks of the underpaid who have no path to stable employment. To make gains, she says they will need to organize.
Anthropology professor Kenichiro Tsukamoto helped uncover the 1,300-year-old remains of a Maya diplomat near the border of Belize and Guatemala, and was surprised by what he learned from them.
Education professor Tara Yosso says the pandemic could usher in an increased appreciation for students with strengths from dealing with an untenable set of challenges.
Kenichiro Tsukamoto, an assistant professor of anthropology, talks about insights from the remains of a Mayan man, buried 1,300 years ago, who helped forge an alliance between two powerful dynasties.