‘Using love letters to shine light on health policy in Uganda’
Shanti Parikh, of Arts & Sciences, has a new book, “Regulating Romance,” that uses youth love letters to explore the anxieties around romance, sexuality and generational change in the midst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda.
‘Five myths about the Ku Klux Klan’
Sociologist David Cunningham, of Arts & Sciences, writes an op-ed in The Washington Post about the Ku Klux Klan’s role in national politics, both historically and today. He is the author of “Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan.”
CEOs: campus racism protests may come to your office
Adia Harvey Wingfield, of Arts & Sciences, writes in a commentary in Fortune that students who have protested on college campuses about racism may take the movement into the corporate world as they graduate and pursue jobs in environments that are also predominantly white.
‘In the kitchen with U Kitchen’
Culinary startup founders and alumni Eddie Chung and Brian Park discuss in a video on Fuse their company and what it takes to launch a business.
‘Apple’s “code = speech” mistake’
Neil Richards, a privacy law expert, supports Apple’s position in its legal fight with the FBI over iPhone security. Still, he writes in the MIT Technology Review that it would be dangerous for the company to win on First Amendment grounds.
‘Patient advocacy key to finding new treatments for rare diseases’
Daniel S. Ory, MD, of the School of Medicine, writes on The Hill’s Congress Blog that patients facing rare diseases, and their families, are crucial to making progress toward better treatments and earlier diagnosis. Hundreds of people are expected on Capitol Hill today to advocate for legislation toward that effort.
‘What makes a good new venture pitch?’
Associate Provost Dedric Carter is holding a regular online discussion delving deeper into technology entrepreneurship as part of a course. The latest conversation on Fuse focuses on how to pitch an idea.
Debating diversity at the Oscars
Counting down to Sunday’s Oscar award ceremony, Michelle Kelley, a postdoctoral fellow in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, weighs in on the Center for the Humanities site about the controversy over the lack of racial diversity among Oscar nominees.
‘Your Brain on Movies’
Why do we sometimes cry while watching a movie? Or flinch during action scenes? Neuroscientist Jeffrey Zacks, of Arts & Sciences, shares some reasons why for a “Hold That Thought” podcast. Zacks is the author of “Flicker: Your Brain on Movies.”
‘Whither the patent system?’
Economists Michele Boldrin and David Levine, of Arts & Sciences, write in a piece on The Hill’s Congress Blog that the nation’s patent system is failing, discourages innovation and “is in desperate need of reform.”
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