“East Meets West: The Epic Journeys of Marco Polo and Zheng He” will be presented by Michael Yamashita, a National Geographic photojournalist and Sony Ambassador. The program will be livestreamed at 10 a.m. Friday, May 14, on Zoom.
Yasemin Dildar (economics) was one of three experts asked to give their analysis of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan and his proposed American Jobs and American Family Plans.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the state of the region’s economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about an act of kindness for a victim of an anti-Asian hate crime.
Meredith Conroy (political science) joined FiveThirtyEight staff and contributors on a live analysis of President Joe Biden’s address to Congress on April 28, David Yaghoubian (history) commented on the impact of economic sanction on Iran, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continued to be a resource for media reporting on the increase of hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on the individual’s responsibility to end racism, Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision science) will be a panelist at the Inland Empire Economic Partnership’s State of the Region event, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on the latest QAnon myth targeting China and Jewish people.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) commented on the future of a post-pandemic economy, Pamela Medina (public administration) wrote about the challenges academics face as a result of the pandemic, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the region’s growing economy during the pandemic, Marc Robinson (history) was interviewed about the upcoming “Route 66 Women” program, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continued to be a resource for the news media regarding the increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Mark Agars (psychology) discussed communication in the virtual workplace and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about an arson attack at an El Monte church opposed to same-sex marriage and extremists helping to fuel the recall campaign against the governor.
Stuart Sumida (biology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Michael Stull (entrepreneurship), Vipin Gupta (management), Anthony Silard (public administration) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were included in recent news coverage of various topics.