{"id":5680,"date":"2021-03-18T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/uncategorized\/you-can-quote-me-4\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:41:05","slug":"you-can-quote-me-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/you-can-quote-me-4\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Quote Me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the compounded challenges of COVID-19 and substance abuse:<\/strong>
\u201c[Among] people who are surveyed during the pandemic who use drugs, we\u2019ve seen a 13% increase in the number of people who have increased their use of substances.\u201d<\/blockquote>Jeffrey Bratberg, clinical professor of pharmacy
Pharmacy Times<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On discovering that organisms can survive in unexpectedly severe undersea conditions:<\/strong>
\u201cWater boils on the (Earth\u2019s) surface at 100 degrees Celsius, and we found organisms living in sediments at 120 degrees Celsius.\u201d<\/blockquote>Arthur Spivack, professor of oceanography, who led the geochemistry efforts for Expedition 370 of the International Ocean Discovery Program
SciTechDaily.com<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On his work in solving technological inequities for people with disabilities:<\/strong>
\u201cIn general, people with disabilities face a severe disparity in the cybersecurity solutions available to them.\u201d<\/blockquote>Krishna Venkatasubramanian, assistant professor of computer science
The Boston Globe<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On COVID-19 and its impact on stock prices in the short and long term:<\/strong>
\u201cIn the long run, if the impact of COVID turns out to be more long-lasting or if the monetary policy changes unexpectedly, there is a risk of a very big correction.\u201d<\/blockquote>Xiaowei Xu, assistant professor of finance
WalletHub<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On the passage of ballot initiatives around the nation last fall:<\/strong>
\u201cIn many ways this has sparked a national conversation on race, and I think we\u2019ve seen a lot of people who are more willing to take concrete steps to address racism than they were in the past.\u201d<\/blockquote>Brendan Skip Mark, assistant professor of political science
The Christian Science Monitor<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On the Biden administration\u2019s open-door policy for Muslims, after years of not being able to leave the country without fear of being denied reentry:<\/strong>
\u201cI feel like I have been in a cage for four years.\u201d<\/blockquote>Negar Rahmani, a 26-year-old Iranian-born graduate student at äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾
The New York Times<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n
On Rome\u2019s \u201ccreepiest\u201d emperor, on the occasion of his infamous imperial gardens being opened to the public:<\/strong>
\u201cCaligula was young and had absolutely no relevant experience for the job, which might have seemed like a breath of fresh air at first, but soon turned into a nightmare as he proved to be a cruel and incompetent ruler.\u201d<\/blockquote>Bridget Buxton, associate professor of ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology
Salon<\/em><\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n


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äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ experts are quoted in the media frequently. Here are a few that bear repeating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-2021","architecture-currents","architecture-media-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8894,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions\/8894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}