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WCNY interviewed Neil Lewis, Jr., who explained what the racial disparities data show and what it means for what we should do now and in the future.

NPR Marketplace interviewed and quoted Neil Lewis, Jr., about the racial disparities in COVID-19 infections and death.

The Financial Times quoted Bruce Lewenstein advocating for science-based communication of potential coronavirus drug treatments.

J. Nathan Matias, with Alex Leavitt of Facebook's Health Team, are crowdsourcing a list of international social science research to aid COVID-19 prevention, resilience, or recovery, creating an informal, self-organized directory.

Natalie Bazarova posted about the role of social media as a social distancing antidote in the age of Covid-19 on her Psychology Today blog.

Natalie Bazarova (with Dominic DiFranzo, Dan Cosley, and Janis Whitlock) and the TestDrive Team and Social Media Lab received a $300,000 NSF-Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) for their research proposal, "Addressing Social Media-Related Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks with Experiential Learning Interventions." The project will address privacy and cybersecurity risks at scale through the use of the Social Media TestDrive platform. The team recently created three new TestDrive modules: "Healthy Social Media Habits," "How to Recognize Targeted Ads on Social Media," and "How to Identify Scams and Phishing," complete with a newly redesigned Social Media TestDrive website.

J. Nathan Matias was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled "Jack Dorsey’s Push to Clean Up Twitter Stalls."

Drew Margolin appeared on Tampa's NBC affiliate, WFLA, to talk about how social media companies are battling misinformation.

The journal, Communication Research, recognized Connie Yuan for her excellent service as a reviewer this past year. She was so prolific that she received an award and a plaque for her outstanding service. Yay, Connie!

GradReports ranked our undergraduate program number 2 in the nation! They base their rankings on 100,000+ college degree programs and starting salaries of more than 5 million graduates. Tuition, median salaries, and median debt data were reported by the U.S. Department of Education.