Shirkers, in which Sophia Siddique Harvey, Associate Professor and Chair of Film, served as associate producer, was named best documentary by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as noted by the Tribune.

WAMC interviews Modfest co-directors Christine Howlett and Tom Pacio.

Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair and Department Chair, was quoted in a Nature story about the priorities for astronomers in the next 10 years.

Professor Peipei Qiu’s research on the subject of WWII “comfort women” referenced by NBC News.

Curtis Dozier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, received the 2018 Public Scholarship Award from the Women’s Classical Caucus of the Society for Classical Studies for his website Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics. Professor Dozier’s Pharos platform documents and responds to hate groups’ appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity.

On NPR’s All Things Considered, Professor of Film Mia Mask comments on the “fiercest” women characters in cinema in 2018.

Leah Bendavid, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, was a STEAM speaker at Ma’ayanot, as noted by Jewish Link of New Jersey.