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Sanjay Arwade, 2020 PEP Fellow, is quoted in a story about Vineyard Wind, the nation’s largest offshore wind project, located 15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket

Sanjay Arwade expects wind power to continue to progress in the U.S., regardless of the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. “What I would expect to see at that point [by 2050] is dozens of individual projects, dozens of wind farms, and thousands of individual turbines along the coast, let’s say from Virginia to Maine, all of which are generating power and sending it to the onshore grid and powering homes with no emissions,” Arwade says. Read more here

Rebecca Spencer, 2015 PEP Fellow, says that midday naps may replenish energy

Rebecca Spencer says taking a midday nap may replenish energy but won’t necessarily negate the health risks that may come with insufficient sleep at night. Read more here

Agnès Lacreuse, 2022 PEP Fellow, discusses the importance of countering sex bias in neurological study

“It’s a paralyzing and controversial subject, but it’s very dangerous to think that we should not study sex differences,” she says. As sex can influence multiple aspects of brain behavior and disease, “It is really important to include women in all studies, and while our studies speak about differences, it doesn't mean that one is better than the other.” Read more here

Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, 2018 PEP Fellow, comments on a report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finding that women are persistently underrepresented in technology industries

He says there is room for further analysis. “What I would have liked to see the EEOC do is make even better use of their data,” Tomaskovic-Devey explains. “By looking at firms over time, the EEOC could identify employers that made real progress as well as those that are becoming less diverse.” Read more here

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, 2024 PEP Fellow, has additional coverage of a new review of evidence which identified the top three ways to quit smoking

“For people who smoke cigarettes, the single best thing they can do for their health is to quit smoking,” she says. “However, many people find it difficult to do so. Fortunately, there is strong evidence to support the use of several different ways to quit.” Read more here

Michael Rawlins, 2015 PEP Fellow, names the hottest summers in Hampshire County history

Michael Rawlins has identified the hottest summers in Hampshire County's history. His findings shed light on historical climate trends and underscore the growing impact of global warming on the region. Read more here

Julie Brigham-Grette, 2017 PEP Fellow, discusses a new rule by the National Science Foundation requiring tribal approval for research affecting their interests

In 2021, she received a $1.2 million grant from the NSF for research developed collaboratively with tribal leaders. She urges researchers planning to work in the Arctic to see the new rule in a positive light. “Suppose someone came up to you and said, ‘Look, I want to camp in your backyard. And, oh, can I borrow your car?’ You’d want to know what’s going on, and maybe even how you might help,” she says. “So I think it makes really good sense to plan ahead, build that relationship, and make sure you’re going to be welcome.” Read more here

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, 2024 PEP Fellow, provides evidence-based methods to quit smoking from study findings

A major new review of evidence led by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce identified the top three ways to quit smoking. “For people who smoke cigarettes, the single best thing they can do for their health is to quit smoking,” she says. “However, many people find it difficult to do so. Fortunately, there is strong evidence to support the use of a number of different ways to quit.” Read more here, here, here, and here

Julie Brigham-Grette, 2017 PEP Fellow, was cited in an article on upwelling fresh water around glacier systems

An article explains a phenomenon documented by Julie Brigham-Grette in which upwelling fresh water around glacier systems near Svalbard, Norway attracted flocks of birds to feed on small ocean creatures immobilized by the upwelling plumes from a rapid change in water salinity. Read more here

Paul Collins, 2015 PEP Fellow, comments in an article examining a perceived conflict of interest

Paul Clement is a board member of the Bradley Foundation, and his possible involvement in the foundation’s funding of groups that filed pro-NRA amicus briefs in gun rights cases has raised questions. “If Clement approved grants to organizations that filed briefs backing his client in a Supreme Court case, he’s probably in compliance with the letter of the rule, but not with its spirit,” Collins says. Read more here

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