Sanjay Arwade, 2020 PEP Fellow, discusses the Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW)

Sanjay Arwade discussed the Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), a multimillion dollar national center of excellence to accelerate reliable and equitable offshore wind energy deployment across the nation and produce a well-educated domestic offshore wind workforce. “Offshore wind is at an earlier stage,” he says. “There’s a lot of offshore wind in Northern Europe and a little bit here — basically three projects are operating in the United States: Block Island, Vineyard Wind, and one in Virginia. So we’re at an earlier stage, but the potential is huge.” Read more here and here

Erica Scharrer, 2017 PEP Fellow, led an interactive session as part of her research on child protection on the internet

As part of a research partnership between Erica Scharrer, communication, and Deerfield Elementary School, 52 sixth graders spoke with U.S. Senator Ed Markey to discuss proposed legislation to better protect children on the internet. Read more here and here

Jonathan Wynn, 2017 PEP Fellow, shares more insight into a book he co-authored on Jonathan Wynn, sociology, discusses a book he has co-authored about the mixed effects nonprofit hospitals have on the neighborhoods they operate in

“Yes, poverty does lead to unequal health outcomes, but why is it then that you have these premier institutions…that cannot address those needs?” Wynn asks. “What are the barriers that exist—culturally, symbolically, emotionally, socially—that prevent people from having access to it? That’s why we call it a paradox.” Read more here

Paul Collins, 2015 PEP Fellow, writes on the repercussions of Trump's recent social media posts

Paul Collins writes that former President Donald Trump’s social media posts attacking the daughter of the judge presiding over his criminal trial in New York state are “just the latest in his long effort to undermine the rule of law.” Read more here

Michael Rawlins, 2015 PEP Fellow, comments on how the last four months were the wettest on record for parts of New England

“Amherst, Massachusetts had its wettest March on record. Eight and half inches. That’s over double what Amherst normally sees in March,” says Michael Rawlins. Read more here

Shannon Roberts, 2024 PEP Fellow, writes that even using a phone hands-free can cause dangerous distracted driving

“Talking on a hands-free phone and driving is multitasking, and humans are not good at doing two cognitively demanding tasks at the same time,” Roberts writes. Read more here

Jonathan Wynn, 2017 PEP Fellow, contributed to an article exploring the ‘paradox’ of medically overserved communities facing worse health outcomes

“The big flashy hospitals that everybody thinks about when we think about the largess of American health care – and they have incredible accomplishments happening inside their walls –" Jonathan Wynn mentioned "One of the things we notice is that not only does it not translate to local communities, but hospitals actually turn out to be pretty poor neighbors a lot of the time and actually have negative effects” Read more here and here

Peter Haas, 2016 PEP Fellow, comments on some current political events

"Recent Republican initiatives reveal an insidious systematic and escalating grand campaign aimed at a demographic transformation and even ethnic cleansing in the United States" Peter Haas stated. Read more here

Michael Knodler, 2019 PEP Fellow, comments on the idea of “Vision Zero,” or the goal of eliminating serious/fatal car crashes, in Massachusetts

“It’s really a change in philosophy, in terms of how we approach roadway design,” he says. “We know human factor is a big part of [crashes] and we know humans are going to make mistakes, so given those two things, let’s design a roadway system that recognizes that.” Read more here

Sanjay Arwade, 2020 PEP Fellow, is quoted in additional reporting on Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was hit by a cargo ship

“Bridges are and should be designed to withstand ship impacts. That’s typical of the design process,” he says. “But for all structures and all engineered systems, there is a possibility that an event will occur that is beyond what the structure was designed for. And this may be one of those situations.” Read more here and here

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