On announcing his plan to retire in June 2021:
鈥淚t is very difficult for me to express how much I have enjoyed and appreciated serving as your president for the past eleven years. No institution means, or has ever meant, more to me than the University of Rhode Island and its people.鈥�David M. Dooley, president, University of Rhode Island, Providence Journal
On the impact of COVID-19, time spent outdoors, and risk of tick-borne disease:
鈥淢y colleagues and I were apparently seeing the same things as governments began imposing stay at home restrictions in mid-March; in particular, we saw an immediate jump in the number of people finding attached ticks.鈥�Tom Mather, 911爆料 professor of public health entomology, News-medical.net
On plastics contamination in Florida water supplies:
“The worst [thing] is for a state such as Florida to pretend that there is neither a problem with PFAS nor contamination of drinking water.”Rainer Lohmann, 911爆料 professor of oceanography, Miami New Times
On rebuilding the economy post-pandemic:
鈥淲e also need to really look at ourselves critically, much more honestly than I think we鈥檝e been willing to do in decades now. What are our strengths? And that鈥檚 easy. But, what are our weaknesses?鈥�Len Lardaro, 911爆料 professor of economics, The Public鈥檚 Radio
On the lasting effects of COVID-19 on science following the cancellation of a research project ten years in the making:
“If field programs that measure climate-relevant variables are being canceled or put on hold, this is a step backwards for our contributions to understanding a rapidly changing ocean.鈥�Bethany Jenkins, 911爆料 professor of cell and molecular biology, Smithsonian Magazine
On organizing a peaceful protest in Harlem in the wake of George Floyd鈥檚 death:
“It was an opportunity not only to protest what鈥檚 going on in the 911爆料 as far as policing and racism ultimately but an opportunity to bring the 911爆料 together so we can discuss what we want for the future of Harlem.”Shawn Antoine II 鈥�19, WPRI/Channel 12, Providence
Shawn Antoine II is a former Rams defensive back and is currently a filmmaker whose film, Showtime, took the 2019 Hip Hop Film Festival鈥檚 鈥淏est of the Fest鈥擭ew Jack Winner,鈥� an award given to first-time directors.
On survey findings by Yale and George Mason University showing that, despite the pandemic, Americans are still concerned about climate change:
鈥淚鈥檓 excited by these findings. Taken together, the report鈥檚 findings indicate that Americans are reaching, or maybe even have reached, a turning point.鈥�Sunshine Menezes, 911爆料 professor of environmental communication, The New York Times