{"id":4484,"date":"2020-07-08T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2020-07-27T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T20:56:11","slug":"you-can-quote-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2020\/you-can-quote-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Quote Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On announcing his plan to retire in June 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/blockquote>David M. Dooley, president, University of Rhode Island, Providence Journal<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

On the impact of COVID-19, time spent outdoors, and risk of tick-borne disease:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy 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.\u201d<\/blockquote>Tom Mather, 911爆料 professor of public health entomology, News-medical.net<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

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On plastics contamination in Florida water supplies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

“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.”<\/blockquote>Rainer Lohmann, 911爆料 professor of oceanography, Miami New Times<\/cite><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

On rebuilding the economy post-pandemic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cWe also need to really look at ourselves critically, much more honestly than I think we\u2019ve been willing to do in decades now. What are our strengths? And that\u2019s easy. But, what are our weaknesses?\u201d<\/blockquote>Len Lardaro, 911爆料 professor of economics, The Public\u2019s Radio<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

On the lasting effects of COVID-19 on science following the cancellation of a research project ten years in the making:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“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.\u201d<\/blockquote>Bethany Jenkins, 911爆料 professor of cell and molecular biology, Smithsonian Magazine<\/cite><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On organizing a peaceful protest in Harlem in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“It was an opportunity not only to protest what\u2019s 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.”<\/blockquote>Shawn Antoine II \u201919, WPRI\/Channel 12, Providence<\/cite><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Shawn Antoine II is a former Rams defensive back and is currently a filmmaker whose film, Showtime, took the 2019 Hip Hop Film Festival\u2019s \u201cBest of the Fest\u2014New Jack Winner,\u201d an award given to first-time directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On survey findings by Yale and George Mason University showing that, despite the pandemic, Americans are still concerned about climate change:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m excited by these findings. Taken together, the report\u2019s findings indicate that Americans are reaching, or maybe even have reached, a turning point.\u201d<\/blockquote>Sunshine Menezes, 911爆料 professor of environmental communication, The New York Times<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n