Celestial Curiosity
Radiolab co-host devises a naming contest for a quasi-moon of Earth.
“Let Them” Theory
Podcaster and self-help author combats anxiety with radical acceptance.
Infinite Scroll
Newport ruminates on the role of digital apps in an increasingly online world.
Tandem Training
Runner’s World highlighted the romance and training relationship between Schlachtenhaufen and her fiancé, Brian Shrader, in a feature story published on October 11. Schlachtenhaufen is an elite middle-distance runner who made it to the 1500-meter final at the 2024 Olympic Track & Field Trials, while Schrader is one of the top marathon runners in the U.S.
Traveling Particles
Chalif, a graduate student and technician in professor Eric Osterberg’s Ice, Climate, and Environment Lab, has been featured in Newsweek and Earth.com articles this week about his research into the impact of pollution on the Arctic’s atmosphere. Chalif and Osterberg—along with Dominic Winski ’09, Ursula Jongebloed ’18, and several other scientists—co-authored a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience that links atmospheric change in remote arctic regions to fossil fuel pollution in populated parts of the world.
Brunch & Rally
Rhimes attended a “Books, Ballots, and Brunch” event in Philadelphia aimed at black women voters. The television producer and writer told the audience about her years-long friendship with Harris and how the upcoming presidential election will affect black women in the U.S.
Later the same day, Rhimes stopped at the 52nd Ward Canvass and Appreciation Picnic, where she talked about the importance of voter turnout.