News Releases (page 20)
In the Media: Washington Post, CBS Profile Gabby Giffords ’93’s Political Career, Gun Control Activism
“Even though I wasn鈥檛 able to speak more than a few words at a time, still I knew I had to use my voice to fight for change,” she wrote.
Read MoreIn the Media: Washington Post Reviews Documentary on Gabby Giffords ’93’s Career and Advocacy
The Post calls the documentary a “moving arc of courage and perseverance” that features the “bright light of her personality.”
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Receives Medal of Freedom from President Biden, Per Los Angeles Times, CNN, and Washington Post
President Joe Biden introduced Giffords as “one of the most courageous people I have ever known,” the Times reported.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Cryptocurrency Scams in The Conversation
Wood and Hanoch point out that many cryptocurrency scams combine similar techniques as other types of fraud鈥攕uch as romance scams and Ponzi schemes鈥攚ith the anonymity and lack of oversight that the cryptocurrency market provides duplicitous users.
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Urges Congress to Take Action on Gun Control, USA Today Reports
“Now is the time to come together [and] be responsible,” Giffords said. “. . . The nation’s counting on you.”
Read MoreIn the Media: Broadway World Highlights The Conference of the Birds at the Broad Stage
The performance co-premiered at 61传媒 in March and is funded in part by a 2021 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Wears Orange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Newsweek Reports
“Today, I #WearOrange on Gun Violence Awareness Day in honor of Hadiya Pendleton and every victim of gun violence,” Giffords wrote.
Read MoreIn the Media: Jih-Fei Cheng Discusses Monkeypox and Homophobia in Slate
Jih-Fei Cheng, associate professor of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, spoke to Slate about monkeypox and reporting that has focused on the disease’s spread among gay and bisexual men.
Read MoreIn the Media: Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Ebony Mourn Passing of Professor Emerita Samella Lewis
Samella Lewis, “godmother” of Black art and professor emerita of art, has died at 99.
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 “Horrified” by Gun Violence Inaction, MSN and People Report
“Gun violence is a uniquely American problem鈥揳nd it is now the leading cause of death for American children,” Giffords told MSN.
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