Corporate Social Responsability

“As the proverb goes, a good deed is never lost — and it applies to the companies’ reputation too.”

– Haoying (Howie) Xu, assistant professor with the School of Business, speaking about his research into how corporate social responsibility works like an insurance policy when companies cut jobs or benefits during a time of crisis.
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, November 29, 2025

AI in Healthcare

“Processing more information adds more cognitive workload to clinicians. It also makes them more likely to make mistakes and possibly harm the patient.”

– Onur Asan, associate professor with the School of Engineering and Science, speaking about his research into the delicate balance clinicians must maintain between being overwhelmed by new AI technology and using it efficiently.
Applied Ergonomics, November 1, 2025

Space Junk

“Even if a tiny, five-millimeter object hits a solar panel or a solar array of a satellite, it could break it. And we have over 100 million objects smaller than one centimeter in orbit.”

– Hao Chen, assistant professor with the School of Engineering and Science, on his study that proposed a new incentive approach to removing space junk that endangers future space missions.
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, October 5, 2025

On Tweeting Politicians

“I suppose some behavior betrays some intention.”

– Benjamin Leinwand, assistant professor with the School of Engineering and Science, about his study that built a mathematical model to analyze how politicians’ tweets may reveal their election ambitions.
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, October 7, 2025