In the news Engaging with the media plays a critical role in our knowledge exchange, allowing us to share information with a wider audience, connect with new partners and scale our impact beyond the borders of our county. Our team contributed its expertise to the following stories this year. National New America Displaced in the Sun Belt The Conversation People have had a hard time weighing pandemic risks because they haven’t gotten information they needed when they needed it Washington Post Extreme heat is killing people in Arizona’s mobile homes El calor extremo está matando a la gente en las casas móviles de Arizona
Slate What COVID-19 Dashboards Aren’t Telling Us “While facts and clarity alone will not solve misinformation or misunderstanding, improvements to COVID dashboards should decrease conjecture, senses of false security, and ambiguity.” In this op-ed, Knowledge Exchange Circle member Michael Simeone, Gracie Valdez and Shawn Walker discuss the consequences of flawed data visualization and offer suggestions to improve the clarity of COVID-19 dashboards.
Los Angeles Times Poor neighborhoods bear the brunt of extreme heat, ‘legacies of racist decision-making’
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ABC15 Arizona Arizona researchers look for ways to decrease heat deaths in trailers
Executive director Patricia Solis is featured in this article, in which she explains why mobile home residents are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat.
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ABC15 Arizona ASU model predicts 80,000 renters at risk for eviction when ban ends
