{"id":98998,"date":"2025-01-31T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=98998"},"modified":"2025-01-31T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:10:58","slug":"in-the-news-betting-on-taylor-swift-fashions-fading-wear-and-return-trend-and-uncovering-ancient-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/01\/in-the-news-betting-on-taylor-swift-fashions-fading-wear-and-return-trend-and-uncovering-ancient-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Betting on Taylor Swift, fashion’s fading wear-and-return trend and uncovering ancient treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the evolution of the Taylor Swift effect on sports betting and the Kansas City Chiefs’ revenue stream, the buy-and-return trend in retail, updates on a long-standing treasure hunt on the famous Oak Island, the middle child effect, ancient lava formations on Mars, the links between alcohol and health, the impacts of increased fossil fuel production, the upcoming provincial election in Ontario and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Brock University and Bethesda was also featured in the media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor Swift triggered a tsunami of sports bets. Then she stopped turning up<\/span><\/b>: Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke to <\/span>WIRED<\/a> about the evolution of the Taylor Swift effect on Kansas City Chiefs’ revenue and sports betting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The buy, wear, return days for shoppers could be over now that retailers and tech are catching on: <\/span><\/b>Professor of Business Ethics Paul Dunn spoke to <\/span>The Globe and Mail<\/span><\/i><\/a> about the <\/span>practice\u202fof buying clothes to wear once or twice before returning them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Digging deep into Oak Island history: <\/span><\/b>Professor of\u00a0Geography and Tourism Studies\u00a0Michael Pisaric was featured on the History Channel\u2019s The Curse of Oak Island<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>discussing the age of wood samples found on an island believed to house long-sought treasure. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents really do have a favourite child, new study suggests. And it’s probably who you think it is:<\/span><\/b> Professor of Psychology Michael Ashton spoke to <\/span>CBC News<\/span><\/a> about what drives personality. Coverage of the research was also featured in <\/span>PsyPost,<\/span><\/a> Upworthy,<\/span><\/a> MSN.com<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>New York Post<\/span><\/i><\/a> and<\/span> Parents Magazine.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ancient lava formations shed light on Mars\u2019s transition from a water-rich planet:<\/span><\/b> Professor of Earth Sciences Mariek Schmidt spoke to <\/span>The Globe and Mail<\/span><\/i><\/a> and <\/span>Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/span><\/a> about her new research surrounding lava rocks on Mars.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Surgeon General\u2019s advisory sparks a conversation about alcohol, cancer and health: <\/span><\/b>Professor of Health Sciences Dan Malleck spoke to the The Oregonian\/OregonLive,<\/a><\/span> Newstalk 610 CKTB,<\/span><\/a> Newstalk 800 CJAD,<\/span><\/a> Newstalk 980 CJME,<\/span><\/a> CKOM Newstalk 650<\/span><\/a>\u00a0about ongoing conversations linking alcohol consumption to cancer. <\/span>He also spoke to 580 CFRA<\/span><\/a> about the expansion of alcohol sales in more retail spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bethesda, Brock University pact to improve lives for people with intellectual disabilities: <\/span><\/b>The cementing of a years-long partnership between Brock University and Bethesda by signing a <\/span>Memorandum of Understanding <\/span>was highlighted in the <\/span>St. Catharines Standard<\/span><\/i><\/a>. The partnership was also highlighted on <\/span>Giant FM,<\/span><\/a> Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Academica<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Increased fossil fuel production ‘pushes Earth system past its limits’: Brock expert: <\/span><\/b>Professor of Earth Sciences Francine McCarthy spoke to Newstalk 610 CKTB\u2019s <\/span>Niagara in the Morning<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>The Drive<\/span><\/a> programs about the impact of fossil fuel use on the environment. Coverage of the topic was also featured in <\/span>Pelham Today<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Political analyst Stefan Dolgert discusses the upcoming Ontario election: <\/span><\/b>Associate Professor of Political Science Stefan Dolgert spoke to <\/span>CHCH News<\/span><\/a> and Pelham Today<\/a> about political developments in Ontario and the upcoming election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Larry Koester<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the evolution of the Taylor Swift effect on sports betting and the Kansas City Chiefs’ revenue stream, the buy-and-return trend in retail, updates on a long-standing treasure hunt on the famous Oak Island, the middle child effect, ancient lava formations on Mars, the links between alcohol and health, the impacts of increased fossil fuel production, the upcoming provincial election in Ontario and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Brock University and Bethesda was also featured in the media.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":99027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,37,6,41,38],"tags":[192,9498,3212,885,1696,996,4104,546,7488,384,348,522,5662,852,11277,4999,3427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98998"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99041,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98998\/revisions\/99041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}