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by Sebastian Herrera, Wall Street Journal 

March 17. 2021

 

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2020

Smith, Jennifer. Wearable Devices Take Ergonomics to a New High-tech Place. The Wall Street Journal. 5 March 2020. 

Haag, Matthew. Virus Rules Let Construction Workers Keep Building Luxury Towers. The New York Times. 25 March 2020.

Giles, Bruce. How Can Reporters Stay Safe While Getting the Story During Covid-19? USC Center for Health Journalism. 21 April 2020. 

Lai, Stephanie. Columbia construction workers ordered to return to sites as COVID cases peak in NYC. Columbia Spector. 21 April 2020. 

Fenno, Khouri, and Vincent. L.A. hunkered down. But it hasn’t stopped building mansions, stadiums, and apartments. Los Angeles Times. 24 April 2020.

Reclaiming innovation: How to manage change amid industry tech growth. BIM Today. 26 October 2020. 

Bousgin, Joe. Construction’s COVID-19 record might be worse than you think: Academic studies and local health authorities find more outbreaks in construction than commonly thought. Construction Drive. 19 November 2020. 

2019

Murphy, Heather. Here’s how to type Faster. 4 October 2019. 

Radio times with Marty Moss-Coane: Office Space Episode Panelist. WHYY. 7 November 2019. 

2018

Ruckstuhl, Laney. Is your device giving you ‘iPad neck,’ ‘i-hunch,’ of ‘text neck’? The Boston Globe28 June 2018. 

Fowler, Geoffrey. Review: Apple’s new iPad Pro still isn’t a laptop. The Washington Post. 10 November 2018. 

2016

Sauciers.  Cook’s Illustrated  February 2016. 

Chamry, JV. Apple’s Small iPhone SE: Was Steve Jobs Right?.  Forbes  23 March 2016. 

Gonzalez, Gloia. OSHA puts incentive plans under scrutiny. Business Insurance. 27 March 2016. 

Singer, Thea. Stand up, sit down, type, type, type.  News @ Northeastern  29 April 2016. 

Ducharme, Jamie. Six Tips for Using Standing Desks Correctly.  Boston Magazine  10 May 2016. 

Johannes, Laura. A Cure for Digital Addicts’ ‘text neck’?. The Wall Street Journal  23 May 2016.

Cavanaugh Simpson, Joanne. Digital Disabilities – text neck, cellphone elbow – are painful and growing. The Washington Post. 13 June 2016. 

Rhodes, Margaret. You’ll Miss the Escape Key Even less Than Your Headphone Jack. Wired27 October 2016. 

Rapaport, Lisa. Safe Patient Handling Linked to Fewer Worker Injuries. Reuters 4 November 2016.

2014

Fowler, Geoffrey A. Find the Best Phone-Screen Size for You.  The Wall Street Journal  26 March 2014. 

Bonnington, Christina. A Bigger iPhone May Not Be Better, But It Makes Sense for Apple.  Wired  08 August 2014. 

2013

Parker-Pope, Tara. Ask Well: Help for the Deskbound.  The New York Times  15 January 2013. 

Alpha Foundation awards $10M to 15 schools, United Steelworkers for US mine safety research.  The Washington Post  30 September 2013. 

Chef’s Knives.  Cook’s Illustrated  September 2013. 

2012

Netburn, Deborah. Harvard study finds the iPad can be a pain in the neck.  Los Angeles Times  25 January 2012. 

Kotz, Deborah. 3 ways to avoid iPad neck strain.  The Boston Globe  30 January 2012. 

Pierce, Kathleen. Many employees abandon sitting while working.  The Boston Globe  26 March 2012. 

Kennedy, Pagan. Who Made That Escape Key?  The New York Times Magazine  5 October 2012. 

2010

Webb, Maye. Is All That Sitting Really Killing Us?  New York Times  23 April 2010. 

Perlstein, L. Rethinking the School Desk: Is the best way to fix the American classroom to improve the furniture?  Slate  26 October 2010. 

2004

Lewis, Diane E., Lab aims to cut rate of injuries on the job. The Boston Globe 28 June 2004. 

2003

Sanders, Eli. Keeping Downtown Rolling: Flouting the system and serving it, messengers deliver.  The Seattle Times  31 August 2003.

2002

Goldberg, Carey. Dicey deliveries survey finds risk runs high for Boston’s bike couriers.  The Boston Globe  21 November 2002.