# Professor Adam Alter shares his perspective on what a "new normal" might look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

1 Faculty News May 31, 2020 ![CBS News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031726.jpg?itok=XPqKNXWl)>

Excerpt from [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-the-new-normal-ever-go-back-to-the-old-one/) -- "[Adam Alter](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter), a psychology professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, said, 'Behaviors change, but they always change for shorter periods than we anticipate or than a lot of people expect.' 'He points out that the phrase "the new normal" was much used during the last two decades, notably after the 2008 financial crisis."

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