# Professor Michael North is quoted in an article examining how the coronavirus pandemic is fueling intergenerational strife

1 Faculty News March 29, 2020 ![San Francisco Chronicle logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030853.jpg?itok=5J96iBF2)>

Excerpt from [San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Coronavirus-sets-off-generational-shaming-15164185.php) -- "'Generational shaming is a time-honored tradition,' said [Michael North](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-north), a business professor at New York University who has researched the recent spate of media standoffs between Baby Boomers and Millennials. 'What’s taking place now is a symptom of our inherent generational divide, not a cause.'”

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