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Jennaye Wade
“I felt like cheer helped me when I was a kid and becoming an adult because it helped me become more personable.”

— Jennaye Wade, human resources generalist associate at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business who is a full-time volunteer varsity cheer coach and cheer director for the Washtenaw Junior Maize Football and Cheer League

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Paul B. Cornley

An historic public health degree

Paul B. Cornely graduated from U-M in 1934, making him the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in public health in the United States. Cornely then moved to Washington, D.C., where he taught at Howard University for 39 years, fighting for the desegregation of hospitals and equal health care opportunities for all.

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    • Javed Ali

    “The fact that it’s a CIA person here shows again that every day there are tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of people in the intelligence community and the military that have access to the most sensitive intelligence information this government has,” said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice of public policy, after a CIA official was charged with leaking classified documents about an Israeli strike on Iran.

    USA Today
    • Arthur Lupia

    “People want to trust the science but are not always sure they can trust the scientists” to put personal biases aside when using their influence, said Arthur Lupia, professor of political science and interim vice president for research and innovation. “It’s one thing to discover something — it’s another thing to explain it effectively. For science to have public value, we actually have to do both of those things.”

    Nature
    • Barry Rabe

    “What we’re beginning to see is a significant test by Donald Trump of just how far he can go. He’s already beginning to push the boundaries of the power of the president, especially in an era where he may have a more friendly set of courts,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and environment, who believes Trump’s pick to head the EPA could launch “a frontal assault on the agency, trying to drive people out.”

    Deutsche Welle (Germany)