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April 25, 2025
“If you want to be in fashion, you proclaim your American heritage, even if you are a French-Italian company or a Detroit-based company whose cars and trucks are about half made in the U.S.,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business. “We are easily fooled, but what many Americans want is a vehicle that is assembled by U.S. workers, using parts made by U.S. workers, and that doesn’t cost over $40,000.”
Detroit Free Press -
April 25, 2025
“Starting the conversation early gives parents a chance to shape the message in an age-appropriate way … If parents don’t open the door to these talks, kids may get their information elsewhere, like from classmates, social media or what they see on TV,” said Sarah Clark, research scientist in pediatrics, who found that parents are evenly split in thinking it’s best to start talking about puberty before age 10, at age 10, or when children are older.
U.S. News & World Report -
April 25, 2025
Ember McCoy, doctoral student in environment and sustainability who studies the politics of air pollution, recently found out her research grant from the National Science Foundation was canceled. Although she received no official reason for the cancellation, she sensed it was coming, because the places with the highest rates of air pollution are low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
The New York Times -
April 24, 2025
“Without doubt, some conservative Catholics thought he went too far, not paying attention to doctrine or to key issues like abortion and homosexuality. But even they appreciated his humility, his simplicity, his regard for those at the margins of society,” said Silvia Pedraza, professor of sociology and American culture, about the legacy of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff.
Mirage News -
April 24, 2025
“The environmental impact of medical care delivery can be reduced when lower-carbon options, such as telemedicine, are substituted for other services that produce more emissions,” said Mark Fendrick, director of Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, whose research shows that telehealth decreased the number of cars on the road in the U.S., reducing monthly carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of up to 130,000 gas-powered cars.
Time -
April 24, 2025
“This problem is not going away, even with the termination of this grant,” said Briana Mezuk, professor of epidemiology, whose funding for research on Alzheimer’s disease among Black Americans was canceled. “The scientific community has not studied this problem in the Black population with large enough samples and with sophisticated enough data. Science hasn’t done the research that needs to happen.”
The Detroit News -
April 23, 2025
“It’s as close as you can possibly get to sitting there with them and experiencing something like the anatomy and physicality of the person who was there and what they were feeling,” said Cheney Schopieray, curator of manuscripts, about the Clements Library’s “Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775” exhibit. Library director Paul Erickson said while many exhibits nationwide are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this one “really shows on a moment-by-moment and day-by-day basis the run up to the battle and the immediate aftermath.”
The Detroit News -
April 23, 2025
“As long as the salaried employee is working hard enough not to get fired, the employee has done everything they owe to their employer and is not obligated to reveal that they are moonlighting for someone else,” said Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy, on whether secretly working simultaneous remote jobs is unethical.
Business Insider -
April 23, 2025
Jennifer Head, assistant professor of epidemiology, said open-access journals that are free to authors removes “barriers … that might otherwise prevent researchers from underfunded contexts from sharing their scientific findings” — something that is particularly important given the global nature of many public health threats.
Science -
April 22, 2025
“Generative AI has been applied in genetics just recently and has made amazing progress because it can analyze massive amounts of data at the same time and start to associate variants in genes with health outcomes,” said Kayte Spector-Bagdady, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “(But) every time you’re putting it into a commercial platform, it is not protected by our health privacy laws. And I don’t think that people really understand that.”
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