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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.”
USA Today -
April 22, 2025
“We have a boy-who-cried-wolf situation,” said Ryan MacDonald, research fellow in astronomy, about claims the James Webb Space Telescope picked up signs of molecules produced by living organisms on a faraway planet. “Any claim of life beyond Earth needs to be rigorously checked by other scientists, and unfortunately many previous exciting claims … haven’t withstood these independent checks.”
New Scientist -
April 22, 2025
“The White House is asserting the power, essentially, to regulate or to deregulate by executive order. That is novel,” said Nina Mendelson, professor of law, if the courts allow Donald Trump to direct federal agencies to withdraw various rules and skip the usual steps in the process of changing regulations. “The entire array of federal regulations would be open to rapid repeal.”
The Hill -
April 21, 2025
“Batteries are nasty chemical devices that wear out after about 10 years, create enormous environmental damage in mining the materials to produce (them) … and when they’re dumped into landfills,” said Ian Hiskens, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering. Michael Craig, assistant professor of energy systems and industrial and operations engineering, is helping to develop battery technologies that can store more power and last longer, eventually getting “to something that’s even longer like hydrogen, which can do hundreds or thousands of hours cheaper and cheaper.”
Michigan Public
