In the News
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September 4, 2024
“Cash transfers probably do less to improve people’s lives than the proponents of them thought they would. The flip side is they probably don’t have the harmful effects detractors were concerned about,” said Sarah Miller, associate professor of business economics and public policy, who found that unconditional cash payments to low-income Americans do not transform their net worth or their mental or physical health.
The New York Times -
September 3, 2024
“The same cybertools, spear-phishing emails, hacks of email accounts, dumping of some of the information that’s obtained in the hacks, that’s part of what Russia did in 2016, and it just seems like Iran has followed the same playbook for the most part,” said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice of public policy, on Iran’s recent cyberattacks against the Trump and Harris campaigns.
Marketplace -
September 3, 2024
“I do think it’s still a strong case because it still includes the other schemes, which was pressuring the legislators, pressuring members of Congress to steal the election and organizing false slates of electors. All of those things remain in the case,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, after special counsel Jack Smith retooled the indictment against Donald Trump in the 2020 election subversion case.
WBUR/National Public Radio -
September 3, 2024
“It’s important for Michigan to have jobs in these new industries. The question is, should we be giving subsidies to a Chinese company so we can have these jobs or could there be another alternative?” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business, about a Chinese electric vehicle battery company’s plans to build a $2.4 billion factory in Michigan.
The New York Times -
August 30, 2024
“Chameleons change color by altering the spacing between nanocrystals in their skin. The dream is to design a dynamic and multifunctional system that can be as good as some of the examples that we see in biology,” said chemical engineering doctoral student Tobias Dwyer, who along with professor Sharon Glotzer and researcher Tim Moore, designed computer simulations to identify forces that cause nanoparticles to interact and assemble — an imaging technique that may eventually enable smart materials and coatings that can switch between different optical, mechanical and electronic properties.
DBusiness Magazine -
August 30, 2024
Sinkholes in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron can help scientists learn more about Earth’s early history before there was oxygen, says Gregory Dick, director of the Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and of environment and sustainability: “We typically have to go to Antarctica or Yellowstone National Park or some exotic location to get these extreme ecosystems, but this is in our backyard in the Great Lakes.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
August 30, 2024
“Cellphones clearly can be distracting in school … but cellphones also have been ways to help schools become more equitable in terms of technology access,” said Elizabeth Keren-Kolb, clinical professor of education, who believes banning phones in schools will exacerbate existing inequities in student achievement, since low-income students are more likely to own a smartphone than a tablet or laptop.
Detroit Free Press -
August 29, 2024
“This is not good news because it suggests that, as the world warms, soils are going to give back some of their carbon to the atmosphere,” said Peter Reich, professor of environment and sustainability, whose team discovered that as temperatures rise, soils lose more carbon than plants can replace — contributing to an ominous cycle of increasing temperatures and mounting carbon emissions.
Earth.com -
August 29, 2024
“We’re really investing in children who … haven’t had the opportunity to learn literacy at the levels that you’re going to need for happiness and success in society. It’s recognizing that young people have other things to do in their lives, and some of them may actually need the income,” said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean of the Marsal Family School of Education, about a new program that provides Detroit high school students with gift cards to attend after-school tutoring sessions.
Bridge Detroit -
August 29, 2024
Investing in smaller, locally owned grocery stores in rural communities could offer a long-term way to fill food deserts, says Kate Bauer, associate professor of nutritional sciences: “They are people who are really invested in the community, and they’re trying really hard to stock what they can get at reasonable prices, but they just don’t have the buying power of the big stores.”
The Detroit News
