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August 29, 2022
U-M researchers are studying how well people with autism spectrum disorder can detect road hazards. “Many of them … would like to drive, but getting from wanting to drive and being able to drive are two different things,” said Elise Hodges, clinical associate professor of psychiatry.
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August 24, 2022
“I wanted to convey that philosophy is not this thing that is over with, that was in the past and done by famous people who were mainly old white guys, … that philosophy is this living activity and that there are maybe more philosophers in the world now than there ever were,” said Scott Hershovitz, professor of philosophy and law.
Times of Israel -
August 24, 2022
“If we cared about human trafficking in the way you hear people talk about it, we should care a lot about vulnerability in our communities,” said Bridgette Carr, director of the Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic. “Instead, people want to talk about dangerous perpetrators and people being snatched from parking lots and it’s just not the reality of trafficking.”
Concentrate -
August 24, 2022
“This is branding at its finest. Now, when consumers hear the words ‘banana republic,’ we no longer know the etymology of the phrase. It shows that branding has more power than education: When we hear the term, we don’t think about the historical reference, but the store,” said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing.
Fast Company -
August 24, 2022
Tammy Chang, associate professor of family medicine, says it’s OK for patients to ask doctors to seek the opinion of colleagues: “It’s the art of medicine. There’s very rarely just one, single path forward. And so I think empowering patients means giving patients options and hearing options from different points of view. Doctors don’t work in isolation anymore.”
The Washington Post -
August 24, 2022
“In many ways, climate change is not an environmental problem. Climate change is a systems breakdown. … Importantly, we are now a part of (that system) in a way we’ve never been before. Human beings now can alter the global climate. That is an enormous shift in how we view the environment, how we view ourselves and how we view the two being connected,” said Andy Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise.
Christian Science Monitor -
August 17, 2022
“There are kids who die of asthma every year and that’s a tragedy. It’s not one thing that leads to those deaths. … It’s a system, there’s holes in the system,” said Toby Lewis, associate professor of pediatrics and environmental health sciences, who believes more resources and attention to the systemic issues triggering asthma will help children in Detroit.
Detroit Free Press -
August 17, 2022
“Most schools have a plan to manage traffic and minimize the need for children to walk in front of or between cars. When parents don’t follow these rules, it disrupts the traffic flow,” said Sarah Clark, co-director of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, which shows nearly a third of parents fear for their child’s safety going to and from school.
U.S. News & World Report -
August 17, 2022
Peter Reich, director of the Institute for Global Change Biology, says even relatively small amounts of global warming could spell disaster for Earth’s boreal forests: “Forests in Michigan that might not be growing as well aren’t going to be scrubbing as much carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and holding it in their wood or in the soil. And the same failure to thrive is going to be happening for similar forests … all over the world.”
MLive -
August 17, 2022
“Classification is irrelevant. Government documents that pertain to the national defense may not be withheld from the government upon request for return. The obstruction charge in the warrant suggests Trump tried to conceal what he had,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, on claims by Donald Trump that he had the power to declassify all of the documents in his possession as president and that he declassified the contested documents held at Mar-a-Lago.
Bloomberg
