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July 6, 2022
“I don’t want the White House or Congress to not be doing things just because they think that the (Supreme) Court will strike them down. … I don’t think that should stop Democrats from trying. I do think it means they have to figure out how to address this conservative wrecking ball that is standing in front of them,” said Leah Litman, assistant professor of law.
The New Yorker -
June 29, 2022
“The point of installing these individuals across various states around the country is not to validate a particular message or to propagate Republican philosophy. It’s to rig the system so that an individual named Donald Trump can win the election, no matter how people vote,” said Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and Afroamerican and African studies.
USA Today -
June 29, 2022
Cause-marketing practices — when companies donate part of their sales revenue to nonprofits to drive up sales and build brand awareness — can be inconsistent in terms of consumers knowing how much and where their donations are going, say Aradhna Krishna, professor of marketing, and Uday Rajan, professor of finance. “Consumers are pretty focused on trying to do good for others, (but) before you think of a company doing a lot of good, you have to step back,” Krishna said.
Detroit Free Press -
June 29, 2022
“It’s our role to provide access to accurate information, whether it includes aspects of our racist and derogatory past, or whether it includes things that we are still proud of today. … So much of our history is problematic, but yet it is our history and we can learn from it and build from it and be a better nation in the future through an understanding of how we’ve been problematic in the past,” said Clayton Lewis, curator of graphics material at the William L. Clements Library.
Michigan Radio -
June 29, 2022
“Trauma is long-lasting. It’s not a month or year after. It’s years and years after for a community to come back to healing (after a school shooting),” said Hsing-Fang Hsieh, co-investigator at the School of Public Health’s National Center for School Safety. “We need to continually offer support and make efforts to rebuild sense of trust and safety.”
The Detroit News -
June 29, 2022
“This ruling is very devastating for a lot of folks. We have many concerns within the LGBTQ+ community that overturning this precedent will have an impact on other decisions that were made based on the 14th Amendment,” said Gary Harper, professor of health behavior and health education, on the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade and let states determine abortion access.
WXYZ/Detroit -
June 22, 2022
“People have been talking with confidence that he is Black for at least 50 years — and yet it is still considered controversial. Music scholars refuse to believe it. And the reason people find it hard to swallow is we were told there were no black composers, when there were,” said Garrett Schumann, lecturer in LSA, on 16th century Afro-Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano, whose long-neglected choral music is enjoying a revival.
BBC -
June 22, 2022
“We’re not built to go from 60 miles an hour to zero. We need time to slow down or else it will be hard for us to sleep,” said Leslie Swanson, associate professor of psychiatry, who recommends shutting off electronic devices and avoiding aerobic exercise, large meals and alcoholic drinks close to bedtime — and instead do something quiet and relaxing to transition into sleep mode.
The New York Times -
June 22, 2022
The potential financial benefits of robo-trucking technology are so enormous that shippers and trucking companies are likely to embrace it as soon as they feel it is ready, says Parth Vaishnav, assistant professor of environment and sustainability: “The additional cost of the technology required by autonomous trucks is relatively small. … It’s economically so compelling that, even if other things about the truck modestly increase costs, it may turn out it will still be attractive.”
The Wall Street Journal -
June 22, 2022
“You’ve got a whole life spread out before you in that tusk. The growth and development of the animal, as well as its history of changing land use and changing behavior—all of that history is captured and recorded in the structure and composition of the tusk,” said Daniel Fisher, professor and director of the Museum of Paleontology, who helped analyze isotopes from the tusk of a mastodon who lived in present-day Indiana to determine its migration patterns.
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