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September 12, 2024
“I don’t think there’s ever been an incident that I’ve learned about or read about that has somebody waking up — whether it’s in a school or a workplace — and saying, ‘Oh, this is a good day to pick up a gun and shoot a bunch of people. There’s usually bubbling grievances to the surface. The trick is to catch those things early,” said Marc Zimmerman, professor of public health and psychology, and co-director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the National Center for School Safety.
The New York Times -
September 11, 2024
Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, said supporting Donald Trump could backfire badly for business: “If (Trump immigration adviser) Stephen Miller sets up camps in the desert and puts a lot of people whose skin is a darker hue there — that’s pretty explicitly what they have in mind — what will this mean for business? Can corporations make nice with someone like that?”
The Guardian (U.K.) -
September 11, 2024
Being adopted by families in countries far from their place of birth, with vastly different cultures, has left many Chinese adoptees wondering about their identity, said Yun Zhou, assistant professor of sociology: “It touches on some of the most emotionally fraught and politically charged questions of citizenship, belonging, nationalistic sentiments, and gender and racial politics.”
The New York Times -
September 11, 2024
“We know we have a problem of violence and guns in our society … instead of tackling it with systemic and regulatory powers, we soothe ourselves with these kinds of extraordinary prosecutions,” said Ekow Yankah, professor of law and philosophy, who warns that prosecutors now have “a hammer” they can bring down on parents of violent children, including poor families from minority groups and single parents.
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September 10, 2024
“Even in the restaurant industry, and even with minimum wage increases that don’t exempt or have a lower minimum for tipped workers, we see these businesses able to finance the higher wage costs they face with new revenues,” said Nirupama Rao, assistant professor of business economics and policy, whose research found that raising the minimum wage has had little impact on the health of small businesses.
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September 10, 2024
“Firearm-related deaths among children and adolescents continues to be a critical and geographically diverse issue in the United States. These injuries are preventable, and by identifying the high-priority areas, we can better tailor evidence-based strategies, solutions and policies to save lives,” said Eugenio Weigend Vargas, research fellow at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
Newsweek -
September 10, 2024
“Many patients do not know that they’re pregnant in the first weeks, and animal studies of ketamine are very concerning for potential harm to the fetus during this time,” said Rachel Pacilio, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, whose research shows that only 20% of ketamine clinics require a pregnancy test at least once prior to or during treatment for depression.
U.S. News & World Report -
September 9, 2024
Women who undergo heart surgery often receive less aggressive care and more often receive that care at hospitals of lower quality, says Katie Wagner, house officer in thoracic surgery: “There are over 100,000 heart bypass surgeries every year, and despite how common this is, women have a 30%-40% higher risk of dying after heart surgery than men, and that’s a gap that hasn’t narrowed in decades.”
WDIV/Detroit -
September 9, 2024
“We need some thoughtful regulation to promote efficient use of AI and effective use, and also to limit harmful uses, and certainly any kind of malevolent or malicious use of comment forums,” said Nigel Melville, associate professor of technology and operations, who believes AI will make it much more difficult over time to tell the difference between a machine-made comment and a comment from a real human.
Bloomberg Law -
September 9, 2024
“He’s a slippery debater. His whole strategy is just to be like a boxer, be all over the place and continue to change the subject and make it very tough to nail him down. It’ll be almost like whack-a-mole on the stage of her trying to kind of get him into a place where she wants him,” said Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate, commenting on this week’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
The National Desk
