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February 17, 2025
“You can have the greatest $200 toothbrush that you want, and if you’re not using it properly, it’s not going to do any better job than someone who’s using a manual toothbrush effectively,” said Martha McComas, clinical associate professor of dentistry, weighing in on the rotating-vs.-sonic-electric-toothbrush debate.
The Washington Post -
February 17, 2025
“Only a strong defense guarantee, such as admission to NATO, can lead to a durable end to the war. From the Ukrainian perspective, there have been multiple agreements that have been signed, all of them broken, and NATO is the only durable way to ensure Ukrainian sovereignty and security,” said Greta Uehling, lecturer in international and comparative studies.
The Dispatch -
February 17, 2025
For a boycott — like the consumer spending blackout planned Feb. 28 to protest the elimination of corporate DEI efforts — to be successful, it needs a clear goal, target group and representative who can negotiate with the target, says Jerry Davis, professor of business: “Simply asking customers to stop buying a product to express disapproval is not likely to produce any recognizable change in what business does.”
USA Today -
February 14, 2025
Math is the bright spot in Michigan’s academic recovery story, according to new data examining the pace of post-pandemic recovery in U.S. school districts. “There has been more work helping teachers teach math, more opportunities to learn the math, more opportunities to think about how you address equity … in math learning,” said Deborah Loewenberg Ball, professor of education.
The Detroit News -
February 14, 2025
“The actions taken by DOGE will ultimately prove to be insufficient. It can trim a few unproductive agencies and cajole some of the federal workforce to resign, but unless it can find solutions to federal overspending as a whole — without crippling important federal programs in the process — the underlying problem will remain,” said Jared Arkfeld, doctoral student in chemical engineering.
The Wall Street Journal -
February 14, 2025
Immigration raids can damage communities for years, fracturing social networks, worsening food insecurity and endangering physical and mental health, says William Lopez, clinical associate professor of health behavior and health equity: “There’s no clear end to the impact. The potential removal just lingers on for years like a war wound that won’t heal.”
The Washington Post -
February 13, 2025
“As with any new U.S. presidential administration, there is uncertainty in terms of priorities, appointments and processes,” said Sharon Matusik, dean of the Ross School of Business. These add to “technology, a shifting geopolitical landscape, the changing labor market, environmental challenges and social issues we have already been collectively grappling with.”
Financial Times -
February 13, 2025
“The job of marketing is to influence behavior, and sometimes that means identifying problems that you may not know that you have, or underlying insecurities that may prevent you from losing social currency down the road,” said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of business, on how the lifestyle-med company Hims has built a business on male anxieties.
The Atlantic -
February 13, 2025
“By cutting indirect costs, the federal government will force universities to scale back research that may help develop the next vaccine or cure, or the next technological innovation that will create new businesses or help secure our country,” wrote Mary Sue Coleman, president emerita, about the Trump administration’s 15% reimbursement cap — currently on hold pending federal court action — for facility and administrative expenses universities incur while conducting work funded by federal research agencies.
Inside Higher Ed -
February 12, 2025
“There is a groundswell of bipartisan support to combat our country’s chronic disease crisis. And there’s a clear and actionable strategy on the table: translate the FDA’s updated definition of ‘healthy’ food into a simple symbol that we can all use to guide our supermarket choices,” wrote Jennifer Garner, assistant professor of nutritional sciences.
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