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March 15, 2024
“When institutions do nothing, they become not only culpable and complicit, but actively participatory. We need to think about what institutions can and should do in these instances that would not allow for those things to be possible,” said Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education, on the response of colleges and universities to attacks against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
March 15, 2024
The use of low-cost solar pumps by farmers in arid regions to irrigate their fields eliminates using fossil fuels and boosts crop production, but is drying up aquifers around the world. “Groundwater depletion is becoming a global threat to food security, yet … remains poorly quantified,” said Meha Jain, associate professor of environment and sustainability.
WIRED -
March 14, 2024
“We’ve seen this huge drop in children who are fully vaccinated, and unfortunately, it’s just not coming back up to the levels that we were at before. That is concerning because it puts us at risk for these vaccine-preventable diseases, like we’re seeing with measles,” said Aarti Raheja, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics.
Detroit Free Press -
March 14, 2024
“The Trump administration’s contempt for scientific and technological expertise was rightly a cause for concern, but our study shows that the American public was by and large unaffected. But it will be necessary to continue to improve the public’s understanding of science and technology to ensure that it is equipped to weather any further storms,” said Jon D. Miller, research scientist emeritus at the Center for Political Studies.
U.S. News & World Report -
March 14, 2024
“Food sovereignty and environmental justice movements (are) about building power to be self-determining and self-reliant on our labors, ingenuity and more, so that we can be less reliant on the systems not built for us,” said Shakara Tyler, lecturer in environment and sustainability and co-founder of Black to the Land, a coalition that connects people of color to culturally relevant outdoor nature experiences.
PBS NewsHour -
March 13, 2024
“Everyone understands that this is a budget impact on our health care spending, like maybe we’ve never seen,” said Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, about the high demand for “amazingly effective” but expensive weight loss drugs.
Bridge Michigan -
March 13, 2024
The power of trees to regulate climate, prevent erosion, form soil and keep water stored in forms that benefit all kinds of life are good reasons to maintain our forests, says Inés Ibáñez, professor of environment and sustainability, and ecology and evolutionary biology: “That is why we should care about it — forests provide ecosystem services that go beyond maple syrup.”
The Associated Press -
March 13, 2024
As Israel’s ongoing bombardment and siege of Gaza dredges up pain that crosses generations, Palestinian Americans are proudly owning their identities, says Germine Awad, professor of psychology: “It’s the storytelling of who you are in your life, and it’s sort of a way of keeping your Palestinian identity alive, even when people are trying to take it away from you.”
Michigan Public -
March 12, 2024
While three cases of measles confirmed in Michigan this year may not seem like a lot, they can exponentially spread to more. “There have been states where this has turned into hundreds of cases of measles,” said Abram Wagner, assistant professor of epidemiology. Laraine Washer, clinical professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases, said, “If measles is introduced into a population of under or unvaccinated individuals, then that’s where you’ll see transmission.”
The Detroit News -
March 12, 2024
“I think it was a pretty solid effort, overall. I think that delivering the speech over an hour-and-a-half with a lot of energy and vigor might reduce some of the concerns” that Americans have about his age, said Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate, commenting on President Biden’s State of the Union address.
CBS News Detroit
