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February 4, 2022
“When we give workers more rest, more control over their schedule, more vacation time, they’re actually more productive, they’re more resilient, they’re more creative,” said Erin Cech, associate professor of sociology. “It’s actually not to an organization’s benefit to demand this culture of overwork all the time, even though there seems to be a logical connection between expectations of passion and productivity.”
National Public Radio -
February 4, 2022
“In Detroit, with that first half of the Child Tax Credit we saw over $100 million flow into the pockets of Detroit families,” said H. Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and director of Poverty Solutions. “Families that got the Child Tax Credit were significantly more likely to say their financial situation is better today than it was a year ago. Parents who said they spent the Child Tax Credit on paying down debt were significantly more likely to report having a more manageable debt load.”
Detroit Free Press -
February 4, 2022
“It is more than the labor of taking care of a greater number of patients that is wearying. It is also the hopelessness that comes from seeing no end in sight and meeting people who won’t face the truth. … This rejection of reality feels like betrayal,” wrote Lauren Ghazal, research fellow in nursing. “And while some of the public may choose to be ‘done’ with the pandemic, or live as though it doesn’t exist, for health care workers like myself there has been no escape.”
CNN -
February 3, 2022
“Most people don’t even know what cookies are. In our research, we have found that hitting the ‘accept’ button is not actually indicative of consent,” said Florian Schaub, assistant professor of information, and electrical engineering and computer science, on the proliferation of cookie banners on websites that has both numbed people to their purpose and given companies yet another way to manipulate users by capturing personal data.
The New York Times -
February 3, 2022
Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing, says General Motors, which will bring 30 new electric vehicles to market in the next three years, needs to focus its future marketing to connect better with EV enthusiasts, who will then spread the word to the masses. “You gotta get the regular people, you and me, who are on the Reddits, having these conversations,” he said. “(GM) hasn’t done it in a distinguished way. It’s no shade on them, it’s just a hard thing to do.”
Detroit Free Press -
February 3, 2022
“These kinds of studies help us understand how resilient (trees) are likely to be in the face of climate change. And the less resilient they are just adds more information and pressure on us to solve the climate crisis sooner rather than later,” said Peter Reich, director of the Institute for Global Change Biology, whose research shows more than 9,000 types of trees have yet to be discovered — nearly a third of them vulnerable to climate change.
CNN -
February 2, 2022
There was a time when double-clicking simply meant to press one of the buttons on your computer mouse in quick succession, but in business, the term also means to take a closer look at something. “I think one of the things that annoys people about jargon is that it can be used a lot, but we don’t want to lose the fact that there’s often creativity here as well,” said LSA Dean Anne Curzan, professor of English language and literature, linguistics, and education.
Michigan Radio -
February 2, 2022
Nearly a quarter of Americans say it’s sometimes OK to use violence against the government — and one in 10 say violence is justified right now, according to a new poll. The numbers are not especially surprising to Christian Davenport, professor of political science, who is not a fan of the use of polls exclusively to determine a populace’s potential for violence. “Individuals will say a great number of things on a poll,” he said, “but never show up for anything.”
WEMU Radio -
February 2, 2022
Valeria Valbuena, a general surgery resident, and colleagues found that Pulse Ox devices are less accurate in detecting oxygen in the blood of patients with darker skin: “The Pulse Oximeter works by shining light through your skin, and there are a number of things that can affect how that light interacts with the particles in your blood that carry the oxygen, and one of those things is melanin. … We need as a field to push for equitable medical design, so that devices … work just as well for patients of different races, ethnicities and different genders.”
WDIV/Detroit -
February 1, 2022
“I think just putting that information out there, and people being able to calculate their programs … this data reporting and analysis allows that to happen,” said Tony Reames, assistant professor of environment and sustainability and senior adviser to the Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, about language to be included in guidance to state energy offices and on grants that calls for at least 40 percent of benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy be delivered to disadvantaged communities.
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