In the News
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January 19, 2024
“Youth have a particularly important viewpoint. They often know much more than the adults do about what’s going on in their relationships and in their school communities,” said Elyse Thulin, research assistant professor at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, who found that an anonymous student tip line in just one state flagged thousands of firearm threats in schools.
National Public Radio -
January 19, 2024
“Forests have been absorbing a significant amount of carbon from the atmosphere, which has helped to slow down the pace of climate change,” said Kai Zhu, associate professor of environment and sustainability. “However … their capacity to absorb carbon is likely to decrease in the future. As a consequence, more carbon will remain in the atmosphere, leading to a faster rate of global warming.”
MLive -
January 18, 2024
All 15 states that rejected a new federally funded summer food program for kids are led by Republican governors. “Americans would like to think that all kids get a fair shot. What we’re seeing is this increasing gap between kids in different states in the union,” said Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and faculty director of Poverty Solutions.
Detroit Free Press -
January 18, 2024
“People sort of overreact to the (amount of the national debt). Because of inflation, that number is always going to get bigger. We usually want to try to make some sense of the number by scaling it in a way that is a little bit easier to understand,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of economics and public policy.
USA Today -
January 18, 2024
Last year, the high school smoking rate was less than 2% — far lower than the 35% rate 25 years ago. “That’s a great public health triumph,” said Ken Warner, professor and dean emeritus of the School of Public Health. “If it weren’t for e-cigarettes, I think we would be hearing the public health community shouting at the top of their lungs about the success of getting kids not to smoke.”
The Washington Post -
January 17, 2024
“Business schools have lost their way,” said Andy Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise. “We find ourselves talking to smaller and narrower academic audiences, using a language that even well-educated readers do not understand, publishing in journals they don’t read, and asking questions for which they have little concern.”
Financial Times -
January 17, 2024
“There is plenty of evidence … that consumers do recognize the areas of strength in our economy. However, what they don’t feel good about … is that inflation, high prices specifically, continue to weigh down on their economic experiences,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers. “Consumers are still really struggling to accept that we’re not going back to 2019.”
Barron's -
January 17, 2024
“The promulgation of federal development policies and financing incentives was not as dramatic as the segregation of southern lunch counters, buses and public restrooms, but those policies perpetuated racial inequities and exacerbated the growing wealth gap between Black and white residents in metropolitan areas like Detroit,” wrote Jamon Jordan, lecturer in the Residential College.
Detroit Free Press -
January 16, 2024
“There has to be a better way,” said Sara Schaefer, house officer in surgery, who worries about the unintended consequences of getting rid of inpatient beds in rural hospitals, which continue to close due to staffing shortages, low reimbursement rates and declining patient numbers.
National Public Radio -
January 16, 2024
“President Biden should publicly announce that if Trump is the Republican nominee for president, he will not debate him in the general election unless he also participates in the upcoming primary debates in Iowa or New Hampshire,” wrote Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate.
The Hill
