In the News
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January 14, 2022
Research led by Julie Boland, professor of linguistics and psychology, says difficulty in finding a turn to speak during a Zoom call disrupts the natural flow of in-person conversation, resulting in Zoom fatigue: “It can include that we don’t make the same kind of eye contact, for example, or that nonvisual cues don’t work as well.”
Michigan Radio -
January 13, 2022
Secure gun storage and behavioral intervention programs for at-risk children are keys to preventing kids from getting weapons and averting violence, especially in high-stress times or when a child is experiencing depression, says Patrick Carter, associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the Injury Prevention Center: “They prevent us from getting to the point where something like (a shooting or a suicide) happens.”
The Detroit News -
January 13, 2022
“Despite truly remarkable advances in our capacity to diagnose and treat disease in the 21st century, our ability to treat lung disease is still profoundly primitive — and, intensified by the pandemic, that deficit has tragic results,” wrote Meilan Han, professor of pulmonary and critical care. “But despite an influx of funding for COVID-19 research, shockingly little has gone specifically to understanding lung damage and how to treat it. While vaccines are incredibly important … lung health too must be a national priority.”
Los Angeles Times -
January 13, 2022
“While the protests were sparked by outrage over a dramatic rise in fuel prices, they were energized by a shared grievance with much deeper roots — the failed promise of reforms dating back to 1991, when Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union,” co-wrote Pauline Jones, professor of political science, about the recent deadly riots in the Central Asian nation.
The Washington Post -
January 12, 2022
“Early onset alcohol and other drug use has been shown to be a consistent risk factor for prescription drug misuse,” said Sean Estaban McCabe, professor of nursing and director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, whose research shows that nearly half of all adults, ages 18-50, have had at least one instance of prescription drug misuse.
HCPLive -
January 12, 2022
While people in the bottom third of incomes have seen wages rise, those in the middle third haven’t seen the same gains, says Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics: “Things are getting more expensive for them, and their wages aren’t quite keeping up. I think that’s where you’re seeing some of the pain from households who are saying, ‘Hey, I’m worse off than I was a year ago.’”
Marketplace -
January 12, 2022
The false narrative that African Americans engage in risky health behaviors places undue stress on Black youth seeking to understand facts about COVID-19, says Riana Elyse Anderson, assistant professor of health behavior and health education: “Families who are already talking to their children about race-related issues now have to (address) the disparate outcomes of this virus … adding yet more stress to what children already contend with.”
Inside Higher Education -
January 11, 2022
“I can’t think of any precedent for it, where there has been such a collective judgment across so many independent, even competing, corporations to adopt that public good-oriented policy,” said Richard Hall, professor of political science and public policy, on companies that stopped or altered donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
The Detroit News -
January 11, 2022
Fusion energy could provide an abundant source of electricity with no greenhouse gases, but harnessing it in a useful way has been elusive. “It’s a weird thing, because we absolutely know that the fundamental theory works. … But trying to do it in a lab has provided us a lot of challenges,” said Carolyn Kuranz, associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, and climate and space sciences and engineering.
Vox -
January 11, 2022
It can be difficult for institutions to learn lessons from the Jan. 6 insurrection “in an implicit way that requires changing what we do, that no longer allows for the miseducation of white people,” says Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education, who believes the U.S. has learned some positive lessons since last year’s Capitol riot but that substantial changes needed to address white supremacy have yet to materialize.
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