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July 13, 2022
“We wanted to attract students who normally wouldn’t think about studying film or media, because maybe they thought that it was too expensive,” said Yeidy Rivero, professor and chair of film, television, and media, on a scholarship funded by the founder of Columbia Pictures Television and his wife that helps students from lower-to-middle-class backgrounds launch careers in Hollywood and New York.
MLive -
July 13, 2022
Retractions of published studies in academic journals correct the record and remove faulty information from circulation, but they fail to reduce the reach of misinformation, says Daniel Romero, associate professor of information and complex systems: “They remain important, but they’re not serving the purpose of reducing the amount of attention that we pay to these problematic papers because, by the time they come, the public is no longer paying much attention to the original paper.”
The Washington Post -
July 6, 2022
“They might exercise less, or drink alcohol excessively, or have trouble staying socially connected,” said Leah Richmond-Rakerd, assistant professor of psychology, whose research links many kinds of mental illness with dementia and shows that this population may find it difficult to lead healthy lives. Kenneth Langa, professor of internal medicine, and health management and policy, says in an ideal world, efforts to prevent dementia would begin in childhood with strong investments in education and the inculcation of healthy habits.
Scientific American -
July 6, 2022
“I think at times there’s a very thin line between what’s permissible and what’s not, depending on how it’s packaged, how it’s positioned. So it is becoming an issue for many athletic departments,” said Ketra Armstrong, professor of sport management, on the right of college athletes to earn money off their name, image and likeness, collectively known as NIL.
WXYZ/Detroit -
July 6, 2022
“Sure, the Supreme Court could chuck the case law in the trash. But that’s what it would take: radical change — with implications far beyond abortion,” said Julian Davis Mortenson, professor of law, on whether the court would invalidate a reworked federal abortion law that could prohibit states from penalizing women who seek abortions in another state — thereby reinterpreting the Constitution’s commerce clause, which gives Congress exclusive authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Los Angeles Times -
July 6, 2022
While lower home prices might attract them initially, “making sure that their children come into contact with other Black people like them is critical. Living in a community where Black professionals are present in large numbers means their children grow up with the perception that successful Black people are normal, not outliers,” said Karyn Lacy, associate professor of sociology and Afroamerican and African studies, commenting on the high-income Black suburban areas of Washington, D.C.
The Washington Post -
July 6, 2022
“I don’t want the White House or Congress to not be doing things just because they think that the (Supreme) Court will strike them down. … I don’t think that should stop Democrats from trying. I do think it means they have to figure out how to address this conservative wrecking ball that is standing in front of them,” said Leah Litman, assistant professor of law.
The New Yorker -
June 29, 2022
“The point of installing these individuals across various states around the country is not to validate a particular message or to propagate Republican philosophy. It’s to rig the system so that an individual named Donald Trump can win the election, no matter how people vote,” said Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and Afroamerican and African studies.
USA Today -
June 29, 2022
Cause-marketing practices — when companies donate part of their sales revenue to nonprofits to drive up sales and build brand awareness — can be inconsistent in terms of consumers knowing how much and where their donations are going, say Aradhna Krishna, professor of marketing, and Uday Rajan, professor of finance. “Consumers are pretty focused on trying to do good for others, (but) before you think of a company doing a lot of good, you have to step back,” Krishna said.
Detroit Free Press -
June 29, 2022
“It’s our role to provide access to accurate information, whether it includes aspects of our racist and derogatory past, or whether it includes things that we are still proud of today. … So much of our history is problematic, but yet it is our history and we can learn from it and build from it and be a better nation in the future through an understanding of how we’ve been problematic in the past,” said Clayton Lewis, curator of graphics material at the William L. Clements Library.
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