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July 20, 2022
“These are hard cases when it’s not the individual who actually fired the weapon, but someone else who we are expecting to have seen it coming. Those are high barriers,” said Eve Brensike Primus, professor of law, on the likelihood that the father of the Highland Park shooter will face prosecution. “Whenever you’re dealing with legal standards — was a person reckless or could they reasonably foresee something — these are standards that are incredibly fact-specific.”
CNN -
July 20, 2022
“Batteries are like humans, they don’t like high heat or low heat. The best temperature is the one humans are comfortable with,” said Anna Stefanopoulou, professor of mechanical engineering. “The higher the temperatures, the more energy we need to use to cool our vehicles. And that energy is lost and that will heat the environment. That’s why it’s crucial that we continue to improve the battery technology and the power grid.”
ABC News -
July 20, 2022
“While having a Black leader doesn’t appear to matter to the average Jane Doe, the decisions a hospital executive makes absolutely impacts the quality of care for Black patients,” said Ebbin Dotson, assistant professor of health management and policy. “Black leaders have a better perspective on addressing health equity because of the cultural experience they have lived.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
July 13, 2022
“That we find estimates with close to half of U.S. children having intergenerational exposure to crime and justice is a wake-up call to the failures of our public policy to date,” said Michael Mueller-Smith, assistant professor of economics and faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research. “Even if the justice system were completely overhauled today, we will be living with the damage done to our current and former generations for decades to come.”
The Hill -
July 13, 2022
“I think we’re starting to understand a lot more how data can be tied very closely to people’s bodies and what that means for bodily autonomy,” said Patricia Garcia, assistant professor of information and digital studies, advising caution about websites and apps that track reproductive health. “I think it’s more important now than ever for women, trans people and people with uteruses who are seeking abortions to protect themselves.”
Michigan Radio -
July 13, 2022
“The incredibly vast majority of judges throughout American history have been conservative white men,” said Matthew Fletcher, professor of law. “They established centuries of negative precedents before BIPOC judges and legislators came along. There’s almost no way to undo that groundwork, except with radical lawmaking. And that’s not happening for progressive people right now.”
Atmos -
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.
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