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July 21, 2021
Research by Nick Camp, assistant professor of organizational studies, and colleagues found that police officers communicate in a friendlier, more respectful way to white drivers than Black drivers during routine traffic stops: “There’s a cycle where disparities can reduce institutional trust and in turn that trust or lack of trust shapes how you interpret the next encounter you have with law enforcement.”
USA Today -
July 21, 2021
“I think this time more than ever the Olympics will be experienced in a hybrid space, comprised of atoms and molecules as well as bits and bytes,” said Scott W. Campbell, professor of communication and media, commenting on technology to be unveiled during Olympic broadcasts, including 360-degree cameras and the use of biometric data.
Voice of America -
July 14, 2021
“Bird populations have declined so drastically that this year there are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than there were in 1970 — the proverbial canaries in the coal mine are dropping dead all around us,” wrote Brian C. Weeks, assistant professor of environment and sustainability, whose research shows that climate change has caused many well-known species to shrink in size over the last 40 years.
The Hill -
July 14, 2021
“The arts are a way to be human. They are a way to feel. They are a way to create. They are a way to be. It’s something that is a universal value to almost all of us. And I think that in the pandemic, that was something especially felt and perceived by all of us,” said Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish, associate professor of music education.
Michigan Radio -
July 14, 2021
“This is a very broad and ambitious policy agenda for the Biden administration that offers lots of insights on the administration’s direction and priorities, but there could be many a slip between the cup and the lip,” said Daniel Crane, professor of law, on a recent executive order signed by President Biden that is aimed at promoting competition in the economy.
The Washington Post -
July 14, 2021
Jane Dutton, professor emerita of management and organizations and psychology, says as offices begin to reopen, employers should give people options about when and how often they come in: “The message should be one of flexibility, flexibility, flexibility. There have been many sources of pain, not just the pandemic but also the struggle around racial justice and politics.”
Harvard Business Review -
July 7, 2021
Brian Stewart, assistant professor of anthropology, says a skull discovered in China could belong to a new species of ancient human, but more research is needed: “I’m not saying we have to have paleogenetic data, I’m just saying that you really need some other independent lines of evidence before we can say, ‘Oh, this can somehow rewrite the entire trajectory of out of Africa movements and later human evolution that led to these different species in different parts of the Old World.'”
Salon -
July 7, 2021
“Ultimately, a lot of our social behaviors are deeply rooted in ideologies about race, even if it’s very implicitly, even if you’re not thinking about it. The things that you do on a daily basis, where you buy your house, where you send your kids to school, who you date, who you marry — race plays a part in all of that,” said Apryl Williams, assistant professor of communication and media.
Mic -
July 7, 2021
“It’s one thing to suspect a source of microplastic pollution, but quite another to see it happening,” said Christopher Ruf, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, who helped develop NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, which measures wind speeds over oceans using radar, but also helps scientists figure out where microplastics go in the ocean.
The Washington Post -
July 7, 2021
“There is a large disparity in dementia-related treatment and diagnosis among Black older adults, who are often diagnosed much later in the disease trajectory compared to other racial and ethnic groups,” said Sheria Robinson-Lane, assistant professor of nursing, whose study revealed that 91 percent of people with cognitive impairment consistent with dementia did not have a formal medical diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
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