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May 31, 2023
Research by Peter Reich, director of the Institute for Global Change Biology, shows that moss plays a crucial role in fighting climate change: “Like forests, mosses stabilize the microclimates and physical environments beneath them … they provide minerals and carbon to the soil and thus offer a better home for the soil microbiome than areas of bare ground.”
MLive -
May 31, 2023
“Improving the functionality and accessibility of portal systems, as well as providing more outreach and training to help patients understand and use portal systems, will be crucial to improving equity,” said Denise Anthony, professor of health management and policy, sociology and information, who found that 78% of people age 50-80 use at least one patient portal to access health care information.
UPI -
May 24, 2023
A Twitter video of foreign ambassadors urging Japan to embrace LGBTQ rights has drawn the ire of the Japanese, who have spoken out on issues in other countries. “In terms of ambassadorial outspokenness, I think the most conservative members of the L.D.P. and Japanese media are being really hypocritical,” said Jennifer Robertson, professor emerita of anthropology.
The New York Times -
May 24, 2023
“It makes sense that most employers don’t want people using cannabis while they’re working. The problem is that job-site drug screening captures usage only in the recent past. It does not assess current impairment or predict whether an employee may be a future safety risk,” wrote Kevin Boehnke, research assistant professor of anesthesiology.
The New York Times -
May 24, 2023
“Car-dependent metropolitan areas divide and isolate people from one another. Strong public transit systems do the opposite: They bring people and places together, fostering fortuitous interactions and vibrant experiences,” said Joe Grengs, professor of urban and regional planning.
The Nation -
May 19, 2023
Buildings made up of patterned glass are more visible to birds by breaking up reflections, says Ben Winger, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and assistant curator at the Museum of Zoology. “The window doesn’t look just like the cloudy sky or vegetation around it. It gives them a moment of pause and they will slow down or change direction.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
May 19, 2023
“They need only look next door to Burma to see how bad things can get when a military ignores democratic elections and tries to rule without any meaningful support in cities and among the young,” said Dan Slater, professor of political science and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, about the massive loss of support for Thailand’s military-backed establishment.
The Washington Post -
May 19, 2023
“Republicans have to play this very careful game of supporting the wealthy and big business behind the scenes, but making it appear to the public that they’re on the side of the little person. That’s why going after wokeness is a good way to do it — because that’s not a bread and butter issue (for corporations),” said Mark Mizruchi, professor of sociology and management and organizations.
BBC -
May 18, 2023
“Yes, the FBI could be second-guessed for some of its decisions, and it got sloppy” at times, but given the suggestion that a hostile foreign power was trying to manipulate a presidential election, “it would have been a dereliction of duty not to investigate,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, about a probe of the the FBI investigation into Russia’s attempts to manipulate the 2016 election.
The Washington Post -
May 18, 2023
More families are food insecure now than they were 20 years ago, said Noura Insolera, a research investigator at the Institute for Social Research: “The real wages have decreased and then prices are going up. Even if you’re working full-time you just don’t have enough.”
The Detroit News
