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March 29, 2022
“Just when difficult decisions need to be made about monetary and fiscal policies, consumers have expressed loss in confidence in government economic policies. Moreover, most consumers are uncertain about the ultimate impact Putin’s war will have on their personal economic situation,” said Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
March 29, 2022
While encouraged by the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of several tobacco-flavored vaping products by the company Logic, Clifford Douglas, director of the U-M Tobacco Research Network, hopes the FDA’s efforts approach a point “where we transition from the polarized war over these complex issues to a regulated marketplace that carefully provides more support and alternatives for addicted adult smokers” while protecting young people.
The Washington Post -
March 29, 2022
“Hollywood, for about a century, has really stood on the labors and talents of so many queer people who have felt the need to conceal their queerness. And these are two young, brilliant actresses who are brave enough to be out in Hollywood,” said Nadine Hubbs, professor of women and gender studies, about Oscar nominees Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose.
USA Today -
March 28, 2022
“Often we’re just going, going, going. We’re not really focused on our heart rate until we get into bed at night and learn that our heart is racing and that we’re very tense,” said Deirdre Conroy, professor of psychiatry and clinical director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic. “If we practice meditation more often, we’re training our brain to be able to calm itself, like a self-management strategy.”
BuzzFeed News -
March 28, 2022
Sandra Gunning, professor of American culture and Afroamerican and African studies, says cultural references to “passing” — light-skinned Black Americans living life as a white person — have been around since the 18th century: “You might have people doing it not because they shun blackness necessarily but because at the time, it’s something that they needed to do … for survival.”
Michigan Radio -
March 28, 2022
“Every day there’s more things that have to be investigated, and the conflict itself is a significant obstacle to the investigation,” said Karima Bennoune, visiting professor of law, on war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. “It’s very positive that there has been such a strong reaction to the reports of war crimes … public outrage and response is critical to actually trying to stop further war crimes.”
Christian Science Monitor -
March 25, 2022
“There’s this idea that real Chinese food or real Asian food is not junk food — that we eat only steamed, hand-made traditional foods, passed down by mother,” said Miranda Brown, professor of Chinese studies. “But a lot of Asian moms have a job. Some of them have to deal with children. The reason we go to junk food is the same as everyone else.”
NorthJersey.com -
March 25, 2022
Richard Miech, research professor at the Institute for Social Research, says electronic cigarette use is driving a rise in the proportion of young people who try but fail to quit using nicotine: “Unfortunately, we are seeing that with e-cigarettes, more kids are struggling with nicotine. With e-cigarettes we have gone backwards, quite substantially.”
U.S. News & World Report -
March 25, 2022
“The casualty is Chinese American faculty in general because it’s creating a climate of fear. I think the prospect of having your life destroyed in that way is terrifying to faculty even if they know they have done nothing wrong,” said Ann Chih Lin, professor of public policy and director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, on the chilling effect of the Trump-era China Initiative meant to root out Chinese spies.
National Public Radio -
March 24, 2022
By disengaging, the European Union is concerned that Russia will expand its carbon footprint by making more steel the traditional way— from iron ore— which is the Russians’ main method. “That’s the dirty stuff. Digging stuff out of the ground and making that into steel is the dirty part of the industry,” said Daniel Cooper, professor of mechanical engineering.
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