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March 23, 2022
New research by Parth Vaishnav, assistant professor of sustainability and environment, suggests that 90 percent of human driving in U.S. long-haul interstate trucking — the equivalent of roughly 500,000 mostly low-paying jobs — could be replaced by robot rigs: “In our imagination, we see these as middle-class jobs, but that hasn’t been the case for a while.”
Bloomberg -
March 23, 2022
Majority-white neighborhoods over the decades have accepted more nonwhite residents who are affluent enough to purchase homes in their neighborhoods but they’ve drawn the line at any kind of low-income housing, which often closely tracks race, says Matthew Lassiter, professor of history, and urban and regional planning: “People say, ‘It’s not about race. It’s not about race.’ It is about race. It’s also about class. And the class politics is explicit.”
CNN -
March 22, 2022
“There’s a lot to learn from what’s happened in Michigan. We’ve experienced … state takeovers of minority communities,” said Tom Ivacko, executive director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, on Tennessee’s takeover of a predominantly Black town near where Ford Motor Co. will invest billions. Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy, suggests the state provide budgetary and planning help, while Ford assists with workforce and economic development: “Instead of removing power, a collaborative approach that respects (the town’s) autonomy could be a win-win.”
The Detroit News -
March 22, 2022
Federal COVID-19 relief funds alone aren’t enough to improve working conditions in schools, says Elizabeth Koschmann, director of TRAILS: “The environment inside our schools is one of unimaginable stress, pressure and relentless competing demands that all present as urgent priorities. … Burnout is driving staff away from the entire field of education and districts can’t find enough people willing to take open jobs.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
March 22, 2022
“There is uncertainty about what ultimately causes long COVID and how to adequately respond to it,” wrote Abigail Dumes, assistant professor of women’s and gender studies. “Patients … can often feel unseen and unheard, and their providers often feel frustrated that they can’t do more.”
The New York Times -
March 21, 2022
“The sleep disruption that results from changing the clocks twice a year can affect the amount of sleep we get and our ability to maintain a consistent sleep-wake schedule,” said Anita Shelgikar, clinical associate professor of neurology. “Sleep disruption and poor sleep quality can worsen symptoms of many mental health conditions.”
AccuWeather -
March 21, 2022
“With inflation levels at a 40-year high and the conflict in Ukraine threatening even more economic turmoil, we need an all-hands-on-deck approach to stabilize prices and provide relief to the American people,” wrote Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy. “If we are going to effectively reduce inflation, Senate Republicans must end their partisan obstruction and allow a vote on President Biden’s extremely qualified slate of Federal Reserve nominees without delay.”
The Hill -
March 21, 2022
“It will broaden access to law school beyond the subset of applicants who score well on one very particular kind of test,” said Sarah Zearfoss, senior assistant dean at the Law School and member of a Law School Admission Council committee overseeing the design of a program to enable would-be law students to apply without taking the LSAT or GRE.
Reuters -
March 18, 2022
“It is not a zero-sum thing. So you can think about cutting up the pie and giving a piece to everybody. Or you can think about leaving some to make more pie,” said Stephanie Leiser, lecturer of public policy, commenting on the complexity of government budgets, which can actually increase for certain types of spending, such as economic development investments that increase tax revenue.
WXYZ/Detroit -
March 18, 2022
Research by Maxwell Woody, a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Systems, and colleagues found that battery-electric vehicles emit nearly two-thirds less cradle-to-grave life-cycle greenhouse gases than internal-combustion-engine vehicles on average.
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