In the News
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April 13, 2021
“Just as Black and Latinx people are being hit hardest by COVID-19 from the health toll to economic impact, it is arts professionals and the organizations who support them … that are in the most financial distress,” wrote Aaron Dworkin, professor of arts leadership and entrepreneurship. “American arts and culture would not exist as it is today without the influence and contributions of Black and brown artists, and to see their collective voices diminish further would be devastating.”
The Hill -
April 12, 2021
Jessica Finlay, research fellow at the U-M Institute for Social Research, fears the pandemic will be the death knell for a large population of brick-and-mortar “third places” — locations where people gather that are not home or work: “I am worried that, long term, our neighborhoods and our communities will look completely different.”
Bloomberg -
April 12, 2021
“We need to envision alternatives that do not include firearms, surveillance and harassment, and take a more humane approach to public safety. We need to re-orient our public safety system away from punitive and violent policing and punishment systems and towards more supportive public health-focused social services,” said Paul Fleming, associate professor of health behavior and health education.
Michigan Radio -
April 12, 2021
“I think a lot of people have worries about the safety of the vaccine for their children,” said Aubree Gordon, associate professor of epidemiology, stressing that any vaccine for kids will go through a rigorous vetting process: “You’re going to get immunity one way or another — either through vaccination or infection — and really to end this pandemic in a timely fashion … we really need a vaccine for children.”
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April 9, 2021
Rashmi Menon, entrepreneur in residence at the Ross School of Business, says while governments do, to an extent, encourage investing in contractors from underrepresented groups, more economic incentives could be put in place: “How do we change hearts and minds? Government programs are extrinsic motivations. I’d love to see more intrinsic motivations.”
Crain's Detroit Business
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April 9, 2021
“It’s like a dog chasing a car. What does the dog do when it catches the car? There aren’t natural seam-lines for breaking up Google; you’re not going to split it into an operating system and browser when the two were always integrated. So what’s your endgame?” said Daniel Crane, professor of law.
Foreign Policy -
April 9, 2021
Many women workers who have lost their jobs may never return to the workforce. “We see two phenomenons at work,” said Afton Branche-Wilson, assistant director of community initiatives at U-M’s Poverty Solutions. “Women, and especially women of color, are more likely to work in industries that have been hit by the pandemic. … The second piece of this is women, particularly single mothers, have been forced to leave the workforce to take care of children not in school.”
Michigan Advance -
April 9, 2021
Alcohol-related liver disease is on the rise among young women amid increased pandemic drinking, says hepatologist Jessica Mellinger, assistant professor of internal medicine: “This is what we’re seeing a lot of in our young people and our young women. They have been, we think because of COVID and isolation and the myriad, diverse stressors that have happened as a consequence of lockdown, turning to alcohol.”
ABC News -
April 8, 2021
Rashmi Menon, entrepreneur in residence at the Ross School of Business, says while governments do, to an extent, encourage investing in contractors from underrepresented groups, more economic incentives could be put in place: “How do we change hearts and minds? Government programs are extrinsic motivations. I’d love to see more intrinsic motivations.”
Crain's Detroit Business
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April 8, 2021
“None of the students involved in this project had ever built a spacecraft before,” said Brian Gilchrist, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and climate and space sciences and engineering, whose class built a small satellite to test using the Earth’s magnetic field for propulsion — which would allow small satellites to orbit Earth without having to carry fuel, allowing them to stay aloft for longer periods of time.
The Washington Post
