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March 10, 2021
“As devastating as this year has been for large swaths of the economy … the biotech industry has really continued to thrive. … So we’ve seen a lot of activity in our biotech startup portfolio. We’ve seen a number of acquisitions of our life science startup companies … a number of new strategic alliances announced,” said Kelly Sexton, associate vice president for research – technology transfer and innovation.
Crain's Detroit Business -
March 10, 2021
“Bringing your weight down may not help you avoid COVID-19 completely, but it can certainly play a role in reducing the chances you’ll have severe complications if you get it,” said Kanakadurga Singer, associate professor of pediatrics, and molecular and integrative physiology.
Times of India -
March 10, 2021
“To many feminist legal scholars, the law’s failure to regard sexual fraud as a crime — when fraud elsewhere, such as fraud in business transactions, is taken to invalidate legal consent — shows that we are still beholden to an antiquated notion that rape is primarily a crime of force committed against a chaste, protesting victim, rather than primarily a violation of the right to control access to one’s body on one’s own terms,” wrote Roseanna Sommers, assistant professor of law.
The New York Times -
March 9, 2021
Josh Petrie, research assistant professor of epidemiology, says getting a vaccine shouldn’t instill a false sense of security: “The bigger point is we don’t know much at all about what happens if you’re (vaccinated and then exposed to the virus). … Because we still do have concerning levels of cases out in the community, we’re not at a point yet where we can stop masks and social distancing in general.”
WXYZ/Detroit -
March 9, 2021
“There’s this sentiment that people who go through employment instability are automatically going to become more economically rational and that they’re going to prioritize finding a job and salary. But, what I found is people who encounter this kind of employment instability as a result of COVID are actually more likely to value passion and value work-family balance in a job,” said Erin Cech, assistant professor of sociology.
Refinery29 -
March 9, 2021
“I often am approached by both parents and teens who believe vaping cannabis is ‘OK’ and better than smoking,'” said Carol Boyd, professor emeritus of nursing and women’s studies. “My reaction: ‘You are fooling yourself. We know that inhaling hot tobacco/cannabis smoke into your lungs is unhealthy. … And yet, you seem to believe that heating chemicals into a vapor and inhaling them is healthy?‘”
CNN -
March 8, 2021
“This looks like GameStop all over again,” said Paolo Pasquariello, professor of finance, who noted that traders view Rocket Companies stock as “overvalued” in price. “If the stock price is jumping up a lot, these short sellers will want to close their positions by buying the stock and accepting their loss, in fear of greater losses later. However, the massive buying by Reddit people makes it difficult for them to buy the stocks, which ‘squeezes’ them and may lead to catastrophic losses.”
Detroit Free Press -
March 8, 2021
Research led by Justin Heinze, assistant professor of health behavior and health education, shows that college students are more depressed and anxious than ever, and the pandemic may not be entirely to blame: “We’re only identifying a problem here and not the cause. … We need to make sure that students who are struggling have access to the resources they need.”
WEMU Radio -
March 8, 2021
“That seems very short-sighted. This is going to happen again,” said Mary Gallagher, professor of political science and director of the International Institute, on China’s efforts to limit free expression among journalists, activists and doctors, which may mean losing precious information about how the coronavirus spread initially.
CNN -
March 5, 2021
Solutions to our biggest problems must come from the market, says Andy Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise: “The idea that we need to address climate change. The market is a cause of that, but the market has to fix it. Only business can create forms of mobility, buildings we live and work in, the food we eat, the clothes we wear. … We can fix these problems, but we need to teach business students to have a responsibility to create a safe and sound society.”
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