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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?‘”
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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.”
Poets & Quants -
March 5, 2021
Older Americans on a Medicare Advantage plan could face hospital bills of $1,000 or more if private insurers start charging out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving COVID-19 care, according to research by Kao-Ping Chua, assistant professor of pediatrics: “Recently, some of the insurers have begun to walk back … waivers, raising the possibility that patients … might not just have to deal with the physical and emotional toll, but also face a financial dilemma afterwards.”
U.S. News & World Report -
March 5, 2021
COVID-19 notwithstanding, there are a lot of people interested in going to medical school — especially African American students, says Adrianne Haggins, assistant professor of emergency medicine: “What I hope for them is that … they are provided a program that creates an environment that allows them to have the impact that they want to have, and actually (has) the community benefit that I’m hoping most academic centers would want.”
Michigan Radio -
March 4, 2021
“We understand a little bit about how … solar storms form, but we can’t predict (them) well,” said Aaron Ridley, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, who is part of a U.S. collaboration creating simulations of solar storms to help scientists forecast where the storms will go, how intense they will be and when they might affect important satellites and power grids on Earth.
Science News -
March 4, 2021
Alzheimer’s disease may strike later in women than men, but once it takes hold, women tend to deteriorate far faster than men, according to Deborah Levine, associate professor of neurology and internal medicine: “Women appear to have faster cognitive decline than men. And these sex differences in cognitive decline might be due to differences in sex hormones, structural brain development, genetics, psychosocial factors, lifestyle factors, functional connectivity and brain pathology.”
U.S. News & World Report -
March 4, 2021
“People understand there’s an affordability issue in Ann Arbor. The town is progressive, at least in its language, and it has an outward persona as a place that is welcome and wants decent affordable housing for all people. Where the fights come are on the specific sites,” said Marc Norman, associate professor of practice in urban and regional planning, on the passage last November of a millage increase to fund affordable housing.
The Washington Post
