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January 11, 2022
“I can’t think of any precedent for it, where there has been such a collective judgment across so many independent, even competing, corporations to adopt that public good-oriented policy,” said Richard Hall, professor of political science and public policy, on companies that stopped or altered donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
The Detroit News -
January 11, 2022
Fusion energy could provide an abundant source of electricity with no greenhouse gases, but harnessing it in a useful way has been elusive. “It’s a weird thing, because we absolutely know that the fundamental theory works. … But trying to do it in a lab has provided us a lot of challenges,” said Carolyn Kuranz, associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, and climate and space sciences and engineering.
Vox -
January 11, 2022
It can be difficult for institutions to learn lessons from the Jan. 6 insurrection “in an implicit way that requires changing what we do, that no longer allows for the miseducation of white people,” says Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education, who believes the U.S. has learned some positive lessons since last year’s Capitol riot but that substantial changes needed to address white supremacy have yet to materialize.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education -
January 10, 2022
“It doesn’t require change in the tax treaties. You really only need the agreement of the big economies, where most of the multinationals are based, to make it happen,” said Reuven Avi-Yonah, professor of law, who said the hard part of achieving a global tax deal will be getting multinationals to pay more tax where they make sales, rather than where they have a physical presence.
Financial Times -
January 10, 2022
“There is more to investigate, but a ‘one-and-done’ surgery with a single spinal fusion may be the best option for many of these kids,” said G. Ying Li, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, whose research shows that young patients with early-onset scoliosis who undergo growth-friendly surgery, rather than a spinal fusion, have significantly increased rates of complications and unplanned surgeries.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 10, 2022
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol “demonstrated in a very painful way how fragile our democracy is. It’s not really based on a set of laws, but more a set of common assumptions about representative government, about the simple transfer of power from one administration to the next, and we had, essentially, an organized attempt at a coup,” said Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication and political science.
WXYZ/Detroit -
January 7, 2022
“The dominance of the U.S. automakers of the U.S. market is just over. Toyota might not beat GM again this year, but the fact that they did it is symbolic of how the industry changed. No U.S. automaker can think of themselves as entitled to market share just because they’re American,” said Erik Gordon, clinical professor of business, after Toyota announced its annual U.S. sales outpaced General Motors for the first time ever last year.
The New York Times -
January 7, 2022
While some members of the far-right group the Proud Boys have been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack last year, the vast majority of the accused appear to be people who were swept up in the moment, said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice in public policy: “This was not what I would call a sophisticated, professional type of terrorism, plotting and planning that I saw in my days in government.”
The National -
January 7, 2022
“When you see people inside a company interact with real people, especially celebrities, the whole thing just feels so much more human than a message that comes from a brand itself,” said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing, on a recent Twitter exchange between actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley about the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup.
Detroit Free Press -
January 6, 2022
While upgrades to southeast Michigan wastewater treatment plants have reduced phosphorus levels discharged into the Detroit River, it’s agricultural runoff that drives western Lake Erie blooms, says Don Scavia, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability: “Until the phosphorus inputs are reduced significantly and consistently so that only the mildest blooms occur, the people, the ecosystem and the economy of this region are being threatened.”
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