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February 6, 2023
“This is one place where, if we’re trying to see things from the perspective of police … that fear, that vigilance really of anyone and everyone that they encounter may have a gun does look like it drives more police shootings,” said Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and faculty director of Poverty Solutions, whose research shows that U.S. police officers kill more people in days than police in other countries kill in years.
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February 3, 2023
Many older adults refused in-home care during the height of the pandemic for fear of contracting COVID-19, but doing so may have led to new or worsening health conditions, says Jennifer Inloes, doctoral student in nursing practice: “I wasn’t prepared to hear about so many patients declining home-based health care services … a much more controlled interaction with fewer potential points of infection.”
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February 3, 2023
Although large-scale carbon capture is in its infancy as a technology, the pace of climate change means its development can’t wait, says Volker Sick, professor of mechanical engineering and director of U-M’s Global CO2 Initiative. “And do we know that we have the best available technology? We know that we don’t. But we can’t make it better unless we try to build some factories to learn.”
Michigan Radio -
February 3, 2023
“There has been this idea that if federal agencies and other policymakers don’t have access to data on race and don’t explicitly take race into account when making policy decisions … the resulting outcome can’t be structurally biased,” said Evelyn Smith, doctoral student in economics, who found that computer algorithms — not IRS agents — are why Black taxpayers are three times more likely to be audited.
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February 2, 2023
Due to anti-Chinese sentiment spurred on by former President Donald Trump, Asian restaurants lost more than $7.4 billion during the pandemic, according to Justin Huang, assistant professor of marketing, and Julia Lee Cunningham, associate professor of management and organizations. “A lot of these restaurants … are the lifeblood of the American economy. … And when those are harmed, that’s harm that’s being done to Americans who are here and trying to live the American dream.”
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February 2, 2023
“I get that there is a desire to protect kids by a shut-it-down approach and I am not positive it is realistic. Something that could be more realistic at least for some families is to use strategies that limit it,” said Sarah Clark, co-director of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, which shows about half of parents of children ages 10-12 say their kids have social media accounts.
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February 2, 2023
“The lawsuit may … be intended to provide political talking points portraying himself as the victim of the media. Aggressive use of lawsuits can also be a way of deterring others from publishing unflattering news,” said Barb McQuade, professor from practice of law, about Donald Trump’s $49 million lawsuit over journalist Bob Woodward’s use of taped interviews for an audiobook.
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February 1, 2023
Current Michigan law states that students who aren’t reading at grade level by third grade should be held back because that is when most kids shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” But Nell Duke, professor of education, says kids can read to learn prior to third grade and they don’t stop learning to read after third grade: “The rationale that third grade is this magical year … really is inaccurate.”
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February 1, 2023
“Trust in the media has been a big and growing problem over the years. But one of the glimmers of hope is local news,” said Robert Yoon, associate director of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships and lecturer in public policy. “Local news can play a big part in terms of combating misinformation. Local news sources enjoy a much higher level of trust than national news sources.”
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February 1, 2023
“In their due diligence, they didn’t seem to think too much about who they were going to be working with once they owned this chain,” said Francine Lafontaine, professor of business economics and public policy, about a private equity firm that is in a legal fight with a newly acquired toddler gym franchise over higher fees and more stringent requirements.
The New York Times
