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April 15, 2024
Politics is the key factor behind universal injunctions by federal district courts that apply to everyone in the country, says Nicholas Bagley, professor of law: “It cannot help but call the judiciary into disrepute. It doesn’t look like they’re applying the law in a clear way. It will erode the judiciary’s legitimacy, no question about it.”
CBS News -
April 15, 2024
“It’s not just that Indigenous people are in the wrong place at the wrong time. The source of climate change vulnerability is that racism, colonialism and capitalism have rendered tribes in a land situation where there are not a lot of options to adapt,” said Kyle Whyte, professor of environment and sustainability.
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April 12, 2024
Students who ride newer, cleaner-air buses perform better in school, according to research by Meredith Pedde, assistant research scientist in epidemiology, and Sara Adar, associate professor of public health. “We believe these results reflect the fact that when kids are riding buses with less pollution, their health is better which leads to them missing less school and learning more in their classes,” Pedde said.
Toledo Blade -
April 12, 2024
“A consistent influx of new nurses is undoubtedly needed to grow the nursing workforce, yet without correcting the issues nurses face at the bedside and improving retention, it may not provide a long-term solution,” co-wrote Olga Yakusheva, professor of nursing and public health.
MedPage Today -
April 12, 2024
“Prosecutors all over the country will see this as a new and viable form of liability. I think we should not underestimate the precedential power of this case, even as we recognize that the facts were quite extraordinary,” said Ekow Yankah, professor of law, after the parents of the Oxford school shooter were sentenced to 10-15 years for involuntary manslaughter.
The New York Times -
April 11, 2024
“Enrollment in medical cannabis programs generally decreases after the passage of adult use cannabis laws. This … may be due to several factors, including licensing fees for medical use, inconvenience of appointments and the ability to use nonmedical cannabis medically,” said Kevin Boehnke, assistant professor of anesthesiology.
Newsweek -
April 11, 2024
“This country … is just beginning to catch up with understanding that we cannot use the past of storm events to adequately plan for the future. We have to take into account new situations, more extreme storms — hundred-year storms coming at least annually,” said Joan Iverson Nassauer, professor of landscape architecture.
Hour Detroit -
April 11, 2024
“The existence of Israel is a condition of possibility for the existence of Germany. Because if there is no Israel, then Germany’s guilt is all-consuming again. And you can’t countenance that possibility,” said Johannes von Moltke, professor of German and of film, television and media, explaining Staatsräson, a cornerstone of German foreign policy that sees Israel’s security as intrinsically linked to Germany’s national interest.
The New York Times -
April 10, 2024
“Confronting climate change is central to our human health. Disease vectors are spreading. Smog is becoming worse. And so, if you ask people what they care about, health is always first,” said Rosina Bierbaum, professor of sustainability and environment. “And that, I say, is a task for all of us to convey how inextricably linked our human health is to the health and integrity of our environment.”
WEMU -
April 10, 2024
“On any particular topic, people who are not experts lack the very expertise they need in order to know just how much expertise they lack. The Dunning-Kruger effect visits all of us sooner or later in our pockets of incompetence. They’re invisible to us because to know that you don’t know something, you need to know something,” said David Dunning, professor of psychology.
Scientific American
