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January 26, 2021
“We’ve been socialized to have a very limited definition of the right space for fitness. And if we couldn’t make it to that gym or studio we signed up for, we’re conditioned to think of that as a failure,” Michelle Segar, director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center, on the rapid growth of at-home fitness.
The Wall Street Journal -
January 25, 2021
“I’m trying to think of any other equivalent time. I’m not coming up with any,” said Judith Heidebrink, professor of neurology, on whether there has been a more dire time than this for dementia patients, who do best when they have a set routine and social interaction.
USA Today / Detroit Free Press -
January 25, 2021
“While stress and anxiety are not the cause of stutter, they do exacerbate it,” said Soo-Eun Chang, associate professor of psychiatry, who has seen an increase in cases of stutter in her clinical practice during the pandemic — mostly in people whose existing stutter worsened or whose childhood stutter returned.
Scientific American -
January 25, 2021
“By choosing to make the Shop tab central to its platform, Instagram is sending its users a message: This platform is a business, and interactions on this platform are going to be commodified,” wrote Nazanin Andalibi, assistant professor of information, on the recent redesign of Instagram.
The American Genius -
January 22, 2021
“When you get vaccinated, you generate antibodies all over the spike protein. That makes it less likely that one mutation here or there is going to leave you completely unprotected. That’s what gives me reason for optimism that this is going to be OK in terms of the vaccine, but there’s more work to be done,” said Adam Lauring, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and ecology and evolutionary biology.
The New York Times -
January 22, 2021
“It’s more partisan, more polarized, more contentious than at any time since” after the Civil War, said Richard Friedman, professor of law. But he dismisses the idea that bruised feelings would play any role in how Supreme Court justices decide cases: “It’s a remarkable thing what life tenure does. It can diminish the force of any kinds of grudge. You don’t need to get back at anybody.”
The Associated Press -
January 22, 2021
Non-Black business owners were 30 times more likely to receive funding in the first iteration of the federal Paycheck Protection Program than their Black counterparts, according to research by Felix Kabo, assistant research scientist at Institute for Social Research, and colleagues. “The fact that the Black entrepreneur and business owner is less likely to receive aid is something we should be concerned about. It’s something we can change.”
Bridge Magazine -
January 21, 2021
“The FBI with a warrant can spy on closed, non-encrypted chats, but having informants or undercover sources inside these closed virtual networks is important to understanding the nature of the threat,” said Javed Ali, the Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School of Public Policy, on the dramatic move by big technology firms to evict tens of thousands of users from their social media accounts because of concerns over violence.
The Washington Post -
January 21, 2021
“If your particular house, your largest asset, is valued 20 percent or 40 percent lower, that means your ability to No. 1, pull wealth out, or No. 2, trade up, is severely limited,” said Marc Norman, associate professor of practice in urban and regional planning, commenting on a study that shows that Black homeowners in metro Detroit face the greatest disparity in the nation when comparing the value of their homes versus other homeowners in the region.
Crain's Detroit Business -
January 21, 2021
“This is the boldest vision laid out by an American president for fighting poverty, and child poverty in particular, in at least half a century,” said H. Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and director of Poverty Solutions, on President Biden’s plan to reduce poverty among kids in the U.S. by 45 percent and even more for African American and Native American children.
The New York Times
