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November 2, 2021
The psychological benefits for Indigenous people being associated with mascots are nonexistent, says Stephanie Fryberg, professor of psychology, whose research shows mascots decrease Native American youths’ self-esteem and their belief in the worth of their community: “What mascots do is they take native identities and they put them in a competitive domain and they allow people to play with another group’s identity.”
The Washington Post -
November 1, 2021
“I would argue that the economy of the Midwest depends entirely on water,” said Drew Gronewold, associate professor of environment and sustainability. “The biggest risk is that … changes in the climate, in hydrology, or the water levels are going to exceed the infrastructure or the capacity of cities, coastlines and homes to handle those changes.”
CNBC -
November 1, 2021
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice in public policy, says recent reports that Russia is hacking cloud service and technology providers is a continuation of Russia’s aggressive cyber operations using state-backed security services: “This operation also raises a host of questions about the limits of the Biden administration’s approach to Russia, which seems to include a combination of carrots and sticks to prevent, punish and deter similar attacks.”
ABC News -
November 1, 2021
“We certainly cannot anticipate all the risk ahead, but we know we have systems in place that can help us do that. So, I think we have to take a step and say we want to make this option available for what it might do to help the children, as well as others in this pandemic,” said A. Oveta Fuller, associate professor of microbiology and immunology and member of the FDA coronavirus advisory committee, on giving the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-11.
NBC News -
October 29, 2021
“We have a valve that’s connected to the internet … and essentially trying to figure out when to hold water and when to release water,” said Branko Kerkez, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, whose research team installed technology at a local wetland allowing them to control water levels during a storm. “I think we can just look outside and see that the way we’ve been managing stormwater isn’t working … between the changing climate and urban areas becoming more dense,” said doctoral student Brooke Mason.
WXYZ/Detroit -
October 29, 2021
Women are not more emotional than men, according to research by Adriene Beltz, assistant professor of psychology, and colleagues, who found that men’s emotions fluctuate as much as women’s do. “There is little indication that ovarian hormones influence affective variability in women to a greater extent than the biopsychosocial factors that influence daily emotion in men,” Beltz said.
International Business Times -
October 29, 2021
“In contrast to smoking cannabis, vaping marijuana with an electronic nicotine device increased the likelihood that adolescents would have worrisome pulmonary symptoms, including things like wheezing or whistling in their chest,” said Carol Boyd, professor emerita of nursing and founding director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking & Health. “They vape because they think it’s safer but that’s not necessarily the case. They are misleading themselves.”
National Public Radio -
October 28, 2021
“In many cases, particularly for older adults, not drinking alcohol at all is the safest option. While occasional light alcohol use is considered low risk, that is not true for all people. … Many medications and chronic health conditions become more common as people age and thus alcohol abstinence is often the safest choice,” said Anne Fernandez, assistant professor of psychiatry.
FOX News -
October 28, 2021
“They’re complicated, they often have a story, and you have a picture and these words. It’s hard to pinpoint why it works for any given person,” said Sonya Dal Cin, associate professor of communication and media and research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research, commenting on research that shows COVID-related memes help people cope with the stresses of the pandemic.
Popular Science -
October 28, 2021
“This is 32 years of championing this music. I want to see it last for hundreds more,” said Louise Toppin, professor of music (voice), who created the African Diaspora Music Project, one of the largest personal collections of works by composers of African descent — nearly 4,000 songs and more than 1,200 symphonic works.
Forbes
