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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.
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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 -
October 27, 2021
More than 11,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in North America would bring down a mammoth the size of an African elephant and put the leftovers into ponds to keep it for later use. “The pond offers a place to stash carcass parts. What is the alternative when there are other predators and scavengers on the landscape who will gladly partake of a meal?” said Daniel Fisher, professor and curator of the U-M Museum of Paleontology.
Live Science -
October 27, 2021
“If he were a singer or artist, it would be fine, but people think he is not ‘lawyer-like’ nor looking appropriate for a person who will wed a royal woman,” said Hitomi Tonomura, professor of history and women’s and gender studies, commenting on the ponytail worn by the fiance of Japan’s royal princess when he arrived in Japan for their wedding this week.
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October 27, 2021
Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and Afroamerican and African studies, says Democrats’ attempts to get Republicans on board with voting rights legislation are counterproductive, and that eliminating or altering the filibuster may be the only way to pass federal legislation targeting voter suppression and gerrymandering.
TIME
