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November 11, 2020
The U.S. response to the pandemic will change dramatically under a Biden administration, said Marianne Udow-Phillips, executive director of the Center for Health Research and Transformation. She believes we’ll have “more consistent messages coming from an administration, stronger messaging from the Centers for Disease Control and more support for the positions and the information that’s coming from epidemiologists.”
U.S. News & World Report -
November 10, 2020
Comments by Henry Wright, professor of anthropology and a curator at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, were featured in a story about the discovery of artifacts believed to belong to survivors of the ill-fated Lost Colony, the first English settlement in the Americas, which was located in present-day North Carolina.
National Geographic -
November 10, 2020
The Xiongnu were “doing the things that empires do — forcing or enticing people to move. Are people sent out to rule, or are local elites allowed to continue? Only genetics could answer that,” said Bryan Miller, a researcher at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, commenting on DNA testing on the remains of Mongolian warriors who spurred the Chinese to build the Great Wall of China.
Science Magazine -
November 10, 2020
“In certain areas it’s the biggest irruption in something like 20 years. It’s really fun because at first they trickle in, and a couple lucky people get them at their feeders, and then all of a sudden they’re all around,” said Ben Winger, assistant curator at the Museum of Zoology and assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, on the sudden influx of boreal birds making their winter home in the lower half of Michigan.
MLive -
November 9, 2020
“I’m really struck by how divided the country is and how much license has now been given, for example, to anti-Semitism. I couldn’t imagine the smearing of a gravestone with the name of the president,” said Deborah Dash Moore, professor of history and Judaic studies, on the recent defacing of Jewish gravestones with pro-Trump graffiti in a Grand Rapids cemetery.
The Jerusalem Post -
November 9, 2020
“Trumpism might be becoming America’s version of Peronism. Highly mobilizing, highly polarizing, not always in power, but never going away,” said Dan Slater, professor of political science and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.
The Washington Post -
November 9, 2020
“At a time when social distancing guidelines have increased isolation and decreased ― or, at the very least, complicated — opportunities for social connection, these storylines and the people in them may be the next best thing in terms of connecting to others,” said Enrique Neblett, professor of health behavior and health education, about TV shows featuring pandemic-focused storylines and characters wearing masks.
HuffPost -
November 6, 2020
Research by Jason Knight, associate professor of internal medicine, and colleagues found that some of COVID-19’s dangerous blood clots may come from the immune system attacking a patient’s body rather than going after the virus. Some of that clotting may come from auto-antibodies that, instead of recognizing a foreign invader, go after molecules that form cell membranes.
Science News -
November 6, 2020
Older husbands and wives can expect not only their own health to decline but also that of their spouse when their self-perceptions about aging become negative, according to Lydia Li, professor of social work, who says that in general, negative aging beliefs among the elderly can become a self-fulfilling prophecy affecting psychological, cognitive and behavioral processes.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
November 6, 2020
“President Donald Trump’s appointment of more than 200 judges to the federal bench, selected with input from the conservative Federalist Society, have made federal courts a less hospitable place to advance progressive causes. As a result, state courts are becoming even more attractive choices for impact litigation. The selection of judges for these courts has become more important than ever,” wrote Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School.
MSNBC
