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October 28, 2020
As foreign and domestic actors find new ways to spread disinformation ahead of the election, people should be extra cautious of election-related emails, says Paul Resnick, professor of information and director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility: “If you’re thinking, ‘This might be a phishing attack,’ you’re already halfway to safety.”
The Detroit Free Press -
October 27, 2020
“We are looking for any and all Black massacre victims. We don’t know yet what we have and who we have,” said Scott Ellsworth, a lecturer in Afroamerican and African studies and a member of the physical investigation committee searching for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — one of the worst and least-known incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.
The Washington Post -
October 27, 2020
“If you’re asking for a bailout, how can you take bonuses? Bonuses are optional. They don’t have to give them. … The optics of it are definitely not good,” said Wally Hopp, professor of technology and operations, commenting on executive bonuses at Beaumont Health and the Henry Ford Health System shortly before their hospitals laid off thousands of workers and sought $375 million in COVID-related bailouts.
Michigan Radio -
October 27, 2020
Research by Alexandra Rosati, assistant professor of psychology and anthropology, and colleagues suggests that older male chimpanzees follow a pattern that researchers also see in humans — preferring to have positive relationships with a few good friends. Like humans, as chimps get older, they develop more mutual friendships and fewer one-sided friendships.
The New York Times -
October 26, 2020
Research by Sara Adar, associate professor of epidemiology, and colleagues found that older adults living with 10 decibels more noise near their residences during the daytime had 36 percent higher odds of having mild cognitive impairment and 30 percent higher odds of having Alzheimer’s disease.
Medical Xpress -
October 26, 2020
Months after being infected by COVID-19, 1 in 4 Michiganders said they had not fully recovered and reported facing lingering illness, heightened anxiety and economic uncertainty, according to research by Nancy Fleischer, associate professor of epidemiology: “We knew that the pandemic has caused a lot of stress, and harms the mental health but just seeing the extent of it has been really striking.”
Bridge Magazine -
October 26, 2020
“I was really disturbed to see such a shoddy piece of work that I would not accept if turned in to me by one of my own students receiving such attention and being treated as a valid scientific paper,” said Anna Mapp, professor of chemistry and an associate dean at the Rackham Graduate School, commenting on dubious research reported by Fox News that asserted the coronavirus was likely engineered in a Chinese lab.
CNN -
October 23, 2020
David Mayer, professor of management and organizations, and colleagues say employees are less likely to pad expense reports, misappropriate cash or steal inventory when their workspace includes photos of their loved ones: “Workplace norms tend to prioritize rationality, efficiency and self-interest, which increases people’s focus on the economic aspects and implications of decisions.”
Harvard Business Review -
October 23, 2020
“Almost all of the tariffs (President Trump) put on China, and that they had put on us, remain in place today. The deal he made didn’t get rid of any of that. He did persuade them to buy more exports … (but) they so far have only very partially delivered on that,” said Alan Deardorff, professor of public policy and economics. And while the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement secured bipartisan votes and support from some major companies, “the alternative the Trump administration had proposed was to cancel the entire thing and pull out of NAFTA, which would have been much worse for them,” said Kyle Handley, associate professor of business economics and public policy.
The Detroit News -
October 23, 2020
“If the natural experiments across the world tell us anything, there will be another (COVID-19) peak — when and how high is hard to tell. The key is to keep cases and hospitalizations lower than the hospital capacity at a given location and keep practicing the public health guidelines,” said Bhramar Mukherjee, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology.
BBC
