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February 16, 2024
“Existing data on communities that have stopped (water) fluoridation show an (increase in dental decay). When weighing benefits and risks, every health organization clearly supports this important public health method,” said Margherita Fontana, professor of dentistry.
Great Lakes Echo -
February 16, 2024
“The punchline is that many auditors don’t lose their jobs, and the ones that do, get other jobs quite easily,” said Mihir Mehta, assistant professor of accounting, who found that public company external auditors involved in professional misconduct do not appear to suffer greatly professionally or financially.
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February 16, 2024
“Ideas about intimate racial mixing are one of our last hushed taboos,” wrote Apryl Williams, assistant professor of communication and media, and digital studies. “Though, as a collective, we may appear to move away from the reality of racial injustice associated with prohibiting interracial marriage, the discourse of racial purity is an ever-present tenor in American politics and in our technologies.
TIME -
February 15, 2024
More than 4,000 years ago, a scribe in ancient Mesopotamia … wrote a curious word on a clay tablet in Sumerian: “ušum-gal” — believed to be the oldest known word for dragon. “I imagine that the ušum-gal was probably originally a type of lion or other wild carnivore and gradually adopted more mythological associations over hundreds of years,” said Jay Crisostomo, associate professor of Middle East studies.
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February 15, 2024
“It might not be something as explicit as ‘I’m not hiring you because you’re trans,’ but ‘I’m not hiring you because you don’t match my idea of what a woman should look like,’” said Shanna Kattari, associate professor of social work, who believes that discrimination plays a role in the high unemployment rates among transgender people.
Marketplace -
February 15, 2024
“The overwhelming majority of Republicans think that poor people, who maybe are getting food stamps or some kind of public assistance, are lazy and life is easy for them,” said Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy. “Anyone who’s actually been poor knows that it’s in fact a lot of work to be poor. … A lot of poverty is structural. It has nothing to do with the virtues and vices of individuals.”
Vox -
February 14, 2024
“Investing in people through affordable and high-quality postsecondary education is one of the best things a state can do. Such investment increases economic resilience and upward mobility, spurs technological progress, and increases civic engagement. It pays for itself,” co-wrote Brian Jacob, professor of public policy, economics and education, and Kevin Stange, associate professor of public policy and education.
Bridge Michigan -
February 14, 2024
“Retribution against extremists or debating on their terms will not prevent violence or reduce their effectiveness,” said Libby Hemphill, associate professor of information and digital studies. “Addressing the underlying reasons someone felt like extremists were a good fit for them will be more effective than trying to debate or punish people who are already bought in.”
Salon -
February 14, 2024
“You can’t always see it. You don’t really experience the advanced health impacts necessarily until much later,” said Paige Fischer, associate professor of environment and sustainability who studies human adaptation to climate change and responses to extreme smoke, which continues to worsen with ever-increasing wildfires.
The New York Times -
February 13, 2024
Ninety-eight percent of adults ages 50-80 say they benefit in at least one health-related way from engaging with music, according to the U-M National Poll on Healthy Aging. “We know that music is associated with positive effects on measures from blood pressure to depression,” said Joel Howell, professor of internal medicine, public health and history. Jeffrey Kullgren, associate professor of internal medicine and public health, said, “While music doesn’t come up often in older adults’ visits with their usual care providers, perhaps it should.”
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