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August 21, 2024
“You’re approvingly describing, you’re wholeheartedly commending the blatant violation of our main federal labor statute. It would constitute interference with protected rights,” said Sanjukta Paul, professor of law, after Donald Trump and Elon discussed on social media about Musk supposedly firing striking workers.
The Associated Press -
August 14, 2024
Working conditions for nurses in Michigan improved in 2023, although high burnout rates and staffing shortages remain a concern, according to a U-M study. “The data … is still telling us that there is a high percentage of Michigan nurses that are looking to change their jobs,” said Barbara Medvec, clinical assistant professor of nursing. Christopher Friese, professor of nursing, said one key policy change was “fewer hospitals using mandatory overtime to maintain staffing levels. So that was seen as a welcome sign from many registered nurses.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
August 14, 2024
“Coming out of COVID, it was really frustrating for a while because we expected workers to come back into the labor market and the labor force participation rate really stayed low for quite a while. But now we’ve seen a big boost looking back to last year and into this year,” said Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
Michigan Public -
August 14, 2024
“When you intentionally mispronounce someone’s name who’s less traditional in an American context, it’s almost a dog whistle towards othering that person, trying to suggest as if they’re less American — almost less worthy of you saying their name correctly in the first place,” said Myles Durkee, assistant professor of psychology, on Donald Trump’s mocking of Kamala Harris’ name.
National Public Radio -
August 14, 2024
“Stop checking (your stock portfolio) so obsessively. The stock market has risen in 12 of the past 15 decades. But it also tends to fall on about 46 percent of all trading days. If you don’t check as often, you’ll miss the short-term ups and downs. And that, in turn, will bring the longer-term gains into sharper focus,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy.
The New York Times -
August 14, 2024
“I think (President Gerald) Ford would look at this moment and say tumultuous times are part of the long arc of history,” said Celeste Watkins-Hayes, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Uncertain times can feel “very anxiety producing and very worrying,” but Ford would likely ask “what are the areas of common ground, what are the areas of common concern, and how do we move forward on the basis of those?”
Detroit Free Press -
August 7, 2024
“While it sounds terrible to stare at your phone for nine hours, I think if your brain is fried, it’s a mindless activity that doesn’t challenge your brain and keeps you entertained. So it’s not necessarily problematic,” said Stephanie Preston, professor of psychology.
TIME -
August 7, 2024
“We think that space is very large, but we ignore the fact that humans are also very good at trashing the environment,” said Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist in climate and space science and engineering, who is helping the U.S. government detect and track millions of space junk pieces from spent rocket bodies, dead spacecraft and hardware that collides with satellites and other spacecraft.
Scientific American -
August 7, 2024
Costas Lyssiotis, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology, says better detection is responsible for the rising rates of many cancers among younger generations: “As it relates to screening-related incidence increases, this may be best reflected for cancers where there is more incidence yet less mortality. I would venture to guess that, in such cases, we are just getting better at detecting disease.”
Newsweek -
August 7, 2024
Considering that President Nicolás Maduro retains control over the army, police force, justice system and violent paramilitary gangs, “we are likely to see more violence on the streets of Venezuela in the coming weeks. They will use repression and violence to contain the protests. The question here is how long the protests can withstand this political repression,” said Edgar Franco-Vivanco, professor of political science.
NBC News
