In the News
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December 13, 2024
“This is not about wokeness or free speech; it is about Trump using government powers to engage in selective punishments and purges on a scale we really have not seen before,” said Don Moynihan, professor of public policy, about President-elect Trump’s promise to punish or control the media, higher education, the federal bureaucracy, the legal system and the military.
The New York Times -
December 12, 2024
“(Immunotherapy uses) your own immune system to kill the tumor cells. … T-cells are the soldiers of the immune system. They recognize tumor cells and they kill tumor cells,” said Weiping Zou, professor of surgery and pathology, whose team has identified a metabolic mechanism that tends to block the body’s natural immune response and makes immunotherapies ineffective.
WOOD / Grand Rapids -
December 12, 2024
“It can be draining to have such high emotions all the time. It turns them off the news environment and we’re seeing increased amounts of active news avoidance around the world,” said Ariel Hasell, assistant professor of communication and media, who is concerned that too much negative content in social media — misinformation, AI-generated images, unfounded conspiracy theories — can lead to the average person “switching off.”
BBC -
December 12, 2024
Political polarization in South Korea is similar to the United States, although it’s less about policy itself, says Ji Yeon Hong, associate professor of political science and Korea Foundation professor of Korean studies: “It began from its ideological battle … since the establishment of South Korea (and) became even more confrontational. And, in a way, demonization of the other side. I think in the U.S., I see more discussion about policy itself. In South Korea, there’s more agreement about policy, actually.”
National Public Radio (WBUR Boston) -
December 11, 2024
“We are getting more unpredictability that insurance companies don’t like, a rise in construction costs, and an increase in the number of assets located in at-risk places,” said Andrew Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise, about the mounting toll of severe hurricanes, floods, fires and other extreme events that has caused average premiums to leap since 2020.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
December 11, 2024
A key part of power walking is bending and swinging your arms to propel yourself forward and keeping your core engaged, says Laura Richardson, clinical associate professor of applied exercise science and movement science: “It should really be a full-body exercise” that taxes the cardiorespiratory system, turns over more oxygen and burns more calories.
Women's Health -
December 11, 2024
“We know that the better job that we do as surgeons, the longer patients live, the longer they have progression-free survival … and better quality of life. If we’re leaving large pieces of tumor inside of patients’ heads after the surgery, there’s a really big price to pay for that,” said Todd Hollon, assistant professor of neurosurgery, whose team developed an AI tool that can identify residual tumor tissue during surgery.
Detroit Free Press -
December 10, 2024
Women who have had a stroke may be less likely than men to take medications to prevent a second stroke, especially Mexican American women, says Lynda Lisabeth, professor of epidemiology and neurology: “Clinicians might consider screening for these factors and discussing the importance of not missing doses when prescribing these medications to patients to help reduce their risk of having another stroke.”
The Associated Press -
December 10, 2024
“It is sex-based discrimination. … It’s just that simple and there’s no getting around it. And so the Tennessee lawyer and Republican-appointed justices were left with wordplay to insist that it was about something else, like age or medicine, but of course it’s also about sex,” said Leah Litman, professor of law, about a Tennessee law that prohibits minors from using hormones and puberty blockers for gender transition.
MSNBC -
December 10, 2024
“It’s one thing to be frustrated at the DMV because you have a ton of paperwork to fill out or you have to spend an hour in line. It’s a whole other thing to face those barriers when they are the difference between whether you’re going to get life-saving care or not,” said Pam Herd, professor of public policy, whose research shows how the complexity, costs and barriers of the health care system affect people’s health.
National Public Radio
