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November 12, 2020
“I think it is surprising where in big cities where the YMCA is literally across the street and they have a relationship and are running their afterschool program, that they haven’t used this,” said Samantha Keppler, assistant professor of technology and operations, on schools’ infrequent use of churches and other community organizations to add space to make students safer.
The Associated Press -
November 12, 2020
“The Pfizer announcement is unmitigated good news. But it would be a tragic mistake to relax our vigilance. Instead, continue to mask up, stay home and consider canceling or limiting your Thanksgiving plans. This is still a marathon, but the end is much closer than before,” co-wrote Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, on the news that the drugmaker’s coronavirus vaccine had a 90 percent success rate.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2020
Making sure babies get plenty of vitamin D in the first year of their lives could protect them from heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes later in life, suggests research by Eduardo Villamor, professor of epidemiology: “We can never tell from an observational study if there is causation but at least from a predictive point of view, the fact that a single measure of vitamin D in early life predicts cardiovascular risk over such a long period is compelling.”
The Street Journal (Nigeria) -
November 11, 2020
There’s a perception that virtual school is easier for older students since they’re more independent and can be left alone to do school work, but older students can easily disengage from class, said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean of the School of Education: “Parents are trying to work, they’re trying to manage and help their younger children. They are just so thankful when their older kids can fend for themselves. That’s a dangerous place to be.”
MLive -
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
