In the News
-
November 9, 2020
“At a time when social distancing guidelines have increased isolation and decreased ― or, at the very least, complicated — opportunities for social connection, these storylines and the people in them may be the next best thing in terms of connecting to others,” said Enrique Neblett, professor of health behavior and health education, about TV shows featuring pandemic-focused storylines and characters wearing masks.
HuffPost -
November 6, 2020
Research by Jason Knight, associate professor of internal medicine, and colleagues found that some of COVID-19’s dangerous blood clots may come from the immune system attacking a patient’s body rather than going after the virus. Some of that clotting may come from auto-antibodies that, instead of recognizing a foreign invader, go after molecules that form cell membranes.
Science News -
November 6, 2020
Older husbands and wives can expect not only their own health to decline but also that of their spouse when their self-perceptions about aging become negative, according to Lydia Li, professor of social work, who says that in general, negative aging beliefs among the elderly can become a self-fulfilling prophecy affecting psychological, cognitive and behavioral processes.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
November 6, 2020
“President Donald Trump’s appointment of more than 200 judges to the federal bench, selected with input from the conservative Federalist Society, have made federal courts a less hospitable place to advance progressive causes. As a result, state courts are becoming even more attractive choices for impact litigation. The selection of judges for these courts has become more important than ever,” wrote Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School.
MSNBC -
November 5, 2020
“Partisanship … typically does not shift if Americans think a party failed to perform well. Nor does it typically shift because people move their attitudes toward or away from a party based on policy positions. (Since 1952) the most common reason people changed parties is they come to believe that either party moved away from or toward them on one of two broad issues: social spending on jobs and poverty reduction, and achieving racial justice,” wrote John Jackson, professor emeritus of political science, and Ken Kollman, professor of political science and director of the Center for Political Studies.
The Washington Post -
November 5, 2020
“If (big academic) hospitals are serious about valuing Black and brown lives, they will build new connections to communities of color that lack medical resources. … Building new priorities will need to be part of our daily work and our yearly plans. It will be part of every mundane form and difficult decision. And it should be,” wrote Theodore (Jack) Iwashyna, professor of internal medicine.
The New York Times -
November 5, 2020
Research by Elisa Maffioli, assistant professor of health management and policy, found that stereotypes regarding the “prototypical” conspiracy theorist may be dead wrong. She found no evidence that conspiracy theorists are any poorer, older, less educated, more rural or more ethnically different than individuals who are correctly informed.
Forbes -
November 4, 2020
Rachael Kohl, director of the Workers’ Rights Clinic at the Law School, said Michigan’s unemployment system should be restructured by expanding the weekly benefit amount, which she suggests should be 58 percent of the state’s average weekly wage of $1,115, or $647; ending disqualifications for medical leaves or using multiple previous employers for qualification; and improving the application system, including extending application deadlines to 30 days.
Bridge Magazine -
November 4, 2020
“Normally, these are concerns Americans have about other countries, but not about their own,” said Ted Brader, professor of political science, commenting on a national survey that shows many Americans aren’t so much concerned with their own finances, job prospects or personal safety, but rather are deeply anxious about the stability of American democracy and fear the next generation will be worse off.
The New York Times -
November 4, 2020
For Black professionals and those in the middle class, anxiety linked to police brutality and racism appears to be more pronounced, said Alford Young Jr., professor of sociology and Afroamerican and African studies. They wonder “how we got to this moment of national leadership after the civil rights movement. There is just extreme anxiety and frustration that people would not have imagined that the kinds of issues surfacing now would have followed an Obama presidency.”
The Associated Press
