In the News
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November 20, 2019
William Lopez, assistant professor of health education and health behavior, says that in the aftermath of immigration deportation raids, many community members begin to distrust social service organizations: “There’s this tension of like, can I trust the police if I’m this particular race or if I’m this particular immigration status? … Can I trust even local clinics with my immigration status information?”
National Public Radio -
November 19, 2019
“In general, many of us have the view that these organisms can be world travelers. They can travel across continents. There is some evidence they can be aerosolized in little droplets and clouds,” said Greg Dick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and ecology and evolutionary biology, commenting on the cyanobacteria found in toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.
Chicago Tribune -
November 19, 2019
“They’re always a little bit frightening when you see (renderings of) them. But they’re some of my favorite animals. They’re just so weird,” said Jen Bauer, research museum collection manager at the Museum of Paleontology, referring to a class of prehistoric aquatic creatures known as eurypterids, or sea scorpions, that inhabited the warm, shallow seas that covered Michigan more than 250 million years ago.
MLive -
November 19, 2019
“When Republicans and Democrats have diverging expectations, it is likely that many people will be surprised by the result on Election Day. These sentiments can validate perceptions of fraud, where people think that their expectations were upended because their opponents must have done something illegitimate,” said Josh Pasek, associate professor of communication and media.
The Hill -
November 18, 2019
The reward of watching someone being kind feels good, making us more likely to do something similar, and the person who initiated the kind act “serves as a model for what we could do,” said Oscar Ybarra, professor of psychology, and management and organizations. Ybarra commented on a kind act by a “Jeopardy!” contestant who purposefully answered a question incorrectly with a heartfelt sentiment about host Alex Trebek — who has pancreatic cancer.
Mic -
November 18, 2019
Nyeema Harris, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and her work, which involves the use of wildlife camera traps — remotely triggered cameras that take pictures when they detect movement and body heat — were featured in a story about how camera traps inadvertently capture human activity, some of it illegal.
OneZero -
November 18, 2019
“Nurses are the primary sentinels of patient care, the clinicians in at the bedside 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They’re the ones in position to identify a problem and intervene, and the ones under pressure to not make a mistake as patient volumes get higher and higher and cases get more and more complex,” said Christopher Friese, professor of nursing, and health management and policy, and director of the Center for Improving Patient and Population Health.
Houston Chronicle -
November 15, 2019
“I’m stunned that they rolled over so quickly. I hope the much larger genetic testing companies (23andMe and AncestryDNA) would fight a warrant harder than GEDmatch has,” said Kayte Spector-Bagdady, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, on a decision by a Florida state judge to allow police to search the entirety of the public genealogy website GEDmatch — home to the DNA profiles of more than a million Americans.
Science News -
November 15, 2019
“We’re beginning to see this tantalizing correlation between methane and oxygen for a good part of the Mars year. I think there’s something to it,” said Sushil Atreya, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, whose research shows increased levels of methane and oxygen on Mars depending on the season.
CNN -
November 15, 2019
“When we look back, I think the morals and ethics will be pretty clear. There is an opportunity to say this is where we stand and what we represent. … That said, being on the right side of history is not always a winning strategy in the short term,” said Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, assistant professor of political science, whose research suggests the current racial realignment along party lines is akin to white voter flight from the Democratic Party after it championed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Fortune
