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October 29, 2021
Women are not more emotional than men, according to research by Adriene Beltz, assistant professor of psychology, and colleagues, who found that men’s emotions fluctuate as much as women’s do. “There is little indication that ovarian hormones influence affective variability in women to a greater extent than the biopsychosocial factors that influence daily emotion in men,” Beltz said.
International Business Times -
October 29, 2021
“In contrast to smoking cannabis, vaping marijuana with an electronic nicotine device increased the likelihood that adolescents would have worrisome pulmonary symptoms, including things like wheezing or whistling in their chest,” said Carol Boyd, professor emerita of nursing and founding director of the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking & Health. “They vape because they think it’s safer but that’s not necessarily the case. They are misleading themselves.”
National Public Radio -
October 28, 2021
“In many cases, particularly for older adults, not drinking alcohol at all is the safest option. While occasional light alcohol use is considered low risk, that is not true for all people. … Many medications and chronic health conditions become more common as people age and thus alcohol abstinence is often the safest choice,” said Anne Fernandez, assistant professor of psychiatry.
FOX News -
October 28, 2021
“They’re complicated, they often have a story, and you have a picture and these words. It’s hard to pinpoint why it works for any given person,” said Sonya Dal Cin, associate professor of communication and media and research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research, commenting on research that shows COVID-related memes help people cope with the stresses of the pandemic.
Popular Science -
October 28, 2021
“This is 32 years of championing this music. I want to see it last for hundreds more,” said Louise Toppin, professor of music (voice), who created the African Diaspora Music Project, one of the largest personal collections of works by composers of African descent — nearly 4,000 songs and more than 1,200 symphonic works.
Forbes -
October 27, 2021
More than 11,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in North America would bring down a mammoth the size of an African elephant and put the leftovers into ponds to keep it for later use. “The pond offers a place to stash carcass parts. What is the alternative when there are other predators and scavengers on the landscape who will gladly partake of a meal?” said Daniel Fisher, professor and curator of the U-M Museum of Paleontology.
Live Science -
October 27, 2021
“If he were a singer or artist, it would be fine, but people think he is not ‘lawyer-like’ nor looking appropriate for a person who will wed a royal woman,” said Hitomi Tonomura, professor of history and women’s and gender studies, commenting on the ponytail worn by the fiance of Japan’s royal princess when he arrived in Japan for their wedding this week.
CNN -
October 27, 2021
Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and Afroamerican and African studies, says Democrats’ attempts to get Republicans on board with voting rights legislation are counterproductive, and that eliminating or altering the filibuster may be the only way to pass federal legislation targeting voter suppression and gerrymandering.
TIME -
October 26, 2021
Research by Sara Adar, associate professor of epidemiology, and colleagues found that using cleaner fuels or upgrading older diesel buses reduced children’s exposure to airborne particles by as much as 50 percent. A nationwide switch to cleaner school buses could result in 14 million fewer student absences each year, she says.
ABC News / The Associated Press -
October 26, 2021
“Some investors would rather drink rat poison than be identified with Mr. Trump. Other investors will remember the following he had on Twitter and see 12-story-high dollar signs,” said Erik Gordon, clinical professor of business, on the reaction of investors in a special purpose acquisition company that financed Donald Trump’s new social media company — a merger partner unbeknown to investors.
The New York Times
