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October 14, 2019
“It’s not just about getting a degree; it’s also about what position you’re in when you get that degree. Developing policy along these lines is very much along the lines of the American dream. After all, those who have capital beget capital,” said William Elliott III, professor of social work, on ballooning U.S. student debt — more than two times what Americans owed a decade ago.
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October 14, 2019
“We are not funding research on an important cause of death among kids and teens. It’s unacceptable to know that this kind of injury kills more high school kids than any other cause and we’re not doing anything about it,” said Rebecca Cunningham, interim vice president for research, and professor of emergency medicine, and health behavior and health education, whose research shows that few federal dollars are available to research firearm-injury prevention among U.S. children and teens.
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October 11, 2019
“As curators, we have made efforts throughout this exhibition to remind the viewer that for many Ugandans, the 1970s were a perilous time. The photos are so overwhelmingly positive in their appraisal of Amin that we’ve really had to work to find ways to bring the violence of the time into focus,” said Derek Peterson, professor of history, and Afroamerican and African Studies, who is working to preserve endangered government archives in Uganda, including 70,000 newly discovered images.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
October 11, 2019
Rob Stephenson, professor of nursing, and health behavior and health education, says a new CDC report that found rates of reported cases of STDs tend to be highest among adolescents and young adults “really speaks to the need for us to up our game in educating young people on not only the basics of sex education but sexuality education and relationship education, too.”
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October 11, 2019
“There’s no one-size-fits-all. I think that what’s unique about life’s purpose is that the way it manifests for each person is different. … Anyone can define for themselves what gives them purpose and work toward fulfilling that,” said Leigh Pearce, associate professor of epidemiology, whose research shows that people with a stronger life purpose are less likely to die of various causes.
U.S. News & World Report -
October 10, 2019
“There was persistent denial that black Africans could have built a powerful civilization worthy of the same attention and respect as Egypt,” said Geoff Emberling, associate research scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, commenting on the black pharaohs who ruled the historically overlooked Kingdom of Kush.
Daily Mail (U.K.) -
October 10, 2019
“Plastics are having a moment right now. The plastics industry is having to have some real self-reflection as far as how to make products that are responsive to public outcry,” said Shelie Miller, associate professor of environment and sustainability, and civil and environmental engineering, in a story about how the Danish company Lego plans to redistribute donated Lego pieces — and lessen the plastic toy’s impact on the environment.
WIRED -
October 10, 2019
“The public rhetoric has become really poisonous with the rise of extremist right-wing nationalist ideas that hearken back to organizations and ideologies that we haven’t seen since the 1930s in Europe. It’s been extremely disturbing,” said Brian Porter-Szucs, professor of history, on the trend toward populism and strongman leadership in Poland.
CBC (Canada) -
October 9, 2019
Kiyoteru Tsutsui, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Japanese Studies, wrote an article about the nearly 150-year-old relationship between U-M and Japan: “Japan’s modernization and its relationship with the international community are deeply engraved in the history of the University of Michigan. … The first group of foreign students visited in the 1870s.”
Newsweek Japan -
October 9, 2019
“Reducing the impact of our diets — by eating fewer calories and less animal-based foods — could achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It’s climate action that is accessible to everyone, because we all decide on a daily basis what we eat,” said Martin Heller, a researcher at the U-M Center for Sustainable Systems.
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