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September 14, 2021
“We now have definitive evidence that food hardship is responsive to government aid. The effect is crystal clear,” said H. Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and director of Poverty Solutions, whose research found that the 2021 stimulus checks brought immediate reductions in food insecurity.
The New York Times -
September 13, 2021
“When you use third-person pronouns and your name to refer to yourself, you zoom out and get some distance from the current situation. Your perspective shifts from being overwhelmed to seeing the problem as a challenge, from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can,’” said Ethan Kross, professor of psychology, and management and organizations, and faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research.
The Washington Post -
September 13, 2021
“The urgent issue is not just that there are environmental perils coming, but rather that the climate crisis was built off of generations of inequity,” said Kyle Whyte, professor of environment and sustainability and a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. “If people don’t recognize that it’s a crisis of justice, as well as a crisis of the environment, then they’re going to continue to propose problematic solutions.”
Grist -
September 13, 2021
“If we got rid of every system that was broken and imperfect, we’d have no systems. Just like any process, the execution and implementation matter,” said Tabbye Chavous, director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and professor of education and psychology, on whether the way tenure is practiced is in tension with efforts to diversify the faculty.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
September 10, 2021
A bill currently stalled in the Michigan House would “clarify the right of employees and students of color to wear their hair in a way that is consistent with their culture and traditions,” said Michael Steinberg, director of the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative at the Law School. “The bill would also provide needed guidance for employers and school districts: They can no longer force people of color to conform to Eurocentric hairstyles.”
MLive -
September 10, 2021
“Some women who had an abortion had children down the line, and we saw a small increase in financial problems, but by no means as much as for the women who didn’t have access to abortions,” said Sarah Miller, assistant professor of business economics and public policy, whose analysis of research data on the effects of limited reproductive freedom found that being denied an abortion causes massive financial distress, especially among poorer women and women of color.
CNN -
September 10, 2021
“For most collaboration, takeoff is the most challenging bit, and that’s when we find co-location is most helpful. When people have a prior relationship, it’s much easier to sustain that virtually,” said Felichism Kabo, assistant research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, whose research shows that people are more likely to end up collaborating if they see each other in person during the workday.
The New York Times -
September 9, 2021
“Maybe we will discover a new planet lurking in the darkness … Until then, we will keep searching the sky for new and interesting rocks, and by doing so, pull our understanding of our solar system into clearer focus,” said Kevin Napier, doctoral student in astronomy, whose research suggests the existence of Planet 9 can only be conjectured until more observations are made of the outer solar system.
NBC News -
September 9, 2021
Although systems in place since 9/11 have largely suppressed anxiety around air travel, Americans shouldn’t become overly confident that they are impenetrable, says Javed Ali, associate professor of practice in public policy: “People have forgotten, I think, about how serious the threat was … All it takes is another attempted attack to kick-start the conversation about are we doing enough to protect ourselves.”
The Washington Post -
September 9, 2021
“The (Supreme) Court has usually been pretty protective of its own prerogatives; that is, it has liked to be the only entity that could alter its own rulings. But Justice Kennedy was the most attached to that approach — and if abortion is murder (as several of the justices probably think), then some justices may view the 5th Circuit (Court of Appeals) as a little eager, but admirably so, and not want to swat it down,” said Margo Schlanger, professor of law, on the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to strike down a Texas law imposing a near-total ban on abortion.
New York Magazine
