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September 2, 2021
“Lawyers who file baseless lawsuits for propaganda purposes are engaging in fraud on the public and harming our democratic institutions. For that reason, strong sanctions are needed to deter lawyers from enabling the weaponization of false information,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School, on the punishment handed down to attorneys behind some of the dubious litigation over former President Trump’s 2020 election loss.
The Hill -
September 2, 2021
“The last time they were in power, we saw education for girls and women restricted. We saw employment opportunities restricted, mobility restricted. … So, going forward, one is worried particularly about those women whose lifestyles might be deemed too westernized by the Taliban. … I also worry for sexual minorities and other minorities in (Afghanistan) and, in general, anyone who might be seen as a U.S. ally,” said Debotri Dhar, lecturer in women’s and gender studies.
WXYZ/Detroit -
September 2, 2021
“Engineering must provide deep technical training, yes. But it must also require nontechnical training in fields such as ethics, social science, the humanities, history and matters associated with equity. … Engineering can make the world a better place. But to do that in the broadest way possible, we must think differently about what engineering is and whom it’s for. We can do that by approaching our work through an equity-centered lens,” wrote Alec D. Gallimore, dean of the College of Engineering.
Inside Higher Ed -
September 1, 2021
Racial disparities in home lending can make it impossible for would-be homeowners to build wealth, says Roshanak Mehdipanah, assistant professor of health behavior and health education: “People really need to swim against the current to secure themselves a home, to secure housing stability. There are so many barriers to own a home already, and this is just another thing that makes it really hard for people to break into that.”
The Detroit News -
September 1, 2021
“We’ve tried to incentivize people, to appeal to their better angels (to) ‘Please go get vaccinated,’” said Melissa Riba, director of research and evaluation at the Center for Health and Research Transformation. Reinstating patient costs associated with COVID care is just another step in “moving away from the incentives to more of the penalties associated with making a choice to be non-vaccinated.”
Bridge Magazine -
September 1, 2021
Being outside can help children and teens feel better, according to research by Astrid Zamora, doctoral student in public health: “Our findings suggest that spending time in nature … being around trees and woods and greenery, can have strong public health implications, given that youth might not need to travel as far or spend a lot of money to access nature.”
WDIV/Detroit -
August 31, 2021
Research by Mark Ackerman, professor of information, and electrical engineering and computer science, and Jon D. Miller, research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, shows that as more Americans became highly educated over the past 35 years, acceptance of evolution grew accordingly. “It’s hard to earn a college degree without acquiring at least a little respect for the success of science,” Ackerman said.
Salon -
August 31, 2021
“EVs catch fire, but people forget that so do (cars with) internal-combustion engines. Right now, EVs are still such a small fraction of the market share and are still the hot new technology, that when they catch on fire, it makes news,” said Greg Less, technical director at the Energy Institute’s Battery Lab, commenting on GM’s latest recall of its Bolt electric vehicles.
Popular Science -
August 31, 2021
“Once these changes happen in the tax code, they tend to stick because they tend to be fairly popular among the populations,” said Katherine Michelmore, associate professor of public policy, on the expanded Child Tax Credit, a per-child monthly payment of up to $300 that Democrats hope to extend with their $3.5 trillion budget bill making its way through Congress.
Marketplace -
August 30, 2021
“Obviously, herbicides and other chemicals, insecticides, etc., have made food production much more efficient, which is extremely important as our world population grows. But we need to look at other types of techniques that might help us to get that yield, but also reduce the amount of chemicals that we have to use,” said John Meeker, professor of environmental health sciences and global public health.
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