In the News
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September 6, 2019
“Our findings suggest that spanking seems to be harmful on a global scale. There are some skeptics out there, but the majority of researchers think that the bans do matter,” said Garrett Pace, a doctoral student in social work and sociology, whose research found that children who are spanked show lower levels of emotional and social development and well-being than those who are not.
National Public Radio -
September 5, 2019
While it may be easy to think that using a video game avatar with a different skin color gives a white person elevated understanding of others, it “does not actually improve the suffering of other people who he’s aligning himself with, because he still is benefiting from his whiteness in other parts of his life,” said Lisa Nakamura, professor of American culture and director of the Digital Studies Institute.
National Public Radio -
September 5, 2019
Kristin Fontichiaro, clinical assistant professor of information, was quoted in a story about the role librarians can play in improving data literacy in society.
Fortune -
September 5, 2019
“Historically, it has been hard for the public to appreciate why universities place so much emphasis on research. A grand challenge is a vivid and inspirational way to drive home the good that research can do … (but) university research will indeed continue to make progress on some of society’s problems, with or without a grand-challenge initiative,” co-wrote Janet Weiss, professor of organizational behavior and public policy.
Inside Higher Ed -
September 4, 2019
“The danger with pneumonia is more related to the host, or the person experiencing the pneumonia, and their other medical conditions. People who are more likely to have severe pneumonias are those of older age, those who have emphysema or other lung diseases and patients who perhaps have decreased immune systems, for various reasons,” said Laraine Washer, associate professor of internal medicine.
U.S. News & World Health Report -
September 4, 2019
Jallicia Jolly, a doctoral candidate in American culture, discussed the need for HIV research and interventions to encompass more culturally informed, gender-specific approaches that address the unique needs and lives of HIV-positive black women.
Michigan Radio (scroll down) -
September 4, 2019
“We’re eager to conduct more work in these deposits to understand the environment of the … specimen, the relationship to climate change and how it affected human evolution, if at all,” said Naomi Levin, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and of environment, who was part of a research team that discovered a “remarkably complete” cranium of a 3.8-million-year-old early human ancestor.
CNN -
September 3, 2019
Kentaro Toyama, professor of information, and Florian Schaub, assistant professor of information, and electrical engineering and computer science, commented on new research that contends that the four largest U.S. wireless carriers are deliberately slowing the speed at which some video content is streamed on the internet.
CBS News -
September 3, 2019
“There are no studies that show any effectiveness of these supplements, and they’re certainly a cause for concern for safety and toxicity. If you’re taking an obscure supplement bought online and not even in a health store, you’re taking a chance,” said Mark Peterson, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, on the increasing use of testosterone supplements.
The New York Times -
September 3, 2019
Comments by Karla Goldman, professor of social work and Judaic studies, were featured in an article about President John Adams’ support of a Jewish state in the Holy Land some 200 years ago: “Like most Christian Americans of his era who took a friendly interest in Jews, John Adams entertained romantic notions of his Jewish contemporaries, seeing in them living embodiments of the era from which Jesus emerged.”
The Times of Israel
