In the News
-
July 16, 2019
“For a long time, there’s sort of been a bargain between the public and research universities: We do research, we do advanced education. In return, the public gives us resources, and then the freedom to explore and discover. And I think the societal respect for the success of that enterprise seems to be diminishing,” said President Mark Schlissel.
Bridge Magazine -
July 16, 2019
Research by Dorceta Taylor, professor of environmental sociology, suggests a lack of transparency when it comes to demographic data within environmental organizations: “It is certainly a curious phenomenon. Is it pushback against this idea that diversity is something important?”
Michigan Radio -
July 16, 2019
“The astronaut office viewed scientists as pipe-smoking oddities having unruly hair and wearing baggy tweed jackets with leather patches on our elbows,” said Tony England, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UM-Dearborn and NASA’s first scientist astronaut, whose ingenuity helped save the Apollo 13 crew.
The Oakland Press -
July 16, 2019
“It does suggest that the Women’s March has made sustained efforts to organize women in a way that involves many different issues, including race, sexuality, class and religion — and that the large majority of its participants embrace those values,” wrote Michael Heaney, adjunct research assistant professor at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, whose research suggests that the Women’s March has lived up to its stated commitment to intersectional activism.
The Washington Post -
July 16, 2019
“For American science to advance, basic and applied research must be openly and widely shared. At the same time, the United States must continue to benefit — as it has for decades — from the world’s best and brightest scholars coming to the country to study and work. Indiscriminate restrictions on either could do irreparable harm to the U.S. scientific enterprise,” wrote Mary Sue Coleman, U-M president emerita.
Science -
July 9, 2019
August Evrard, professor of physics and astronomy, and colleagues used a method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters — the largest objects in our universe — that will yield fresh insight into the relationship between ordinary matter that emits light and dark matter, and about how our universe is expanding.
Space Daily -
July 9, 2019
“Any foreign object in the body carries an infection risk, and a catheter can serve as a superhighway for bacteria to enter the bloodstream or body,” said Milisa Manojlovich, professor of nursing, whose research shows that objects like catheters, needles and other indwelling devices are responsible for 25 percent of hospital infections.
UPI -
July 9, 2019
“Women have been more important to the (auto) industry for decades than the industry has recognized. The industry has been slow to recognize the buying power of women. Why? Because the industry has been run by men and car guys,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business.
ABC News -
July 9, 2019
A survey by Preeti Malani, chief health officer and professor of internal medicine, found that 84 percent of grandparents fail to secure their medications when grandchildren are around — keeping their drugs in the usual spots, such as cupboards and cabinets, countertops or tables, or bags and purses.
U.S. News & World Report -
July 9, 2019
Separate research studies by Donovan Maust, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Geoffrey Hoffman, assistant professor of nursing, were cited in a story about the increasing rate of fatal falls for adults 75 and older.
Chicago Tribune
