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April 23, 2021
“There have been countless examples, and so many police officers who’ve been able to walk away without being held accountable. …We’re all relieved and justice has been served in some sense, but it’s one case and there’s still work to do, a lot of work,” said Enrique Neblett, professor of health behavior and health education, following the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.
Bridge Magazine -
April 22, 2021
Comments by John Monnier, professor of astronomy, were featured in a story about how astronomers are turning to quantum physicists for help to start connecting optical telescopes that are tens, even hundreds, of kilometers away from one another. Astronomers hope to use innovations from the subatomic world to construct breathtakingly large arrays of optical observatories.
Scientific American -
April 22, 2021
“If (the economy) can produce the continued surge in jobs and surge in wages, I think we’ll see a boom in spending that lasts longer than we initially expected,” said economist Richard Curtin, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers, which shows that consumers are optimistic about the jobs outlook and expect unemployment to keep falling.
Bloomberg -
April 22, 2021
“Workplaces and businesses will likely treat people who have not been vaccinated, and people who decline to reveal whether they have been vaccinated, in the same way — telling them that they can’t engage in certain activities,” said Kayte Spector-Bagdady, associate director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine. “You can always decline to reveal that you’ve been vaccinated, but it could come at a high cost such as not being able to go to the doctor’s office, work in person or travel.”
CNN -
April 21, 2021
Elizabeth Birr Moje, professor and dean of the School of Education, says Michigan’s “frighteningly high” retirement projections suggest many teachers have reached a breaking point: “If they aren’t in classrooms, they’re getting yelled at in the popular imagination; if they are in classrooms, they are basically doing twice the work as they were pre-pandemic, because there are very few teachers who are teaching completely in person.”
Detroit Free Press -
April 21, 2021
“There’s actually considerable historical support that what this means is they get to serve for the term of their appointment, and that term of their appointment could be decided by Congress,” said Leah Litman, assistant professor of law, on a provision in the Constitution that states federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, hold their office “during good behavior” — a provision that does not explicitly use the words “life term.”
USA Today -
April 21, 2021
“Being vaccinated does mean that you can begin to engage in limited low-risk activities without a mask … (but) given the high number of COVID-19 cases and community transmission in Michigan at this time, there is a good chance you may encounter someone who has COVID infection in public so you should limit interactions with large groups of people and wear your mask in public,” said Laraine Washer, associate professor of internal medicine.
The Detroit News -
April 20, 2021
“(If) we can get 60-70 percent of the adult population vaccinated, we’re going to be good to go. Yes, we are going to see outbreaks and hospitalizations, but we aren’t going to see these huge waves coming across the country. It all comes down to immunization. The fact that these vaccines have been developed so quickly is truly a miracle,” said James Baker, professor emeritus of internal medicine and biomedical engineering.
Vogue -
April 20, 2021
“Narcissists tend to be very charming and outgoing, and they can make very good first impressions. But they also tend to be somewhat disagreeable, lacking in empathy and manipulative,” said Robin Edelstein, professor of psychology. “I think the best strategy for dealing with narcissists may be to try to understand … that much of their behavior comes from deep-seated insecurities and attempts to minimize their own vulnerabilities.”
BBC -
April 20, 2021
Simple changes to U.S. diets may help save water, say Martin Heller, a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Systems, and colleagues. Each person’s impact on water scarcity is based on what we eat, water used in food production and water scarcity in the regions where they were farmed, they say. Chicken, peanuts, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and peas have low impact, while beef, tree nuts, asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower are high.
New Scientist
