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March 10, 2020
Research by Julie Boland, professor of psychology and linguistics, and Robin Queen, professor of linguistics, English and German, found that people respond to writing errors based on their personality type: Conscientious people and those open to new experiences are more bothered by typos, less agreeable types are bothered more by grammatical gaffes, and less sociable people are bothered by both kinds of writing errors.
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March 10, 2020
While there are “some things that the Trump administration can tout to potentially appeal to a critical slice of black voters, e.g., criminal justice reforms, low unemployment, etc.,” Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science, says these issues will not “make much of a dent.” Group loyalties, both partisan and racial, “are far more important.”
The New York Times -
March 9, 2020
“(Artificial intelligence) might help us understand mechanisms underlying obstructive sleep apnea, so we can select the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, as opposed to one-size-fits-all or trial-and-error approaches. … We want to interface with industry in a way that will foster safe and efficacious use of AI software to benefit our patients,” said Cathy Goldstein, associate professor of neurology.
Medical Express -
March 9, 2020
“He was lauded in business schools, and many CEOs considered him a role model, but few today would praise his tactics. He left a bloated, hollow mess to his successors. GE went from being a titan of industry to a dismembered wreck,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business, on the recent death of Jack Welch, the innovative but ruthless leader of General Electric in the 1980s and ’90s.
CNBC -
March 9, 2020
“The sustained data record will allow us to track and characterize surface processes on time scales from days to seasons to years with unprecedented resolution,” said Chris Ruf, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, whose research team installed an advanced GPS receiver on an Air New Zealand passenger plane to try to improve the forecasting of flash floods and the understanding of how climate change is affecting the South Pacific island nation.
DBusiness -
February 28, 2020
“(Michigan) is as compelling a location as any. We’re starting to see a lot of different companies developing new rockets and new launch capabilities, and Michigan wants to be a part of that,” said Justin Kasper, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, on the possibility that the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport near Lake Huron could be a spot for a horizontal rocket launch site.
Michigan Radio -
February 28, 2020
“Scholars and journalists have strong incentives to write quickly on ‘hot’ topics such as police militarization. However, speed can be the enemy of careful data collection and curation. After five years of research, we are still a long way from understanding the impact of giving local police weapons and equipment designed for military use,” wrote Kenneth Lowande, assistant professor of political science, and undergraduate student Ayse Eldes, who contend that claims by the Trump administration that military equipment improves policing are based on flawed data.
The Washington Post -
February 28, 2020
The institutional norms that have eroded under the Trump presidency are weakening U.S. democracy, says Richard Primus, professor of law: “The more Trump does what Trump does, the more the idea that American leadership is based on a set of ideals — and not just about power in service of a set of corrupt people looking out for themselves — dissolves. And that weakens us tremendously in exactly the way that Putin hoped it would.”
Public Radio International -
February 27, 2020
“Detroit’s economy should continue to grow, and it should outpace the state economy in terms of employment and income growth. In fact, we expect Detroit’s ongoing recovery to form a key component of Michigan’s economic growth through 2024. … Despite that progress, Detroit’s economy continues to face well-known challenges, including an elevated poverty rate and relatively low educational attainment among its residents,” wrote Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
The Detroit News -
February 27, 2020
“At low temperature, the (lithium ion) battery resistance grows dramatically because the electrolyte’s ability to shuttle the lithium ions reduces dramatically (slows down). The high resistance decreases the battery operating voltage sometimes to a level that the phone functionality is crippled,” said Anna Stefanopoulou, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Energy Institute, describing what happens when your smartphone eventually shuts down in below-freezing temperatures.
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