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March 26, 2021
“I believe that that no vote helped to make sure there was more transparency,” said A. Oveta Fuller, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, who as part of the FDA coronavirus advisory committee helped change the vaccine approval process by voting against Pfizer’s vaccine over concerns about its long-term impact.
WDIV/Detroit -
March 26, 2021
Megan Ankerson, associate professor of communication and media, is optimistic that more people are becoming aware of the way things get lost online and is hopeful that the limitations of digital archives will inspire them to think of more creative ways to preserve the history they care about: “Early on, the web itself was a sort of subculture. Now there are many, many, many subcultures online. And honestly, I would be happy if every single one of them had a book.”
The Atlantic -
March 25, 2021
“Mussels seem innocuous when you hold a single one of them in your hands, but once you take a look underwater and see the bottom of Lake Michigan covered by mussels, you start realizing they may be a problem,” said Vincent Denef, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
The Lakeshore (West Michigan) -
March 25, 2021
“Even before COVID, schools were pervasively unsafe for many students, especially students of color. … Certainly there are children for whom the last year has been a painful or harmful time, or a time when support they needed was removed. But for many Black and brown children to be out of the white gaze of punishment and deficit views was a welcome respite from fear and control,” wrote Deborah Loewenberg Ball, professor of education, and Alyssa La’Dawn Brandon, graduate student in education.
Detroit Free Press -
March 25, 2021
“Keeping the policy in place really is deceitful. Our government talks to us about public health but perpetuates basically a lie that there is any public health reason for doing this,” said Michele Heisler, professor of internal medicine, and of health behavior and health education, on the Biden administration continuing a Trump-era policy that indefinitely keeps the U.S.-Mexico border closed to limit coronavirus spread.
Los Angeles Times -
March 24, 2021
“The devil is going to be in the details. I’m comforted by the Fed’s statement saying any changes would not undermine the resiliency of the banking system. But we have heard that commitment in the past,” said Jeremy Kress, assistant professor of business law, on the Federal Reserve’s decision to end temporary regulatory relief that was put in place a year ago to encourage banks to continue lending as financial markets appeared shaky.
The Washington Post -
March 24, 2021
Health plans, employers and financial advisers can do more to explain how health savings accounts work, simplify their use and encourage contributions, says Jeffrey Kullgren, associate professor of internal medicine and health management and policy, whose research shows that many people with high-deductible insurance and those with health plans bought through a government exchange don’t have an HSA.
The New York Times -
March 24, 2021
Lilia Cortina, professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies, says in cases of alleged sexual harassment, such as with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it can get complicated: “There’s a collection of myths, of falsehoods that are pervasive in society around sexual harassment and sexual assault — that women frequently fabricate or exaggerate claims about the sexual side of men,” but the standards of a criminal court — where a defendant could lose his or her life or liberty — are higher.
U.S. News & World Report -
March 23, 2021
Research by Cindy Schipani, professor of business law, and Nejat Seyhun, professor of finance, on “insider giving” reveals widespread use of privileged information by large shareholders when giving charitable gifts of company stock. When reported after a sizable delay, stocks on average proceeded to significantly underperform the market after the effective date of the gift — allowing insiders to maximize tax deductions.
MarketWatch -
March 23, 2021
“The geopolitical competition with China is not going away anytime soon. So one of the things that the Biden administration will have to do very carefully is to manage that relationship while making sure that it does not ratchet up the kind of rhetoric that President Trump did and other U.S. leaders have done in the past in ways that target and marginalize the Asian American community,” said Ian Shin, assistant professor of history and American culture.
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