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January 21, 2020
A new Bankrate study that found blacks and Latinos pay higher bank fees confirms findings by Terri Friedline, associate professor of social work, whose research shows the average cost of maintaining a checking account is higher for Latinos and blacks than it is for whites: “Not only are black and Latinx areas served by more expensive banks, but they are home to poorer residents.”
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January 21, 2020
As temperatures and precipitation increase annually, “the oscillations between water levels and extremes are likely to change in ways that we haven’t seen before,” said Drew Gronewold, associate professor of environment and sustainability, and civil and environmental engineering, commenting on the fluctuating levels of Lake Michigan, which are expected to remain high over the next several months.
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January 21, 2020
“The autonomous-vehicle community understands this is a real problem it has to deal with. That motivates me to be very systematic,” said Monica Jones, assistant research scientist at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, who is leading a series of studies with the goal of helping people avoid motion sickness in self-driving cars.
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January 20, 2020
Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, says Michigan’s economy will keep growing but at a slower pace because young people are not joining the workforce as fast as older workers are dying, retiring or moving: “Expansions don’t die of old age, so it’s not just a function of how long it’s been going on, but we do think we’re going to run into speed limits as we face a shortage of workers as we get out into 2022 and beyond.”
Michigan Radio -
January 20, 2020
Aaron Kall, director of the U-M debate program, said last week’s Democratic presidential debate lacked fireworks despite the hype and added urgency of the upcoming caucus: “I don’t know it changed all that much heading into Iowa. The problem is I don’t know that anybody knows exactly how Iowans will act. … If you’re Sanders and Biden, I think you probably feel pretty good after the debate. Things are pretty bunched up at the top.”
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January 20, 2020
“We don’t have a long history of figuring out what to do in cases of human trafficking. I think this litigation and the courts are just trying to come up with the best, imperfect solution,” said Bridgette Carr, clinical professor and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic at the Law School, commenting on a lawsuit against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that alleges he sexually abused and trafficked hundreds of young women and girls on his private Caribbean island, some as recently as 2018.
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January 17, 2020
Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business, was interviewed about how the recent firings of individuals involved in the Houston Astros cheating scandal compares to the relative lack of individual punishment doled out in cases of corporate malfeasance. Instead, companies are usually hit with hefty fines or sanctions.
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January 17, 2020
“The bottom line, of course, is that people in Japan have their lost property returned because of laws and norms, not some intrinsic notion of honesty. But it works,” said Mark D. West, dean of the Law School, on why Japan is so successful at returning lost property, such as a phone or wallet, to its rightful owner — thanks to the abundance of police officers and cultural traditions that prompt people to think first of others.
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January 17, 2020
Tony Reames, assistant professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Urban Energy Justice Lab, discussed his research on the growing energy divide between rich and poor Americans. He is piloting a new study in southeast Michigan to develop a more complete understanding of the health impacts of indoor winter exposure in the United States.
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January 16, 2020
“We routinely underestimate others’ willingness and ability to help. But the truth is that people actually help one another more often than you might think,” wrote Wayne Baker, professor of sociology, organizational studies, and management and organizations. “However, so many of us assume that others aren’t willing to help. We fear we’ll be rejected. Or we figure that even if others are willing to help, no one will have the time or ability.”
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