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November 21, 2019
Lisa Disch, professor of political science and women’s studies, says ranked-choice voting, a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of choosing only one — even in a race for a single office — would change the way candidates campaign: “That encourages them to run issue-focused, nondirt-throwing campaigns. I’m hardly going to rank you second if you run down my favorite.”
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November 21, 2019
“Cognitive decline is much higher among people with hearing loss,” said Elham Mahmoudi, assistant professor of family medicine, whose research suggests that for people with hearing loss, using a hearing aid is associated with a reduced risk of three common health problems of aging — dementia, depression and falls.
The Washington Post -
November 20, 2019
“As Democrats debate the best way to achieve universal coverage and lower health care costs, the Trump administration has a different approach to the challenges of our current system. It’s working overtime to make the system more fragile for the sick and the poor, even as it misrepresents to Congress and the American public what it’s up to. … That’s the ugly truth,” wrote Nicholas Bagley, professor of law.
The New York Times -
November 20, 2019
“We really haven’t done a good job of getting the word out that there really are things you can do to lower your risk,” said Donovan Maust, associate professor of psychiatry, whose research shows that many older American adults inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia, and don’t understand the connection between physical health and brain health, and how racial differences can affect dementia risk.
ABC News -
November 20, 2019
William Lopez, assistant professor of health education and health behavior, says that in the aftermath of immigration deportation raids, many community members begin to distrust social service organizations: “There’s this tension of like, can I trust the police if I’m this particular race or if I’m this particular immigration status? … Can I trust even local clinics with my immigration status information?”
National Public Radio -
November 19, 2019
“In general, many of us have the view that these organisms can be world travelers. They can travel across continents. There is some evidence they can be aerosolized in little droplets and clouds,” said Greg Dick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and ecology and evolutionary biology, commenting on the cyanobacteria found in toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.
Chicago Tribune -
November 19, 2019
“They’re always a little bit frightening when you see (renderings of) them. But they’re some of my favorite animals. They’re just so weird,” said Jen Bauer, research museum collection manager at the Museum of Paleontology, referring to a class of prehistoric aquatic creatures known as eurypterids, or sea scorpions, that inhabited the warm, shallow seas that covered Michigan more than 250 million years ago.
MLive -
November 19, 2019
“When Republicans and Democrats have diverging expectations, it is likely that many people will be surprised by the result on Election Day. These sentiments can validate perceptions of fraud, where people think that their expectations were upended because their opponents must have done something illegitimate,” said Josh Pasek, associate professor of communication and media.
The Hill -
November 18, 2019
The reward of watching someone being kind feels good, making us more likely to do something similar, and the person who initiated the kind act “serves as a model for what we could do,” said Oscar Ybarra, professor of psychology, and management and organizations. Ybarra commented on a kind act by a “Jeopardy!” contestant who purposefully answered a question incorrectly with a heartfelt sentiment about host Alex Trebek — who has pancreatic cancer.
Mic -
November 18, 2019
Nyeema Harris, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and her work, which involves the use of wildlife camera traps — remotely triggered cameras that take pictures when they detect movement and body heat — were featured in a story about how camera traps inadvertently capture human activity, some of it illegal.
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