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November 13, 2019
“The collapse of the Berlin Wall meant enormous new opportunities to build broader markets and new democracies — but it also allowed for the establishment of illiberal regimes and Russia’s resurgent influence. As we are learning across the world, democracy is not an irrevocable achievement,” co-wrote Pauline Jones, professor of political science and director of the International Institute.
The Washington Post -
November 13, 2019
“The stars have to align — both the medical condition and the sentence the person is facing — for a person to even make this argument,” said Eve Brensike Primus, professor of law, commenting on a recent court case in Iowa in which a prisoner who briefly died before being revived argued that he had served his life sentence and should be freed.
The New York Times -
November 13, 2019
In research designed to give automakers and technology companies insight into how humans can better adapt to self-driving cars, Lionel Robert, associate professor of information, and colleagues found that there are three human personality traits that we want to see in our driverless cars: agreeableness, consciousness and emotional stability.
CNET -
November 12, 2019
James Hilton, vice provost for academic innovation, says universities looking to innovate should not just put existing degree programs online, but think deeper about how they could change instruction to serve different groups of students: “There’s an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how we deliver education for this century, for this technology, this economy, this political environment.”
Inside Higher Ed -
November 12, 2019
Comments by Marjorie Treadwell, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Courtney Townsel, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, were featured in an article about the 13-year-high preterm birth rate in Detroit, according to statistics from the state of Michigan. “I think the entire medical community continues to be frustrated with the health disparities that we continue to see. I think it’s highlighted by cities like Detroit, which have high rates of African American patient populations,” Townsel said.
Detroit Free Press -
November 12, 2019
“By any measure, the state’s takeover of Detroit schools was a failure. But it was also a constitutional abdication. Though the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does not require absolute equality in educational outcomes, it has also emphasized that a basic education is of fundamental, constitutional importance. … There can be no doubt that the state is responsible for Detroit’s plight,” wrote Eli Savit, lecturer in law.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2019
Daniel Crane, the Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law, was quoted in a story about how the rising movement in the United States to consider charging the country’s biggest tech companies with violating antitrust laws is running headlong into powerful and well-funded conservatives and libertarians committed to pushing back on those efforts.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2019
“ISIS will focus on ensuring that its toxic worldview persists and survives, despite all the setbacks it has suffered the past few years. … With this certainty, ISIS’ propaganda and recruiting techniques will likewise find currency with vulnerable refugee populations caught up in Syria’s war-torn landscape,” co-wrote Javed Ali, the Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The Hill -
November 11, 2019
Research by Roya Ensafi, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and colleagues shows that Russia is succeeding in imposing a highly effective internet censorship regime across thousands of disparate, privately owned providers in an effort also aimed at making government snooping pervasive. “As other governments decide to crack down on the free flow of information online, they may follow Russia’s game plan,” said Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who was not involved with the study.
The Associated Press -
November 8, 2019
“There’s a real disconnect between the manufacturing economy and the rest of the economy right now, and our Michigan economy is more manufacturing-heavy than the nation as a whole. I don’t think we’re in a psychological crisis zone in Michigan but I think the key is to avoid letting it get much worse,” said Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, on Michigan’s slowing economy and soft labor market.
The Washington Post
