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December 16, 2018
“With fresh water supplies vulnerable to a changing climate, and our infrastructure outdated … we need to do more to protect America’s waterways and ensure continued progress in the effort to provide clean drinking water, and fishable and swimmable streams. … The last thing we should do is turn back the clock, weaken the Clean Water Act and further fray our national commitment to clean water and a healthy environment,” wrote David Uhlmann, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program.
The New York Times -
December 16, 2018
Kristin Seefeldt, associate professor of social work, and of public policy, was quoted in an article about recent changes to Michigan’s emergency heating assistance program that advocates fear will leave needy residents without the help they need to keep the heat on this winter.
Bridge Magazine -
December 16, 2018
“The tactic of telling a subject not in custody that he or she doesn’t need an attorney present during an interview may be standard, but whether it is savory is a matter of opinion. Still, it strikes me as odd for a tactic that is used every day with suspected criminals of every description to come under fire only when used against a highly sophisticated, extremely well-connected defendant (former national security adviser Michael Flynn),” said David Moran, clinical professor of law and director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic.
The Washington Post -
December 13, 2018
“While 95 percent of the conductors are men, if some of them aren’t great, that doesn’t affect the entire perception of the male conductor. If even some of us are out there, and we’re not excelling, and not achieving, and not doing the best we can, it’d be so easy for us to slide down the slope of ‘Oh well, women conductors are — they’re a novelty,’” said Chelsea Gallo, doctoral student in musical arts and cover conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Michigan Radio -
December 13, 2018
“Hospitals are absolutely marking up the prices for medical devices,” said Jeffrey McCullough, associate professor of health management and policy. But, he added, “You can almost guarantee the list price you see on a hospital bill is not what the hospital is getting paid by insurance companies,” which bargain for discounts.
ABC News -
December 13, 2018
“You do have this irony, and that is the policy that is overwhelmingly endorsed by economists of the right, the center and the left as the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is inverse with what is politically feasible,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy, environment and political science.
Politico -
December 12, 2018
High-achieving, low-income students who are encouraged to consider U-M and other top-tier universities with a promise of free tuition are more than twice as likely to apply and enroll, according to research by Susan Dynarski, professor of public policy, education and economics, and colleagues.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
December 12, 2018
“One kind of feels like a lucky fluke. Two feels like we’re becoming a society that’s capable of exploring interstellar space,” said Justin Kasper, associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, on the announcement that NASA’s Voyager 2 became the second operating spacecraft in history to go interstellar after Voyager 1 did it in 2012.
Scientific American -
December 12, 2018
Research by Kevin Platt, chief medical resident in internal medicine, and colleagues shows that people with type 2 diabetes don’t need to test their blood at home if they have well-controlled symptoms and don’t take medications that can cause dangerously low blood sugar: “This needless behavior causes unnecessary pokes, worry and costs. More is not always better when it comes to medical care.”
Reuters -
December 11, 2018
“Some politicians and voices in the media believe immigrants should not receive any public benefits because they believe immigrants do not pay into these benefits. But, the data are clear that immigrants pay taxes and contribute to the growth of the economy beyond any cost of the public benefits they receive,” co-wrote Paul Fleming, assistant professor of health behavior and health education.
Detroit Free Press
