In the News

  1. March 22, 2018

    An image of a photon triggering the photosynthesis process’ initial energy conversion step was captured for the first time by Jennifer Ogilvie, professor of physics and biophysics, and her research team: “Part of my motivation for studying the natural photosynthetic system is (the) need to develop more advanced technology for harvesting solar energy.”

    UPI
  2. March 22, 2018

    Jason Goldstick, research assistant professor of emergency medicine, and colleagues developed a scoring system to better sort out levels of risk for future gun violence — as victim or perpetrator — among youths who seek emergency room treatment for a violence-related injury.

    The Christian Science Monitor
  3. March 21, 2018

    “Obviously this is a real tragedy, and it will take time to know what happened. … We firmly believe a combination of on-road testing, enclosed facilities like Mcity, and computer simulation will be required to develop autonomous technology,” said Carrie Morton, deputy director of Mcity, regarding the recent fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona.

    The New York Times
  4. March 21, 2018

    Lionel Robert, associate professor of information, discussed the overall safety of autonomous vehicles, the regulatory atmosphere surrounding self-driving cars and the history of public fear in reaction to technological innovation.

    Michigan Radio's "Stateside"
  5. March 21, 2018

    “It’s one thing for a person … to avoid this language so as to reach out to a neighbor or someone else and get them to act to adapt to climate change without triggering the political identities that ‘climate change’ often does. But by the federal government avoiding this language, it sends a message that this is not climate change,” said Kaitlin Raimi, assistant professor of public policy, on the Trump administration’s silence on climate change in the wake of last summer’s devastating hurricanes.

    Scientific American
  6. March 20, 2018

    “Frankly, it’s like Trump and his constituency. They’re people who really take pride in Russia coming back into the leadership positions of the world. They like Putin’s persona, and he’s been very careful to cultivate that,” said Melvyn Levitsky, clinical professor of public policy, commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent re-election.

    U.S. News & World Report
  7. March 20, 2018

    “The toxicity of plastic really depends on the chemical makeup and the physical structure … the plastic may have surface properties that make it attract or carry chemicals or other compounds of concern,” said John Meeker, professor of environmental health sciences, in an article about microplastics found in bottled water worldwide.

    BuzzFeed News
  8. March 20, 2018

    “Black men aren’t doomed, but the work to be done falls upon us — the critical thing is what we must do, not simply what they must do. I would not argue there’s a simple or even immediate way of transforming the condition we live in now around black men. It’s going to take consistent investment and thinking differently about them,” said Alford Young, professor of sociology and Afroamerican and African studies.

    National Public Radio's "On Point"
  9. March 19, 2018

    Rebecca Haffajee, assistant professor of health management and policy, discussed past cases against opioid drugmakers and recent lawsuits filed by hundreds of U.S. communities against the makers and distributors of such drugs.

    The Associated Press / The New York Times
  10. March 19, 2018

    David Dunning, professor of psychology, says we repeatedly and consistently fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we do and convince ourselves that our opinion or choice is right — even when there’s absolutely no evidence to support this: “Unfortunately, we’re programmed to know enough to cobble together an answer.”

    Quartz