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July 15, 2020
Ryan Malosh, assistant research scientist in epidemiology, says while masks reduce the risk of contracting or spreading the coronavirus, they can make it harder to breathe and hold conversations: “Wearing a mask is uncomfortable, right? And that’s something that we do have to get used to. Kind of downplaying the impact on people’s lives from wearing a mask is not something that we should be doing as public health professionals.”
Michigan Radio -
July 15, 2020
“Although they have a lot of access to sedentary equipment — video games, TV, screen time — all of our bodies were designed to move. Having opportunities for them to be physically active at home, I think kids will relish the opportunity to do that,” said Rebecca Hasson, associate professor of kinesiology and nutritional sciences, who created an at-home fitness program that offers free, online workouts for students.
MLive -
July 15, 2020
“Considering the world we live in, brands aren’t just products we buy. Brands mean something; when we wear them, use them, drive them. … The idea that a brand shouldn’t have a stand on social issues is misguided. If it were the case, then brands shouldn’t try to have a relationship with people at all,” said Marcus Collins, lecturer in business.
Detroit Free Press -
July 15, 2020
“My guess is their feeling about him is, ‘We intend to be on this court long after he is a bad memory, and if his administration is about to come crashing down, we might as well have been people who weren’t willing to completely blow up the Constitution for him,’” said Richard Primus, professor of law, after U.S. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh categorically dismissed President Trump’s claim to “absolute immunity” from investigators seeking his tax returns.
The New York Times -
July 15, 2020
Research led by Lola Eniola-Adefeso, professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and macromolecular science and engineering, has found that rod-shaped particles may stop the body’s fatal immune system overreaction to COVID-19 — the most common cause of death for coronavirus patients — by preventing white blood cells from attacking the body by acting as intruders and distracting the cells.
DBusiness Magazine -
July 8, 2020
“Think about ADHD, think about overwork and overstress. Is there a relationship here to the kinds of places that we’ve built for ourselves? And how different it is from the environments that our brains evolved in?” said environmental psychologist Avik Basu, lecturer of environment and sustainability, who believes even small doses of nature are better than none at all.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation -
July 8, 2020
“Many of the opportunities to improve energy efficiency are connected to rebates and loans. For various reasons these options are unattainable, particularly for low-income Black households,” said Tony Reames, assistant professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Urban Energy Justice Lab. “We need to be more strategic and geographic in how we implement our energy efficiency programs.”
Energy News Network -
July 8, 2020
“I hope at least that the questioning that has started with monuments, because they’re visible, because they’re large and because they’re easy to remove, will continue to happen as we start to re-evaluate the symbols on money, on our stamps. The flags and other symbols that we use. The songs that we sing for our patriotic anthems. And that definitely, we will get to re-evaluate our K-12 curriculum,” said Alvita Akiboh, assistant professor of history and postdoctoral fellow.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
July 8, 2020
“Families are facing a challenging decision regarding whether to send their children to school for in-person classes in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Some families simply don’t have a choice because they need to go to work,” said Kao-Ping Chua, assistant professor of pediatrics, whose research shows that a third of parents are unsure whether they will send their kids to school this fall.
U.S. News & World Report -
July 8, 2020
“We had people in the audience rip up their programs and throw them in the trash, right in front of the choir, and walk out,” said Eugene Rogers, associate professor of conducting, who in 2015 led the Men’s Glee Club in the premiere of alumnus Joel Thompson’s “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” a musical composition of the final words of seven unarmed Black men who were killed during encounters with police.
The New York Times
