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February 13, 2018
Nell Duke, professor of education, says schools have an obligation to provide a high-quality literacy education, but supporting literacy development cannot just fall to teachers: “District central administration also has important responsibilities, such as to ensure that every teacher has access to the tools that they need to support literacy development, including lots of appropriate books … but also high-quality, standards- and research-aligned professional development and curriculum materials.”
The Detroit News -
February 13, 2018
Harold Johnson, dean emeritus of the School of Social Work and professor emeritus of social work, and health behavior and health education, discussed what it was like for him to make history as the first African-American dean at U-M.
Michigan Radio -
February 13, 2018
“Sugary foods and refined carbohydrates cause a blood-sugar spike. And then three to four hours later, a blood-sugar crash. That cycle primes your brain and makes you want more of those foods,” said Ashley Gearhardt, assistant professor of psychology.
The Washington Post -
February 12, 2018
“Corporations, nonprofits, governments, universities and even preschools test, score and hire the ‘best.’ This all but guarantees not creating the best team. Ranking people by common criteria produces homogeneity,” said Scott Page, professor of complex systems, economics, and political science.
Inc. -
February 12, 2018
Comments by Sari van Anders, associate professor of psychology, and women’s studies, were featured in an article about the difference between the brains of women and men.
Newsweek -
February 12, 2018
“We’re at serious risk of re-creating the conditions that led to the last financial crisis. … (Now should be) a time to reflect on the need for strong guardrails in the system — not a time for taking those apart,” said Michael Barr, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and professor of law, and public policy, who helped craft the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which ushered in a host of new limits on Wall Street.
Bloomberg -
February 11, 2018
President Mark Schlissel wrote a letter to the editor responding to a series of stories about U-M’s endowment, and to a related editorial. He said the articles “invent conclusions and peddle innuendo not supported by facts,” and that the editorial’s premise was “irresponsible, incomprehensible and false.”
Detroit Free Press -
February 11, 2018
In the most detailed evidence yet linking Legionnaires’ disease to Flint’s broader water crisis, Michele Swanson, professor of microbiology and immunology, and colleagues confirmed that a deadly outbreak of the bacterial disease in the city in 2014-15 was caused by low chlorine levels in the municipal water system.
National Public Radio -
February 11, 2018
A newly developed antibody that neutralizes asprosin, a hormone involved in regulating appetite, is “clearly a major discovery and very intriguing,” but realistic caution should be exercised, said Roger Cone, director of the Life Sciences Institute, vice provost and director of the Biosciences Initiative, and professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and molecular and integrative physiology.
CNBC -
February 8, 2018
Perry Samson, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, says a video-capture platform with a confusion-alert feature he uses in class has increased student engagement: “It helps me identify when I’m being boring, when I’m going too fast. It’s changed the way I teach.”
Inside Higher Ed
