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December 4, 2023
“Many of the white residents … spoke about Black people and Latinx kids as sort of guests in their space, not as legitimate members of their community,” said Karyn Lacy, professor of sociology, who in her research has witnessed the tension in suburban communities as they grow in diversity.
Education Week -
December 4, 2023
People are accustomed to seeing the body-mass index as the “be-all, end-all” of health indicators, “but that’s increasingly not the way it’s being used in clinical practice,” said Kate Bauer, associate professor of nutritional sciences. “More and more clinicians are realizing that there are people who can be quite healthy with a high BMI.”
The Atlantic -
December 1, 2023
“Our theory shows that you can grow defect-free materials quickly, if you periodically dissolve the defects away during growth,” said Wenhao Sun, professor of materials science and engineering, who, along with MSE researcher Brian Puchala and others, discovered a new approach for engineering and creating crystalline materials, widely used in semiconductors, solar panels, batteries and other tech.
Forbes -
December 1, 2023
U-M’s ZEUS laser system is the most powerful laser in the U.S., but other high-powered lasers at facilities around the world are close behind, says Karl Krushelnick, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences and director of the Gérard Mourou Center for ultrafast optical science. The field as a whole “is really growing. People are pushing the technology and looking for interesting science.”
BBC -
December 1, 2023
“Your lungs do their best to break things down and clear them away, but it’s shocking how much material the body can’t get rid of,” said MeiLan Han, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, who recommends wearing an N95 mask when cleaning a dusty space, spray-painting, using strong chemical cleaners or going outside when air quality is poor.
The Washington Post -
November 30, 2023
“The development of women’s soccer today is very similar to the development of men’s soccer in the first half of the 20th century,” said Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management. “In recent years they are reaching where men arrived in the 1960s. Just like that, men’s soccer has improved in the same way I believe that women’s soccer will reach that level in the future.”
Los Angeles Times -
November 30, 2023
“They know who they are. Why do they have to ask the federal government to validate it? I mean, we don’t ask the government to tell us who is Amish. (Native American tribes are) the only group in the United States that the United States requires to validate their identity,” said Kirsten Carlson, visiting professor of law.
The Detroit News -
November 30, 2023
“It doesn’t seem logical to me that within 12 months of injury, somebody has CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and then now they’re trying to commit suicide,” said Steven Broglio, professor of kinesiology and director of the U-M Concussion Center, who believes that isolation from teammates drives male teens with multiple concussions to ponder or attempt suicide at higher rates.
Michigan Radio -
November 29, 2023
Research by Thuy Dieu Nguyen, assistant professor of health management and policy, shows that nursing-home employment is 10.5% below its pre-pandemic level, more than triple the rate at hospitals or physician offices: “Workers within nursing homes have less wages compared to other health care sectors. This could be one reason why we see long-term care workers deciding to leave the industry.”
MLive -
November 29, 2023
From a broader public health perspective, it’s probably a good idea to get both the COVID-19 and flu shots at the same time, said Stephen Moss, researcher in epidemiology: “It cuts down on the number of encounters with the health care system you have to have. It also cuts down on the number of days you feel like crap after the vaccine. So you only have to go through that once rather than twice.”
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