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January 25, 2018
Research by Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics, and Hanna Zlotnick, graduate student in public policy, found that only 18 percent of people referenced in eight leading introductory economics textbooks are female — far less than the 57 percent of college students who are.
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January 25, 2018
Detroit’s failed bid to land Amazon’s second headquarters may have been due in part to the fact that only about a third of adults in metro Detroit have a bachelor’s degree — ranking lower than all but one of the 20 finalist cities, said Don Grimes, an economist at the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
Detroit Free Press -
January 24, 2018
Aaron Kall, director of the U-M Debate Program, says it may be difficult for President Trump to strike a bipartisan tone in next week’s State of the Union: “The divisiveness and partisan politics surrounding the shutdown and immigration reform battle threaten to overshadow the address and complicate an intended presidential olive branch to Democrats.”
The Hill -
January 24, 2018
Toxins from harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes can be transmitted by air when waves break against the shoreline, according to research by Andrew Ault, assistant professor of environmental health sciences and chemistry, and Kerri Pratt, assistant professor of chemistry and earth and environmental sciences.
Michigan Radio -
January 24, 2018
Valeria Bertacco, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, says a $32 million federal grant to establish the new U-M-led Center for Applications Driving Architectures will simplify computer application development.
CBS TechRepublic -
January 23, 2018
Susan Dynarski, professor of public policy, education, and economics, said that online courses can reach thousands of students and save money, but hurts “less proficient students who are precisely those most in need of skilled classroom teachers.”
The New York Times -
January 23, 2018
Sugar maples in North America that provide sap for syrup may not survive the hot and dry climate caused by global warming, according to research by Inés Ibáñez, associate professor of sustainability and environment, and earth and evolutionary biology.
Newsweek -
January 23, 2018
Charles Watkinson, director of the University of Michigan Press, said that a publishing platform under development by U-M Press and Michigan Publishing will allow works with digital content to be displayed as ebooks.
Inside Higher Ed -
January 22, 2018
Tiya Miles, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, American culture, history, and women’s studies, explores the deep roots of slavery in metro Detroit in her new book, “The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits.”
Detroit Free Press -
January 22, 2018
“Look at the competition they’ve created among all the applicants. It’s brilliant to do this publicly, pitting one city against the other. They’re really in the catbird seat to negotiate a good deal,” said Peter Allen, lecturer in real estate, and urban and regional planning, on Amazon’s search for a location for a second headquarters.
Chicago Tribune
