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February 4, 2018
“It’s not like chemistry or physics where you can do a controlled experiment and change one variable. We can never be entirely sure because we don’t know what would have happened without the tax act,” said Joel Slemrod, professor of economics, and business economics and public policy, on the economic impact of the 1986 tax reform act.
The New York Times -
February 4, 2018
Research by Philip Veliz, assistant research professor of nursing and associate director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center, and colleagues found that teens who participate in two or more sports are much more likely to have healthier behaviors than those who are involved in just one sport.
Forbes -
February 1, 2018
Marianne Udow-Phillips, executive director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, said she believes an Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan independent health care company could help provide critical information on hard-to-understand health care costs and potentially undercut the current market for high-priced drugs.
USA Today -
February 1, 2018
Research by Stephen Smith, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and colleagues found a distinct regional pattern in China’s 30,000 flowering plant species, highlighting the need for more conservation efforts in densely populated eastern China, home to many threatened plant species.
Xinhua (China) -
February 1, 2018
“I don’t see a silver bullet. It’s going to take a long time before you see a change in the load, and in the two-year policy cycle this country works on, it’s hard to get people to bite the bullet when they can’t see the results,” said Don Scavia, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability, regarding the lack of action in preventing the spread of low-oxygen “dead zones” along America’s coastlines.
The Daily Beast -
January 31, 2018
Research by Andrew Schrepf, research investigator in anesthesiology, found that a 10-percent reduction in body weight helps patients with obesity reduce pain in places like the abdomen, arms, chest and jaw, in addition to the expected weight-bearing areas.
Michigan Radio -
January 31, 2018
Laura Schram, director of professional and academic development at the Rackham Graduate School, discussed design principles for doctoral students’ career exploration, and valuable ways of thinking about how to thrive once they graduate.
Inside Higher Ed -
January 31, 2018
Terry Wilfong, director of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and professor of Egyptology, and Suzanne Davis, associate curator of conservation at the Kelsey Museum, were interviewed about the artifacts featured at the museum.
WEMU Radio -
January 30, 2018
“I’m completely flummoxed. Idaho appears to be claiming they do not have to adhere to federal law,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, commenting on Idaho’s plan to allow health insurers to ignore some ACA rules on health care plans not sold on the marketplace.
National Public Radio -
January 30, 2018
Jenny Radesky, assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, says Facebook’s new messaging app aimed at kids is troubling because younger children haven’t yet developed the cognitive skills that enable them to think about and regulate their thoughts and actions and “allow them to realize when persuasive technology design might be manipulating them.”
The Associated Press / The New York Times
