In the News
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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 -
February 8, 2018
“We owe it to these creatures to give them the best lives possible. They’re giving us the best they can. So we should be doing the best we can,” said Jennifer Lofgren, clinical assistant professor of laboratory animal medicine, commenting on efforts to enrich the lives of lab animals by giving them toys, companions and opportunities to exercise and explore.
Science -
February 8, 2018
Heath Hofmann, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was interviewed for a story about a lawsuit filed against Toyota alleging that the Prius hybrid system has an unresolved safety defect that could leave cars without power.
Los Angeles Times -
February 7, 2018
“The #MeToo movement is accomplishing what sexual harassment law to date has not. This mass mobilization against sexual abuse, through an unprecedented wave of speaking out in conventional and social media, is eroding the two biggest barriers to ending sexual harassment in law and in life: the disbelief and trivializing dehumanization of its victims,” wrote Catharine MacKinnon, professor of law.
The New York Times -
February 7, 2018
Genevieve Zubrzycki, professor of sociology and director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, discussed controversial legislation in Poland that would penalize language suggesting that the country was complicit in the Holocaust.
CBC (Canada)
