In the News
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March 6, 2018
Jim Diana, professor of sustainability and environment and director of Michigan Sea Grant, was quoted in an article about the federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 that calls for defunding the College Sea Grant Program for the second straight year.
Great Lakes Echo -
March 5, 2018
Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and research professor at the Center for Political Studies, was interviewed for a story about how the debate over gun control could play out in Michigan’s gubernatorial race.
ABC News -
March 5, 2018
Research by Matthew Davis, assistant professor of nursing, reveals that doctors, physician assistants and chiropractors tend to practice in more affluent areas with already high life expectancy, while nurse practitioners tend to treat patients in lower income areas with low life expectancy.
U.S. News & World Report -
March 5, 2018
In the early stages of anesthesia, when a person is slipping into unconsciousness, each region of the brain communicates within its own boundaries more readily, but as a person slips deeper into unconsciousness, that confined communication falls apart, say George Mashour, professor of anesthesiology and neurosurgery and director of the Center for Consciousness Science, and Anthony Hudetz, professor of anesthesiology and scientific director of the Center for Consciousness Science.
Newsweek -
March 4, 2018
Colleen Seifert, professor of psychology, was quoted in a story about how the removal of online content fuels the spread of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of mass shootings.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
March 4, 2018
“We’re going to be able to interact with our own personal finances where we just get insights. We’re going to ask questions like, what am I doing in terms of my Amazon spending and how’s it changing?” said Jason Mars, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
Forbes -
March 4, 2018
Comments by Katherine Freese, professor of physics, were featured in an article about Australian astronomers who glimpsed the cosmic dawn — the moment billions of years ago when the universe’s first stars began to shine — providing surprising evidence that particles of dark matter may be much lighter than physicists thought.
Science -
February 22, 2018
Rose Cory, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and environment, and George Kling, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, were featured in a story about their research on the thawing of the carbon-rich permafrost of Alaska’s North Slope.
High Country News -
February 22, 2018
“Even if we commit the proper funding to support Michigan schools and teachers, we will not be successful until we change perceptions of the work of teaching. … Very few people want to work at unstable jobs for low pay, with little training or support, while experiencing a lack of community trust and respect. We cannot expect professional quality from people we do not treat as professionals,” said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean and professor of education.
The Detroit News -
February 22, 2018
“Although hacking cardiac implants was demonstrated a decade ago, I’m more concerned about boring things like an old computer virus that unintentionally shuts down global operations of remote cardiac telemetry for hundreds of thousands of patients at once,” said Kevin Fu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
Reuters
