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January 3, 2018
Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, says as global warming has weakened polar vortex winds — which insulate the rest of the Northern Hemisphere from freezing Arctic temperatures — it’s gotten easier for freezing Arctic air to swoop further south.
USA Today -
January 3, 2018
Heather Ann Thompson, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, of history, and in the Residential College, contends that the Trump administration’s “doubling down on the most draconian aspects of our nation’s criminal justice system” has effectively put an end to bipartisan reform of the system.
Newsweek -
January 3, 2018
Bruce Belzowski, managing director of Automotive Futures at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, was quoted in a story about China’s latest move to reduce emissions by suspending the production of more than 500 car models and model versions that don’t meet its fuel economy standards.
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December 17, 2017
“There is this myth that if you are really being harassed or assaulted, you will get angry and get the hell out of there. People say: Why didn’t she just report him? Why didn’t she just leave? They don’t understand all the complicated reasons why leaving is not an option,” says Lilia Cortina, professor of psychology and women’s studies.
USA Today -
December 17, 2017
Arul Chinnaiyan, professor of pathology and urology and director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, and colleagues discovered a novel gene named “THOR” that could be the ultimate weapon to fight cancer.
International Business Times -
December 17, 2017
Michelle Riba, professor of psychiatry, and Ricks Warren, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, provided tips on ways they cope with holiday stress.
HuffPost -
December 14, 2017
Nina Wale, research fellow in ecology and evolutionary biology, and colleagues have devised a way to prevent the evolution of drug-resistant microbes by intensifying the competition between them for food — even when antibiotics are around.
The Atlantic -
December 14, 2017
Energy efficiency programs at Michigan’s two largest utilities disproportionately benefit wealthier ratepayers, according to research by Tony Reames, assistant professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Urban Energy Justice Lab, and Ben Stacey, graduate student in sustainable systems and urban planning.
Bridge -
December 14, 2017
Nina Mendelson, professor of law, was quoted in a story about the Trump administration’s slow pace of hiring for key government jobs, resulting in stand-ins occupying positions for so long that it may violate time limits on acting appointments.
Bloomberg -
December 13, 2017
“For the following 25 years, they had really rapid economic growth and went from being the poorest country in Europe to one of the richest. It really did help everybody. Now, Ireland was a very specific situation and the question is whether that kind of lesson would apply to the United States,” said James Hines, professor of economics and law, on Ireland’s business tax cuts and individual tax hikes in the late 1970s.
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