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October 15, 2017
“Because visually distinguishable traits common in present-day Europeans, such as light skin color, are also assumed to have arisen within European populations, white supremacists treat these traits as a proxy for superior intelligence. … Light skin pigmentation and likely other ‘European’ traits are not unique to Europeans,” said Jedidiah Carlson, doctoral student in computational medicine and bioinformatics.
The Atlantic -
October 12, 2017
A story about the elimination of the U.S. men’s soccer team from the 2018 World Cup featured comments by Stefan Szymanski, professor of kinesiology, and Andrei Markovits, professor of sociology, political science and Germanic languages and literature.
The New York Times -
October 12, 2017
“It’s death by a thousand cuts. No one of those moves may be a big deal on its own. Taken together, however, they amount to a deliberate campaign to destabilize the insurance markets, with the potential to harm millions of people,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, regarding President Trump’s executive actions designed to weaken the Affordable Care Act.
The Washington Post -
October 12, 2017
“Our own licensing system is creating a barrier to getting help. Physicians are appropriately afraid they could lose their license or have restrictions on their license. So, of course, they are hesitant to seek (mental health) care,” said Katherine Gold, assistant professor of family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology.
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October 11, 2017
“I’d say if they had an opportunity to name it after someone more acceptable to everyone, such as Joe Louis, that would be splendid. But I’m not losing sleep over this at night,” said June Manning Thomas, professor of urban and regional planning, on recent calls to rename Cobo Center in Detroit.
The Detroit News -
October 11, 2017
“Polling averages tend to be more accurate than individual polls in describing public opinion … (and) people are predisposed to dismiss individual polls altogether when the results suggest that they hold minority views or when their preferred candidate is losing,” according to a column by professor emeritus Michael Traugott, assistant professor Josh Pasek and doctoral student Ozan Kura, all in the Department of Communication Studies.
HuffPost -
October 11, 2017
A story about Mcity, the U-M-led public-private partnership to accelerate advanced mobility vehicles and technologies, featured comments from associate director Carrie Morton and director Huei Peng, professor of mechanical engineering.
NBC News MACH -
October 10, 2017
Playing sports generally deters kids from using nonmedical opioids, “however, athletes who participate in high-contact sports — like ice hockey, football and wrestling — are more likely to get injured and may self-medicate with substances to relieve pain,” says Philip Veliz, faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research and research assistant professor at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
New York Post -
October 10, 2017
Research by Reshma Jagsi, professor of radiation oncology, found that women who received a double mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction surgery are nearly eight times more likely to miss at least a month of work than women who got a lumpectomy, and are three times more likely to stop working altogether.
Reuters -
October 10, 2017
Some consumers lose or break their iPhones when a new model becomes available, according to Josh Ackerman, associate professor of psychology professor: “What really seems to be going on is that people have this need to justify the purchase decisions that they make.”
WWJ-Radio/CBS Detroit
