In the News
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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.
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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 -
October 9, 2017
“This is definitely a crisis moment for them. They’re just trying to do their business. What they don’t understand is that in the huge panoply of humankind, people are going to try to manipulate that business for their own ends,” said Cliff Lampe, associate professor of information, regarding the increasing pressure faced by Google, Twitter and Facebook to take responsibility for the content they carry.
The Christian Science Monitor -
October 9, 2017
Comments by Michael Heaney, assistant professor of organizational studies and political science, were featured in a story about the relative lack of options that local authorities have in stopping public protests.
The Washington Post -
October 9, 2017
Don Scavia, professor of environment and sustainability, and civil and environmental engineering, says that farmers in the Midwest should be given incentives to help reduce phosphorous and nitrogen flowing into the Mississippi River, allowing farmers to choose how they want to tackle the problem — using less fertilizer, planting cover crops or other methods.
Marketplace -
October 8, 2017
Research by Dean Yang, professor of economics and public policy, and research professor in the Population Studies Center, and Parag Mahajan, graduate student research assistant in the PSC; and another paper, co-authored by Paul Rhode, professor of economics and faculty associate in the PSC, were mentioned in an article about migration following hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Vox -
October 8, 2017
Research by Jeffrey Morenoff, professor of sociology and public policy and director of the Population Studies Center, found that people sentenced to prison instead of probation are more likely to go back to prison: “When you sentence somebody to prison, you increase the likelihood that that person is going to go back to prison at some time in the future. This is because they are now under more surveillance than people who (were sentenced to) parole.”
Michigan Radio -
October 8, 2017
A study by Sara Aton, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, shows that deep sleep, or slow-wave sleep, is critical for visual learning.
Xinhua/China Daily -
October 5, 2017
“It’s important to think of the mechanisms we use to pay for college. When you pay for college with debt, you don’t think about how that affects people’s expectations for going to college and their long-term financial aid,” said William Elliott, professor of social work.
Inside Higher Ed -
October 4, 2017
“Exposure in college to a diverse faculty, along with diversified curricula and teaching methods, produces students who are more complex thinkers, more confident in traversing cultural differences and more likely to seek to remedy inequities after graduation,” said Tabbye Chavous, professor of education and psychology and director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity.
U.S. News & World Report
