In the News
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September 28, 2017
In a story about making tax returns simple enough to file on a post card, Joel Slemrod, professor of economics, said the idea might have been more appealing many years ago when it was first proposed: “I think the postcard thing was at one time a nice visual.”
Detroit Free Press -
September 28, 2017
Preeti Malani, professor of internal medicine, was quoted in a story saying one in three adults take sleep aids: “Although sleep problems can happen at any age and for many reasons, they can’t be cured by taking a pill, either prescription, over-the-counter or herbal, no matter what the ads on TV say.”
United Press International -
September 27, 2017
In a story about co-working spaces, Gretchen Spreitzer, professor of organizational behavior and human resource management, says “qualitative research does show that people feel like they’re more productive in the company of others that they trust, rather than just sitting in a coffee shop.”
National Public Radio -
September 27, 2017
Steven Katz, professor of internal medicine and of health management and policy, was featured in a story about breast cancer treatment options: “The majority of patients strongly defer to their surgeons — perhaps because of the complexity of the treatment choices and clinical information.”
Reuters -
September 27, 2017
About 215 million people watched the recent solar eclipse, said Jon Miller, a research scientist at the Center for Political Studies: “This level of public interest and engagement with a science-oriented event is unparalleled.”
The New York Times -
September 26, 2017
“I would love to see genomic sequencing used more often,” said Jeffrey Innis, professor of human genetics, and pediatrics and communicable diseases, who along with his colleagues provide sequencing of specific portions of children’s genomes to help guide treatment of those with undiagnosed diseases.
Time -
September 26, 2017
Comments by Milford Wolpoff, professor of anthropology, were featured in a story about the rare discovery of a child’s partial skeleton at a 49,000-year-old site in Spain that suggests extinct ancestors had a similar pattern of growth to modern humans.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
September 26, 2017
Eric Gilbert, associate professor of information, commented on what researchers found in a study of the social media platform Reddit’s approach to dealing with hateful speech: “They didn’t ban people. They didn’t ban words. They banned the spaces where those words were likely to be written down.”
The New York Times -
September 25, 2017
Larissa Larsen, associate professor of urban and regional planning, and of landscape architecture, was quoted in a story about the threat that extreme heat poses to America’s urban poor.
Reuters -
September 25, 2017
An article about how efforts to bring vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems to market have stalled under the Trump administration features comments from Huei Peng, director of Mcity and professor of mechanical engineering.
Bloomberg
