In the News
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November 13, 2023
“In the era of cheap oil, (carbon capture) has never been lucrative. But if we now pay attention to the need to avoid CO2 (emissions), that equation changes. There’s also a lot of subsidies that pay you for capturing CO2 and sequestering it underground. We can do it, but it’s emerging,” said Volker Sick, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Global CO2 Initiative.
The Detroit News -
November 13, 2023
Research shows child and teen survivors endure significant increases in pain, psychiatric and substance use disorders following a firearm injury. “If we can prevent firearm injuries, then we avoid all these huge physical, mental health and economic costs that occur in their wake,” said Patrick Carter, associate professor of emergency medicine and co-director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
NBC News -
November 10, 2023
Maxwell Woody, research assistant at the Center for Sustainable Systems, says people are concerned about the range, charger availability and upfront cost of electric vehicles. “All three of those things are things that we can work on and improve: increasing incentives for EVs … increasing the buildout of public charging stations and making home charging stations more affordable.”
Michigan Radio -
November 10, 2023
“People who are victimized by their intimate partners rely on firearm restrictions to help keep them safe. This is not abstract. This is not, you know, an esoteric legal question. This is people’s lives. Literally, their lives, their level of fear, their ability to feel safe,” said April Zeoli, associate professor of health management and policy and research associate professor at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
National Public Radio -
November 10, 2023
“Criticism of Trump is one thing, but a vote to impeach is another, and won’t easily be forgotten or forgiven by MAGA voters,” said Tom Ivacko, executive director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, on former Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer’s chances of winning a Michigan U.S. Senate seat next year.
Newsweek -
November 9, 2023
Younger employees, who grew up with social media, are more likely to talk casually and about aspects of their personal life in the workplace. They have greater comfort “blending the way they can communicate with their friends and their co-workers,” said Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, professor of management and organizations.
Axios -
November 9, 2023
As RSV cases have begun to “inch up” in Michigan, a national shortage of a new shot that protects against the deadly respiratory virus could put babies at risk. “The priority was for those most at risk, and we can’t even protect all of those babies,” said Aarti Raheja, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics.
Bridge Michigan -
November 9, 2023
“There’s no way to actually talk about solving questions of racial inequality in America without talking about the arts. … The arts can level the setting, so that individuals can begin to comprehend and conceive of a world where they actually think they’re talking about the same thing, even if they enter into that space from different vantage points,” said Earl Lewis, professor of history, Afroamerican and African studies, and public policy, and director of the Center for Social Solutions.
WEMU Radio -
November 8, 2023
“I think that this really moves us in the direction where young people can feel like they can understand what’s going on, they can make choices for themselves, they can have their voices heard — and that’s really important,” said Kimberly Thomas, co-director of the Law School’s Juvenile Justice Clinic, about a fleet of bills in Michigan’s Legislature aimed at reforming how the state approaches and administers juvenile justice.
Detroit Free Press -
November 8, 2023
“There are many Democrats and quite a few Republicans that don’t like Trump who believe that, should Trump be kept off the ballot, it’s just going to continue to fuel his MAGA movement, and that the best thing that could happen to defeat MAGA Trumpism in the Republican Party is for him to lose at the ballot box and not in the courts,” said Ken Kollman, professor of political science.
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