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June 27, 2017
“Self-driving vehicles are constantly monitoring the roads, and they’re never drunk or distracted,” said Brandon Schoettle, project manager at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
The Wall Street Journal -
June 27, 2017
“A common reaction to kids who are living in lower socioeconomic-status environments and going to lower socioeconomic-status schools is to sort of remediate or make the curriculum lower order or less challenging. I think pretty much the opposite is the way to go,” said Nell Duke, professor of education.
The New York Times -
June 27, 2017
“Most Democrats expect a recession over the next year, and most Republicans expect economic growth. That has been the big news: about how Democrats and Republicans shifted almost totally and instantly with the election of Trump,” said Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the Institute for Social Research.
The Washington Post -
June 27, 2017
“In reality, the travel ban remains largely enjoined. If (travelers) didn’t have a real connection — a job, or enrollment at a school, or a family member — they wouldn’t be able to get visas. Most of the travel that’s covered by the travel ban remains stayed. I think the Trump administration is spinning,” said Margo Schlanger, professor of law.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
June 27, 2017
Jowei Chen, associate professor of political science, says the clustering of Democrats in urban areas creates some “unintentional gerrymandering” that works against them: “But overt partisan gerrymandering is certainly a big part of the explanation, as well.”
The Associated Press -
June 27, 2017
Research by Joshua Stein, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, shows health care providers are overprescribing antibiotics for a common eye infection that typically clears up without medication.
The New York Times -
June 20, 2017
Kathryn Dominguez, professor of public policy and economics, says the United States is paying close attention to China’s fast-rising level of debt, housing bubble and the build-up of risk in the financial system as any stumble by the world’s second largest economy would bring a chain reaction globally.
South China Morning Post -
June 20, 2017
Joshua Cole, professor of history, says letting member nations negotiate trade deals separately would run counter to the EU’s central raison d’être: “The European Union is about Europe acting as a union. That’s what it means. You can’t really suggest that it would be better moving forward for countries to negotiate their own deals. If that’s the case, the European Union is redundant.”
The Washington Post -
June 20, 2017
President Mark Schlissel discussed the Go Blue Guarantee, a new financial aid program that offers free tuition for up to four years for in-state students with family incomes of up to $65,000.
Michigan Radio -
June 20, 2017
The Trump administration’s plans to make major cuts to biomedical research programs may pave the way for China to overtake the U.S. as the world leader in scientific research, says Bishr Omary, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, executive vice dean for research at the Medical School, and chief scientific officer at Michigan Medicine.
Newsweek
