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August 8, 2017
Research by Terese (Terri) Olson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, found that the absence of a water treatment — called orthophosphate — was a major contributor to lead contamination of Flint’s water supply.
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August 8, 2017
“Caregiving is done with a lot of love and affection, but there’s a lot of loss involved. People talk about friends disappearing, about even family members not wanting to be involved. It’s a lonely business,” said Carey Wexler Sherman, assistant research scientist at the Institute for Social Research.
The New York Times -
August 8, 2017
Comments by Michelle Riba, professor of psychiatry, were featured in an article about how to tune out the constant barrage of political news: “We all like ice cream but we don’t need to have it every moment of the day.”
Money -
August 8, 2017
Amy Thompson, clinical associate professor of pharmacy, was quoted in a story about many doctors’ lack of information regarding side effects of drugs.
The Washington Post -
August 8, 2017
Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, says President Trump’s threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of Obamacare will undermine his leverage to compel Democrats to negotiate: “Trump thinks he’s holding all the cards. But Democrats know what’s in his hand, and he’s got a pair of twos.”
The Associated Press -
August 1, 2017
Andy Hoffman, professor of management and organizations, and environment and sustainability, says that in the age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” scientific literacy should play a bigger role in political conversations: “Anytime that research leads to a conclusion that challenges the way people think or behave, it is by definition political. Face it. Deal with it.”
Michigan Radio's Stateside -
August 1, 2017
Research by Oliver Varban, assistant professor of surgery and director of bariatric surgery, suggests that weight-loss surgery would be more successful if done before patients become morbidly obese.
CBS News -
August 1, 2017
“He always has a narrative, he always has a story. And for a lot of people (the story they’re sticking to is that) Trump means we’re getting a badly needed reset from eight years of Obama,” says Nadine Hubbs, professor of women’s studies and music.
Christian Science Monitor -
August 1, 2017
“A wall-to-wall ban on transgender Americans in the armed forces could only be understood as rooted in what constitutional doctrine calls animus: that is, the bare dislike of a group of people. And as the Supreme Court has held in cases going back at least to the 1970s, animus is never a constitutionally valid reason for government action,” writes Richard Primus, professor of law.
Politico -
July 25, 2017
“The president is considering pardoning himself as a way to avoid a Department of Justice investigation into his electoral campaign? This is theater of the absurd. The fact that we’re even talking about it is a measure of how far we’ve fallen under Trump,” said Samuel Gross, professor of law.
Vox
