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June 25, 2019
Research by Lilia Cortina, professor of psychology and women’s studies, shows that many organizations flounder in how they handle sexual harassment complaints: “The mere presence of anti-harassment training should not be the ultimate goal. It should be a significant reduction in sexist and misogynistic attitudes, and significant reduction in harassing conduct.”
Quartz -
June 25, 2019
“The more money the wallet contains, the more people say that it would feel like stealing if they do not return the wallet,” said Alain Cohn, assistant professor of information, whose study of more than 17,000 “lost” wallets in 355 cities worldwide revealed that people were more likely to return a wallet if it had money in it than when it was empty.
National Public Radio -
June 25, 2019
“Who could hold their own on a debate stage with President Trump? Biden, given his stature, gravitas and experience as vice president, would be able to hold it, but he definitely doesn’t have the star quality. If there’s anyone with that ‘it factor’ quality, I would say it’s (Pete) Buttigieg. None of them has the star power of Trump or is going to get 20,000 people at a rally,” said Aaron Kall, director of the U-M Debate program.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
June 25, 2019
“This is an issue impacting our education system and workforce and if we are going to thrive as a state, we have to figure it out. We need to get to a place where people fully understand the extent of homelessness and housing instability in Michigan and how it has an impact on a child’s education and well-being,” said Jennifer Erb-Downward, senior research associate with U-M Poverty Solutions.
MLive -
June 18, 2019
Suicidal teens who receive attention and ongoing support from three or four trusted adults — not just parents, but other family members, friends, teachers, clergy — are nearly seven times less likely to die than teens who receive only standard care, according to research by Cheryl King, professor of psychiatry and psychology, and colleagues.
The Atlantic -
June 18, 2019
Research by Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior and health education, and research professor at the Institute for Social Research, shows that poorer, less-educated white adults are dying much earlier from internal diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancers than are more affluent white adults: “Rather than giving up in the face of hopelessness, less-educated Americans may be losing ground for exactly the opposite reason — because they work so hard, they bear the health consequences of years of stress.”
UPI -
June 18, 2019
Liz Kolb, clinical associate professor of education, says U.S. schools have not fully embraced peer-to-peer tutoring in social media, in which older students teach younger students about appropriate online behavior: “It’s definitely needed and schools are seeing that it’s needed, they just don’t know how to go about fitting it into the already tight curriculum they have.”
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June 18, 2019
“The question remains open for small or dwarf galaxies: Do these galaxies have black holes, and if they do, do they scale the same way as supermassive black holes? Answering these questions might help us understand the very mechanism through which these monster black holes were assembled when the universe was in its infancy,” said Elena Gallo, associate professor of astronomy.
Newsweek -
June 18, 2019
Maureen Carroll, assistant professor of law, says a massive class-action lawsuit by thousands of U.S. counties, cities and villages against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies could be a step to resolve the case because companies often prefer to settle all potential suits through class action: “Sometimes defendants like to enter into class settlements because it offers more closure.”
ABC News -
June 11, 2019
Justin Kasper, associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and colleagues believe they know why the sun’s outer atmosphere is hotter than its surface, and hope to prove it with help from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: “Whatever the physics is behind this superheating, it’s a puzzle that has been staring us in the eye for 500 years.”
Newsweek
