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  1. April 29, 2019
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    Jeremy Kress, professor of business law, said a potential merger of two large U.S. retail banks “would result in greater or more concentrated risks to U.S. financial stability. There is strong empirical evidence that the collapse of a combined BB&T-SunTrust would be worse for the economy than if both banks failed separately.”

    Politico
  2. April 28, 2019
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    Cynthia Chestek, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and electrical engineering and computer science, commented on research that demonstrates electrical activity in the brain can be decoded and used to synthesize speech: “Speech decoding is an exciting new frontier for brain-machine interfaces. And there is a subset of the population that has a really big use for this.”

    National Geographic
  3. April 28, 2019
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    Eric Schwartz, assistant professor of marketing, and colleagues are working on a plan to make publicly available all of the data and records of work that’s been done since Flint’s water crisis began: “Knowing that kind of information really should empower residents to really see what information is out there and what they ought to be doing about that if they still have lead lines right now.”

    Michigan Radio
  4. April 28, 2019
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    “The stakes are very high because in a very, very large number of states around the country there is no law that explicitly protects people against discrimination on a basis of their sexual orientation or identity. Michigan is one of those states,” said Sam Bagenstos, professor of law, on a U.S. Supreme Court case that originated in Michigan and will decide whether federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination against transgender people.

    The Detroit News
  5. April 25, 2019
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    Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the U-M Energy Institute, says increasing registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to help fund Michigan’s roads could limit their market growth: “I would be really discouraging any sort of tax that would disincentivize the purchase of EVs. If anything, we want to incentivize the demand.”

    Bridge Magazine
  6. April 25, 2019
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    “Edibles are particularly risky because consumers don’t know how much THC they are getting, and it is harder to control compared to smoking. With edibles, you don’t know for an hour later, and then it is too late,” said Mark Osbeck, clinical professor of law, commenting on the health risk to consumers and potential litigation risks faced by companies that sell edible marijuana products.

    MarketWatch
  7. April 25, 2019
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    “It’s not clear the FAA has the staffing or the expertise to independently confirm that the companies who say ‘trust us’ for the unmanned industry have really done due diligence to earn that,” said Ella Atkins, professor of aerospace engineering, and electrical engineering and computer science, regarding autonomous aircraft currently under development by several companies.

    WIRED
  8. April 24, 2019
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    Meghan Duffy, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and her research on water fleas, or Daphnia, was the subject of a feature story. Daphnia keep freshwater clean by eating algae, yeasts and bacteria; maintain ecological balance; filter healthy waterways; act as a food source for amphibians, insects and fish; and may someday serve as antifungal medicines for wildlife, crops and people.

    PBS NewsHour
  9. April 24, 2019
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    • Photo of Shelie Miller

    An average meal sourced from a grocery store is responsible for 33 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than an equivalent dish from meal kit delivery services Blue Apron and HelloFresh, according to research by doctoral student Brent Heard of the School of Environment and Sustainability and Shelie Miller, associate professor of environment and sustainability, and of civil and environmental engineering, and director of the Program in Environment.

    Time
  10. April 24, 2019
    • Photo of Achyuta Adhvaryu

    “In a context where turnover is high and workers do not typically have many opportunities to communicate their concerns to management, providing workers with voice can be a simple yet powerful way to keep workers from quitting,” co-wrote Achyuta Adhvaryu, assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

    Harvard Business Review