In the News
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February 6, 2017
Research by Rachael Seidler, professor of kinesiology and psychology, reveals that space flight reduces gray matter in the brains of astronauts.
FOX News -
February 6, 2017
“Epi-Pen happened, and everyone was like, ‘Wow, this is terrible, we shouldn’t allow this to happen.’ And we haven’t done anything about that, and it’s not clear what the solution is. Now, shocker, it’s happening again,” said Nicholson Price, assistant professor of law, regarding a massive price hike for Evzio, a life-saving opioid overdose antidote.
Scientific American -
February 5, 2017
President Mark Schlissel was interviewed about the reaction by and the impact on U-M and higher education regarding President Trump’s executive order limiting immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Marketplace -
February 5, 2017
“It’s meant for a trained voice, an operatic voice — it’s a show-off song, which is why [Francis Scott] Key chose it. He was saying, ‘Hey, we just beat the British.’ But you have to have range to sing it, and it’s always been a scary song to sing,” said Mark Clague, associate professor of music, talking about “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
ESPN -
February 5, 2017
“It would be devastating to the very people who supported President Trump to attack and dismantle the CFPB,” said Michael Barr, professor of law and public policy, regarding the possible elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which helps protect individuals from fraud in mortgages, student loans and other financial products.
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February 2, 2017
Manan Desai, assistant professor of American culture, was interviewed for a story about the 40th anniversary of Maxine Hong Kingston’s “The Woman Warrior,” an iconic staple of literature classes that blends together stories from Chinese folklore, family secrets and an Asian-American childhood.
NBC News -
February 2, 2017
“White working-class politics don’t really fit into red and blue, conservative and liberal, but they really can be described more in terms of … what is good for their community and their family, and also what’s fair and what’s moral,” said Nadine Hubbs, professor of women’s studies and music.
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February 2, 2017
Cliff Lampe, associate professor of information, says that fake news producers will be quick to adapt to ad restrictions by Google and Facebook: “I think this will work for the moment, but I believe that people are going to be able to come up with a workaround and be able to manipulate that attention market in the future.”
BBC News -
February 1, 2017
“Now more than ever, we must pay attention to what ISIS is trying to tell us through its visuals: namely, that it was born and bred into vengeance within the American military-penal complex,” wrote Christiane Gruber, associate professor of Islamic art.
Newsweek -
February 1, 2017
Scott Greer, associate professor of health management and policy, was quoted in a story about the political standoff over the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
U.S. News & World Report
