In the News

  1. October 27, 2016

    Lee Roosevelt, clinical assistant professor of nursing, explains why the lack of social support is more likely to be a cause of postpartum depression, not the lack of an epidural, as a recent study suggests.

    Health
  2. October 27, 2016

    Howard Stein, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, and epidemiology, was interviewed about ways to reinvigorate the growth of African economies.

    Share Radio Network (U.K.)
  3. October 27, 2016

    “Minimum wage advocates must surely recognize that before any American worker can get a really good job, he or she needs an important first job. And those first jobs are almost always entry-level jobs that will start to disappear if the federal minimum wage is increased by 107 percent to $15 an hour by government fiat,” writes Mark Perry, professor of finance at UM-Flint.

    PBS NewsHour
  4. October 26, 2016

    Research by Rachael Seidler, professor of kinesiology and psychology, suggests that astronauts who may one day go to Mars may see changes in their brains that could throw off their sense of balance.

    Space.com
  5. October 26, 2016

    Dr. Howard Petty, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and microbiology and immunology, invented an imaging technology that can take some of the guesswork out of whether one form of early breast cancer is aggressive and likely to metastasize.

    Detroit Free Press
  6. October 26, 2016

    “Our study shows that a belief that elections are rigged — whether based on real flaws or on politically motivated fabrications — has important and detrimental consequences for the functioning of democracy,” said Mark Tessler, professor of political science and research professor at the Center for Political Studies.

    The Washington Post
  7. October 25, 2016

    “Institutionally, the European Union has put itself in a bind by requiring every member country to approve a deal,” said Linda Lim, professor of corporate strategy and international business, commenting on the impending collapse of an EU trade deal with Canada.

    Business Insider
  8. October 25, 2016

    Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of economics and public policy, was quoted in a story about potential candidates for treasury secretary.

    CNBC
  9. October 24, 2016

    “While we don’t want to return to a world where a handful of powerful white men held rule over corporate America and by extension the nation, we may benefit from building structures that operate like board ties previously did, acting as a force for compromise and moderation,” contends Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, and sociology.

    Newsweek
  10. October 24, 2016

    Nick Tobier, professor of art and design, and Roland Graf, assistant professor of art and design, plan to transform a section of dilapidated sidewalk in northwest Detroit into into an illuminated track for running, play and exercise.

    MLive