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November 28, 2018
“The imagination of the suburbs is stuck in a model that emerged in Orange County in the 1960s: Goldwater-Reagan voters, white-collar, conservative activists,” said Matthew Lassiter, professor of history, and urban and regional planning, referring to the longtime Republican California county that like many other U.S. suburban counties has become more racially, economically and politically diverse.
The New York Times -
November 28, 2018
Comments by Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the U-M Energy Institute, and Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, were featured in a story about the layoffs of thousands of General Motors workers and the closing of several factories in North America.
Detroit Free Press -
November 27, 2018
Maxwell Owusu, professor of anthropology, says countries like Ghana need a strong infusion of literacy to boost industrialization to facilitate technological change and provide job opportunities for both skilled and unskilled labor.
Ghana News Agency -
November 27, 2018
Research led by Renuka Tipirneni, assistant professor of internal medicine, suggests that people who don’t understand how their health insurance works or how to estimate out-of-pocket costs are more likely to avoid needed care than those with a firm grasp of what services should cost.
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November 27, 2018
“Midlife is a crucial window for women to take their cardiovascular wellness to heart and set a course for healthy aging. The metabolic changes that often occur with menopause, especially increases in cholesterol levels and blood pressure, can significantly increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cognitive impairment later in life,” said Ana Baylin, associate professor of nutritional health sciences, epidemiology and environmental health sciences.
Science Magazine -
November 27, 2018
“It shows a dangerous and creeping erosion of privacy and privacy protections. These technologies are slowly chipping away at people’s privacy expectations,” said Florian Schaub, professor of information, and electrical engineering and computer science, regarding his research that shows about half of those who own smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home are willing to give up privacy in their homes.
Pulse 2.0 -
November 20, 2018
Thirty-four percent of U.S. parents say their child is unlikely to get the flu vaccine this year, according to Sarah Clark, co-director of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health: “To me, the biggest takeaway is that there is a group of parents who look like they have a gap in expert guidance around whether kids should get flu vaccines.”
CNN -
November 20, 2018
Debi Khasnabis, clinical associate professor of education, and Simona Goldin, director of instructional design for seminars and special programs at the School of Education, were quoted in an article about homeless students in Ann Arbor Public Schools.
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November 20, 2018
“This is not the cure, but it is a good first step. We’ve had nothing, nothing to give these poor kids that can keep them from having these reactions and put them in a much more positive outlook on life,” said James Baker, director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center and professor emeritus of internal medicine and biomedical, commenting on what could be the first drug that ameliorates potentially deadly reactions in children with severe peanut allergies.
The New York Times -
November 19, 2018
“There’s so much work, it’s easy to lose focus. Where do we put our effort? There’s only so much money to go around,” said Laura Power, clinical assistant professor of epidemiology and internal medicine, on the low spending and lack of new funding for the U.S. public health system.
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