In the News
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October 31, 2018
Research by Alexandra Rosati, assistant professor of psychology and anthropology, suggests that chimpanzees often make decisions faster that benefit others than themselves: “Ultimately, our results show that chimpanzee cooperation involves several cognitive mechanisms that parallel those seen in humans.”
Xinhua (China) -
October 30, 2018
Upcoming redistricting efforts will likely incorporate data gathered from social media, which could allow those in charge of drawing voting districts access to more voter information, such as, “what people have liked and preferred” or even “the types of ads that they’ve been exposed to,” said Lija Hogan, lecturer in information.
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October 30, 2018
“Importantly, stock price declines, rising inflation and interest rates, and the negative midterm election campaigns, have not acted to undermine consumer confidence. Needless to say, consumers are not immune to these factors,” said Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the Institute for Social Research.
Forbes -
October 30, 2018
“Most organizations are very ill-equipped to deal with sexual harassment in any meaningful way. The result is that even people who support survivors of sexual assault would have a hard time seeing survivors as solving any problems by coming forward … but that isn’t so much a failing of survivors as the systems they report to,” said Nicole Bedera, doctoral student in sociology.
Business Insider -
October 29, 2018
“It’s not a bad thing for people to push for plastic straw bans. Tackling plastic pollution will require institutional change as well,” said Kaitlin Raimi, assistant professor of public policy, in an article that asserts that by 2050, the amount of single-use plastic might surpass the number of fish in our oceans.
Vox Magazine -
October 29, 2018
“What stands out … is the apparent indifference and lack of concern that harm might be created. And even after the harm was created and finally acknowledged, there has been (an) apparent lack of sense of urgency to fix the problems,” wrote Paul Mohai, professor of environment and sustainability, who called the Flint water crisis “the most egregious example of environmental injustice and racism in my over three decades of studying this issue.”
MLive -
October 29, 2018
Comments by Judith Heidebrink, associate professor of neurology, were featured in a story about Alzheimer’s disease warning signs and prevention.
Fox News -
October 28, 2018
Brendan Nyhan, professor of public policy, says it is extremely difficult to assess the impact of any of the usual suspects in voter manipulation — whether Russian operatives, “fake news” entrepreneurs or even mainstream targeted advertising.
The Washington Post -
October 28, 2018
Research led by Sung Kyun Park, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, suggests that lead exposure from decades past is helping to fuel America’s high blood pressure epidemic.
NBC News -
October 28, 2018
Andrew Hoffman, professor of management and organizations, and environment and sustainability, was quoted in an article that considered how society views the term “sustainability.”
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