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October 13, 2016
Steven Mankouche, associate professor of architecture, is building a sunken greenhouse in the foundation of an abandoned home in Detroit, which he hopes will serve as a prototype for other urban farming and horticulture projects across the city.
The Atlantic -
October 13, 2016
Medicare pays some U.S. hospitals two to three times more than others to care for older adults who experience complications after major surgery, but those higher payments aren’t always associated with better clinical care, according to research by Dr. Hari Nathan, assistant professor of surgery.
U.S. News & World Report -
October 13, 2016
If Donald Trump becomes president, he could immediately cripple the effectiveness of Obamacare through executive actions, said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law. “(A president) can’t undo the basic architecture of the law, but can throw sand into the gears.”
Money -
October 12, 2016
Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business, discussed the lack of potential bidders interested in making offers to buy Twitter.
Bloomberg Radio -
October 12, 2016
Comments by Daniel Crane, professor of law, were featured in a story about Tesla’s fight to sell its electric vehicles directly to Michigan consumers.
The Guardian -
October 12, 2016
Andrew Hoffman, professor of natural resources and environment, and management and organizations, says academics and scientists are losing relevance in the eyes of the public: “People are guided by motivated reasoning, and in these politically divided times, information is being coded as liberal or conservative and science falls into that as well.”
Michigan Radio -
October 11, 2016
David Gerdes, professor of physics, led a team of researchers that found a new dwarf planet located about 8.5 billion miles from the sun and takes 1,100 years to complete one orbit.
National Public Radio -
October 11, 2016
“It was a breathtaking moment in American history that a candidate for president would threaten to jail his opponent. This is exactly the kind of vengeance against political enemies that led the colonists to break free from Britain in 1776 and that today we associate with authoritarian regimes in less developed parts of the world,” wrote David Uhlmann, professor and director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program.
The New York Times -
October 11, 2016
Erik Kort, assistant professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, was quoted in an article about the use of technology in controlling methane emissions.
Scientific American -
October 10, 2016
Research led by Daniel Eisenberg, professor of health management and policy, aims to help athletes deal with psychological issues by tracking objective measurements of athletic and academic performance as they compare to mental health.
The Atlantic
