In the News
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October 10, 2016
“Since the Great Recession in 2008, the data regarding public funding for higher education are numbing. Arizona down 56 percent. Wisconsin, reductions of 25 percent. Pennsylvania, 33 percent. Illinois, 54 percent. If the stock market were trending like this, our nation would be in a dead panic. And yet, sadly, we are not,” wrote Mary Sue Coleman, president emerita and professor emerita of chemistry and biological chemistry.
The Washington Post -
October 10, 2016
Daniel Fisher, director of the Museum of Paleontology, Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, professor of earth and environmental sciences, and ecology and evolutionary biology, led a dig in Michigan’s Thumb to unearth a male mastodon believed to have lived 11,000 years ago.
The Times Herald -
October 9, 2016
Stanton Jones, assistant professor of natural resources and environment, and students designed a backyard for a home on HGTV’s “Urban Oasis” that uses less lawn and more pollinating plants and garden beds for farm-to-table plants.
The Detroit News -
October 9, 2016
The works of Kathryn Babayan, associate professor of near eastern studies and history, were cited in an article about how the motivation behind Iran’s conversion to Shia Islam in 1501 was political rather than religious.
The Guardian -
October 9, 2016
John Heron, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and colleagues have engineered a material that could lead to a new generation of computing devices — packing in more computing power while consuming nearly 100 times less energy than today’s electronics require.
Gizbot -
October 6, 2016
Research by Monica Dus, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, on how excess sugar might alter brain chemistry and lead to overeating could change the way we tackle the obesity epidemic.
National Public Radio -
October 6, 2016
Adam Pritchard, professor of law, was interviewed about the first insider trading case to reach the Supreme Court since 1997 — a case that will decide whether someone can be sent to prison for making trades when the insider wasn’t looking to make any money.
Bloomberg -
October 6, 2016
Most women with breast cancer say their primary care physician was involved in their cancer care during treatment, and rate their doctor’s engagement and communication levels as high, according to research by Lauren Wallner, assistant professor of internal medicine.
Reuters -
October 5, 2016
“One of the biggest questions in conservation…is trying to understand how climate change is going to affect species. Right now, the typical way that scientists do that is take data about the climate today and predict where species will be in the future…(but) it’s also important to think of the past climate,” said Lydia Beaudrot, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
ClimateWire -
October 5, 2016
A study by Joel Slemrod, professor of economics, and business economics and public policy, was cited in a column comparing the public availability of income tax returns in the U.S. with Norway and Sweden.
Christian Science Monitor
