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October 7, 2018
Yannis Paulus, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and biomedical engineering, was quoted in an article about a forceful chiropractic technique on a person’s neck that may cause ruptures in the eyes’ blood vessels.
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October 4, 2018
“I guess I have kind of a ticker in my mind of how many objects do we need. Right now we obviously don’t have enough, but this particular object is such a unique orbit and it’s so useful that the ticker in my mind just jumped up,” said Juliette Becker, doctoral student in astronomy and fellow in the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics, referring to the discovery of another quirky object that may suggest the existence of Planet Nine on the fringes of our solar system.
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October 4, 2018
Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School, was quoted in a story about the departure of two prosecutors on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team.
Politico -
October 4, 2018
“I think that it just completely misunderstands the economics of it. If we tax companies that hire people who receive benefits, there’s a natural response, and it’s for companies to try to hire people who don’t receive benefits,” said Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics, on a sweeping new bill that would tax large companies for employees who receive public benefits.
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October 3, 2018
“When I first began studying the interactions between social movements and corporations 25 years ago, it was rare to see business take a public stand on social issues,” said Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, and sociology, who noted they may have publicly voiced their opinions on topics like taxes and regulations, but remained “scrupulously neutral” otherwise.
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October 3, 2018
Yuen Yuen Ang, associate professor of political science, says that the Belt and Road Initiative — China’s ambitious transcontinental effort to link the economies of some 80 countries through improved trade and transportation links — is a vision, not a plan: “The Belt and Road has become a global investment campaign on steroids, where too many people are too eager to spend and build without sufficient care.”
Bloomberg News -
October 3, 2018
“I think this experience has shown him that however smart he is, or however powerful he thinks he is, the government is also powerful, too,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business, regarding Elon Musk, who must pay a $20 million fine and step down as Tesla’s board chairman after being accused of misleading investors.
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October 2, 2018
“Current policies advancing bioenergy contribute to the pressure to convert natural land into harvested forest or cropland. But high-quality land is a limited resource. For reducing atmospheric CO2, the most efficient use of ecologically productive land is to leave it alone, or reforest it. Let it act as a natural, long-term carbon sink,” said John DeCicco, research professor at the U-M Energy Institute.
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October 2, 2018
Marcia Valenstein, professor emerita of psychiatry, commented on research that shows that adults who have been hospitalized for psychiatric problems may be less likely to be readmitted when they get support from other patients who went through similar experiences.
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October 2, 2018
“Adolescent cannabis use has been pretty steady the past couple of years, so it doesn’t appear that (vaping and edibles) are drawing in new cannabis users, at least not yet. Adolescents may be supplementing their standard cannabis smoking with new forms of cannabis use or they may be substituting new forms for smoking,” said Richard Miech, research professor at the Institute for Social Research.
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