In the News

  1. February 21, 2016

    Kristen Castellana, head of the music library at the U-M Library, talked about the massive effort to catalog and digitize about 115,000 sheets of music that belonged to Thomas Edison and was donated by the Edison Phonograph Co.

    Michigan Radio
  2. February 21, 2016

    Cindy Schipani, professor of business law, was quoted in an article about the challenges women lawyers face in advancing their careers.

    The Lawyers Weekly
  3. February 21, 2016

    Walter Mebane and Ken Kollman, both professors of political science, and Allen Hicken, associate professor of political science, applied election forensics methods to detect fraud in last year’s legislative elections in Turkey.

    The Washington Post
  4. February 18, 2016

    “The rule is that a tie vote affirms the decision below, but without setting a precedent for the future. That means that who won in the lower courts matters a great deal. This year, left-leaning decisions in the lower courts are almost sure to survive review in a Supreme Court without Scalia,” said Richard Primus, professor of law.

    Politico Magazine
  5. February 18, 2016

    Levi Thompson, professor of chemical and mechanical engineering, discussed his cutting-edge research in energy storage, explaining the uses and future possibilities of several different technologies, such as flow batteries and nanomaterials.

    MLive
  6. February 18, 2016

    “All the health professions are important for better access to care, quality and safety. If patients so clearly benefit from the interaction of a team in their care, just think about the potential for health systems in national policy,” said Kathleen Potempa, professor and dean of the School of Nursing.

    The Wall Street Journal
  7. February 17, 2016

    Gretchen Spreitzer, professor of management and organizations, says the co-working movement — in which workers share office space with people from various fields — helps provide a sense of belonging that allows independent workers to thrive, while also making more efficient use of real estate.

    The Economic Times (India)
  8. February 17, 2016

    In a story about why elite colleges should overhaul their admissions processes, Scott Page, professor of complex systems, political science and economics, says diversity in forms of skills and intelligence leads to better group decisions, more productive firms and schools, and ultimately to a more creative society.

    The Atlantic
  9. February 17, 2016

    Research by Dr. Maria Muzik, assistant professor of psychiatry, suggests that being pregnant may decrease symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in women whose PTSD was caused by a traumatic event such as combat, sexual assault, domestic abuse and more.

    U.S. News & World Report
  10. February 16, 2016

    Amanda Lotz, professor of communication studies and screen arts and cultures, was interviewed about how online streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and YouTube are creating their own original content.

    CBC Radio