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March 20, 2016
“When a company makes your feed algorithmic, it’s the moment that you’re being squeezed as an asset. … It’s them reminding you that you’re not the owner, you’re the product. You do know that, right?” said Charles Severance, clinical associate professor of information.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
March 17, 2016
“Twice as many children as parents expressed concerns about family members oversharing personal information about them on Facebook and other social media without permission. Many children … found that content embarrassing and felt frustrated when their parents continued to do it,” said Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck, assistant professor of information.
CBS News -
March 17, 2016
Research by Dr. Lona Mody, professor of internal medicine, suggests that nearly a quarter of patients have some sort of drug-resistant germ on their hands when they are discharged from the hospital to a post-acute care facility, such as a nursing home, rehabilitation center or hospice.
NBC News -
March 17, 2016
“When business schools are missing out on a large share of female college graduates, they are missing out on an extremely large share of the top qualified college graduates. … They are going to have to make changes that will make them more attractive to women,” said Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics.
Bloomberg Business -
March 16, 2016
Silvia Lindtner, assistant professor of information, and art and design, was quoted in an article about Shenzen, China, the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics and hotbed of high-tech innovation.
Forbes -
March 16, 2016
“The biggest long-term threat to American manufacturing isn’t foreign competition. It’s our own lack of interest,” said Sridhar Kota, professor of mechanical engineering.
Detroit Free Press -
March 16, 2016
“March Madness brackets provide ample opportunities for basketball mavens to believe that they can make accurate predictions — even though that may not be the case. … It is the excitement from overconfidence that brings people back to the bracket every year,” said Dae Hee Kwak, assistant professor of sport management.
The Conversation -
March 15, 2016
“The inequality, the income inequality, racial inequality, suburban/city inequality, job inequality — we could just go on and on and on — is far worse and that is a deeply racialized inequality. … The question remains: ‘What do we do next?'” said Heather Ann Thompson, professor of Afroamerican and African studies and the Residential College.
Michigan Radio -
March 15, 2016
Research by Dr. Julie Lumeng, associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and nutritional sciences, found that kids who are an only child by the time they are in first grade are more often obese at that age than children who gained a sibling by ages 3 or 4.
ABC News -
March 15, 2016
“(The Flint water crisis) is the one thing that people know about him. … (Gov. Rick Snyder) is the face of Flint, fair or not. He has no political future,” said Arthur Lupia, professor of political science.
The Washington Post
