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December 18, 2016
The research of Dana Dolinoy, associate professor of environmental health sciences and nutritional sciences, on how DNA is affected by environmental factors is featured in a story about diabetes and epigenetics — the idea that the environment can influence genes.
Motherboard (19:57 mark) -
December 15, 2016
“One of the effects of the steady shift of political power from the Democratic to the Republican Party in the last few years has been an implicit decline in the valuation of public goods, with the exception of national defense,” wrote Marina Whitman, professor of business administration and public policy.
Detroit Free Press -
December 15, 2016
“The electoral college made sense to the founders … and in their vision of it the electors were absolutely going to vote their consciences (but) … our modern system has come to treat the electoral college as a rubber stamp,” said Richard Primus, professor of law.
National Public Radio -
December 15, 2016
“The media is right to cover hate crimes, which are inherently newsworthy. But at the same time, the wide dissemination of information about these hate crimes risks shifting social norms,” wrote Aradhna Krishna, professor of marketing.
Quartz -
December 15, 2016
“Even if pre-tax earnings of U.S. firms stay the same, a corporate tax cut will mean that the investors just got a bigger piece of the pie, making stocks more valuable,” said Uday Rajan, professor of finance, who expects the Republican-controlled Congress to quickly enact corporate tax cuts and deregulation policies under a Trump presidency.
CNBC -
December 14, 2016
“A lot of us find it amateurish. Various accounts of faculty are inaccurate or just false, so a lot of us are trying not to pay attention to it,” said Susan Douglas, professor of communication studies, regarding a website that maintains a nationwide watch list of liberal professors.
USA Today -
December 14, 2016
Research by Nancy Love, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and colleagues found that while point-of-use water filters clear lead from Flint drinking water, they may increase bacteria levels in the water — but may not pose a health risk.
MLive -
December 14, 2016
Daniel Keating, professor of psychology, psychiatry and pediatrics, says it may be impossible to rehabilitate some teenage murderers, but it takes years to determine: “They may exist. But we wouldn’t know for sure who they are at that young an age.”
Michigan Radio -
December 14, 2016
“If you knew about the tweets beforehand, that would be insider trading. You could make small sums of money, I suppose, but if you are buying in large enough volume to move the market or make a lot of money, that would be enough to alert the surveillance units of the exchanges,” said Adam Pritchard, professor of law, on the impact that Donald Trump’s tweets about companies might have on stock prices.
The New York Times -
December 13, 2016
Victor Strecher, professor of health behavior and health education, says health insurers who encourage positive behaviors benefit from their members’ lower risk of stroke, heart attack and drug abuse.
Forbes
