In the News
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April 14, 2016
Comments by Reuven Avi-Yonah, professor of law, were featured in a story about the lack of Americans linked to offshore accounts leaked in the Panama Papers.
Politico -
April 13, 2016
“During nurse training, some students will never have to run code on a patient. Their first experience might occur when they become a nurse and it’s important to know when and the timing of running a code,” said Michelle Aebersold, clinical associate professor of nursing, referring to when a patient goes into cardiac arrest and needs immediate help. “With simulation, they can keep going over it until it becomes second nature and there is no hesitation involved.”
The Detroit News -
April 13, 2016
Thomas Buchmueller, professor of business economics and public policy, and health management and policy, was quoted in a story about how the Affordable Care Act has not uprooted employer-provided health care coverage, as originally feared.
The New York Times -
April 13, 2016
Mark Madama, associate professor of musical theatre, says students are excited about “Hamilton,” the hip-hop musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton: “It’s music they listen to when they are walking down the street. … It’s not music that is a little foreign to their ears like Rodgers and Hammerstein would be, or even Stephen Sondheim.”
Huffington Post -
April 12, 2016
“It would be a disaster. We’d lose a tremendous amount of other jobs,” said Alan Deardorff, professor of economics and public policy, referring to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs by 35 percent on things that come from Mexico.
CNN Money -
April 12, 2016
A study led by Paula Fomby, associate research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, found that children who live with step- or half-siblings are more likely to behave aggressively than kids who don’t.
Vice -
April 12, 2016
Rodney Fort, professor of sport management, was interviewed about a deal Twitter signed with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday night games this fall, at a reported price tag of $10 million.
Marketplace -
April 11, 2016
Dr. Katherine Freundlich, an instructor in pediatrics and communicable diseases, was quoted in a story about the lack of gun safety information available online, saying information on websites can be in complete or flawed “so it’s important when dangers are high to search carefully and seek expert guidance.”
Business Insider -
April 11, 2016
Andrew Hoffman, professor of of natural resources and environment, and of management and organizations, says companies try to stay one step ahead of the competition, not two, when it comes to environmental issues. “You think about it as a wave and it’s cresting, and you want to move just ahead of the competition.”
PRI's The World -
April 11, 2016
A story about how communities are affected when a dominant company leaves town quoted Donald Grimes, senior research area analyst for the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy: “Every town, municipality, village, region should be concerned about their employer base.”
Crain's Detroit Business
