In the News

  1. January 21, 2016

    Michelle Segar, assistant research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, says that fitness gadgets need to focus as much on behavioral psychology as on data.

    The Wall Street Journal
  2. January 20, 2016

    Research led by Lydia Beaudrot, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, suggests that biodiversity in tropical forest protected areas may be faring better than previously thought.

    Los Angeles Times
  3. January 20, 2016

    “The Koch brothers are not interested in criminal-justice reform because they suddenly became interested in the number of poor and minority Americans who are in prison. By their own admission, they became interested because they were prosecuted,” said David Uhlmann, professor from practice and lecturer in law.

    The New Yorker
  4. January 20, 2016

    Peggy McCracken, professor of French, women’s studies and comparative literature, and coordinator of the Humanities Collaboratory, discussed new ways to do humanities research.

    Michigan Radio
  5. January 19, 2016

    Comments by Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, professor of emergency medicine and health behavior and health education, were featured in a story about hospital initiatives that treat stabbings and gunshot wounds as a public health problem.

    The Washington Post
  6. January 19, 2016

    “You’re seeing an increasing tendency to use the First Amendment or First Amendment-like arguments by conservatives as a way of resisting various forms of regulation or progressive regulation,'” said Samuel Bagenstos, professor of law.

    MSNBC
  7. January 19, 2016

    Ming Xu, assistant professor of natural resources and environment, and civil and environmental engineering, was quoted in an article about the use of technology from Microsoft and IBM to provide air-quality forecasting in China.

    China Daily
  8. January 18, 2016

    Nicholas Kotov, professor of chemical engineering, and Yoonseob Kim, doctoral student in chemical engineering, developed a thin, flexible film that may eventually lead to the development of smaller and cheaper cancer detection technologies.

    Tech Times
  9. January 18, 2016

    Taiwan’s new president “plans to promote stability in cross-strait relations but only if Beijing refrains from coercive threats or efforts to tighten the noose on Taiwan diplomatically,” said John Ciorciari, assistant professor of public policy.

    Agence France Presse
  10. January 18, 2016

    Research by Dr. Daniel Shumer, assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, indicates that children with gender dysphoria may have a higher prevalence of Asperger syndrome than the general population.

    VICE News