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February 2, 2016
Anne Pitcher, professor of Afroamerican and African studies and political science, says that increasing Angola’s steel production alone cannot revive the country’s ailing economy, since the struggling oil industry still accounts for nearly half of GDP.
International Business Times -
February 2, 2016
“Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged, as the January reading was just 0.6 percent below last month’s level. The small downward revisions were due to stock market declines that were reflected in the erosion of household wealth, as well as weakened prospects for the national economy,” said Richard Curtin, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers.
CNBC -
February 1, 2016
Comments by Edwin Olson and Ryan Eustice, associate professors of electrical engineering and computer science, were featured in a story about self-driving cars and the challenges posed by inclement weather.
The Washington Post -
February 1, 2016
New research conducted by MaryCarol Hunter, associate professor of natural resources and environment, finds that just 10 minutes of exposure to nature, two to three times a week, produces positive mental health benefits.
WEMU Radio -
February 1, 2016
Dr. Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, was interviewed about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus across the Americas.
NBC News -
January 31, 2016
Dr. Michael Klinkman, professor of family medicine, was quoted in a story about government task force recommendations that all adults should be screened for depression.
CBS News -
January 31, 2016
“What’s remarkable about this particular set of wildcat stoppages is how much support the teachers are getting from other teachers and the community. I think the people of Detroit have just had it up to here with the conditions of (the Detroit Public Schools),” said Roland Zullo, associate research scientist at the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy.
MLive -
January 31, 2016
Research by Dr. Joyce Lee, associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and environmental health sciences, suggests that the timing of puberty for boys might be influenced by how much they weigh.
Reuters -
January 28, 2016
Gil Seinfeld, professor of law, was featured in a Q&A about why it will be difficult for Flint residents to sue the state of Michigan over the city’s water crisis.
The Washington Post -
January 28, 2016
“Sugar plantations were sites that brought multiple Asian groups together in Hawaii, and as such gave rise to the foundation for distinct multicultural and multiracial social formations decades before such processes started emerging in the continental U.S.,” said Amy Stillman, professor of American culture and musicology, and director of Asian/Pacific Islander American studies.
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