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September 26, 2016
Andrew Martin, dean of LSA, and colleagues say current Democratic appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court are clustered together on the ideological spectrum, but Republican appointees are more widely dispersed — something that probably won’t change much regardless of who becomes the next president.
The New York Times -
September 26, 2016
“For so long, the stigma of mental health has prevented people from seeking treatment and talking about a problem, but I think this generation of parents really has a different attitude, and they see schools as a partner to help,” said Sarah Clark, co-director of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.
Boston Globe -
September 26, 2016
Research by H. Nejat Seyhun, professor of finance, suggests corporate general counsels are not effective in a compliance role: “GCs don’t make good gatekeepers because they’re too close to the gate, they’re too close to the CEOs because they need to be able to do their jobs.”
Bloomberg -
September 25, 2016
Nadine Sarter, professor of operations and industrial engineering, says new technology that could render air traffic control towers obsolete is an idea that comes with many risks and challenges.
Scientific American -
September 25, 2016
“Today, people of color — if not the nation itself — are more willing, if not longing, to accept our particular way of being. … It’s an acceptance of who we are, our uniqueness and the knowledge that, yes, in that uniqueness we, too, are America,” says Craig Wilkins, lecturer in architecture and urban planning, in a commentary on the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The Detroit News -
September 25, 2016
Richard Janko, professor of classical studies, was interviewed for a story about a new computer technique that allows scholars to read a digital image of a charred ancient scroll discovered near the Dead Sea nearly half a century ago.
The New York Times -
September 22, 2016
Research by J. Todd Arnedt, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology, found that getting two extra hours of sleep made patients who took antidepressants twice as likely to have improved depression symptoms.
The Huffington Post -
September 22, 2016
Richard Primus, professor of law, says that a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of a Detroit teen claiming he can’t read because the public school system failed him has a reasonable chance of succeeding.
WDET -
September 22, 2016
Separate studies by Lutz Kilian, professor of economics, and Catharine Hausman, assistant professor of public policy, were cited in an article about the minimal impact low gas prices have had on the U.S. economy.
The Washington Post -
September 21, 2016
Dr. James Baker, director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center and professor emeritus of internal medicine, was interviewed for a story about the EpiPen maker’s effort to get the lifesaving allergy treatment added to a federal list of preventive medical services.
The New York Times
