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October 29, 2017
Comments by Kelly Orringer, director of general pediatrics and assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, were featured in a story about the American Academy of Pediatrics urging doctors to take steps to stop the spread of germs in their practices.
CBS News -
October 29, 2017
“We hope to make Detroit a leader in climate adaptability and innovation,” said Omar Gates, a climatologist with U-M’s Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments program, regarding efforts by Detroit businesses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent in the next five years and by 80 percent by 2050.
Crain's Detroit Business -
October 29, 2017
President Mark Schlissel discussed U-M’s rising enrollment numbers, its Go Blue Guarantee free tuition program for low-income students, Detroit’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, K-12 education in Michigan, autonomous vehicle technology, Michigan football and more.
"The Nolan Finley Show" (starts at 1:03:18) WFDF Radio 910 AM -
October 26, 2017
Tiya Miles, professor of American culture, Afroamerican and African studies, history and women’s studies, says fighting racism requires matching words with bodies in action: “This tactic of corporeal protest, with its elements of immediacy and vulnerability, is riveting and consequential. It is also dangerous … (But) the change we seek to make won’t be accomplished by words alone.”
The New York Times -
October 26, 2017
“Their ability to see past boundaries of black and white, of Jewish and Christian, these social things that are dividing us today — they either broke through naturally or didn’t even pay attention to,” said Mark Clague, associate professor of music, commenting on the music of George and Ira Gershwin.
Chicago Tribune -
October 26, 2017
Mary Gallagher, professor of political science and director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, was quoted in an article about the elevation of Chinese President Xi Jinping to a status alongside the nation’s most vaunted political figures, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
Bloomberg -
October 25, 2017
“There aren’t very many organizations like this where there is so much input from the players about what music they want to do. It’s pretty special,” said saxophonist Timothy McAllister, associate professor of music, on playing small venues with the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings.
Detroit Free Press -
October 25, 2017
Michelle Segar, director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center, says that brisk walking is one of the best ways to keep your body and mind healthy: “It can serve you in an infinite number of ways, such as a way to renew yourself, be social, have fun with your kids, generate insights, clear your brain and on and on.”
HuffPost -
October 25, 2017
“Overall in universities, there is increased pressures to compensate for the decline in state investment. … (Grant funding is) not the only source of revenue outside of the state or the university, but it is one of the major ones,” said Michael Bastedo, professor of education and director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
The Detroit News -
October 24, 2017
Jay Lee, a resident in general surgery, and colleagues developed online recommendations about how much opioid pain medication to prescribe for 11 common operations: “What we’re hoping to do is give most people what they need and minimize the amount of leftover pills they have. … What used to happen is we would give out a certain number of pills after each operation that was essentially a guess.”
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