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March 16, 2016
“March Madness brackets provide ample opportunities for basketball mavens to believe that they can make accurate predictions — even though that may not be the case. … It is the excitement from overconfidence that brings people back to the bracket every year,” said Dae Hee Kwak, assistant professor of sport management.
The Conversation -
March 15, 2016
“The inequality, the income inequality, racial inequality, suburban/city inequality, job inequality — we could just go on and on and on — is far worse and that is a deeply racialized inequality. … The question remains: ‘What do we do next?'” said Heather Ann Thompson, professor of Afroamerican and African studies and the Residential College.
Michigan Radio -
March 15, 2016
Research by Dr. Julie Lumeng, associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and nutritional sciences, found that kids who are an only child by the time they are in first grade are more often obese at that age than children who gained a sibling by ages 3 or 4.
ABC News -
March 15, 2016
“(The Flint water crisis) is the one thing that people know about him. … (Gov. Rick Snyder) is the face of Flint, fair or not. He has no political future,” said Arthur Lupia, professor of political science.
The Washington Post -
March 14, 2016
“The gender gap in promotions is almost twice as large when your bosses are conservative, compared to when your bosses are predominately liberal,” said Seth Carnahan, assistant professor of strategy.
The Washington Post -
March 14, 2016
Associate professor Anish Tuteja and doctoral student Kevin Golovin, both of materials science and engineering, have developed a spray-on coating that could be used to keep everything from airplanes and power lines to car windshields and fridge freezers ice free.
Daily Mail (U.K.) -
March 14, 2016
Mathieu Despard, assistant professor of social work, co-wrote a column on why physical banks are still necessary to maintain financial health in poor communities.
The Atlantic -
March 13, 2016
A study by James Jackson, professor of psychology, suggests that nearly half of American adults report being treated very unfairly or being severely discriminated against, in everything from their careers to their access to health care.
Business Insider -
March 13, 2016
Michigan Merit Curriculum, a statewide college preparatory curriculum, has had little impact on student outcomes, according to research by Brian Jacob and Susan Dynarski, both professors of education, public policy and economics.
Michigan Radio -
March 10, 2016
“The (Chinese) government will be put in a very hard position as the economy slows — there will be renewed pressure from local governments to allow polluting industries to flourish because it will boost economic growth and employment,” said Mary Gallagher, associate professor of political science.
Bloomberg Business
