In the News
-
September 9, 2025
“It comes down to a complete mismatch of incentives for nurse educators, providers and nurses. We absolutely need more slack in the system. We can’t run health care with the absolute bare minimum. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment and this issue is keeping qualified people out of the hospital,” said Christopher Friese, professor of nursing, on the shortage of nursing educators to train the next generation of nurses.
Crain's Detroit Business -
September 9, 2025
“There’s a lot of buzz around the weighted vest, that it’s this bone-density hack. I just don’t think that the evidence has supported that at this time,” said Michele Bird, clinical assistant professor of applied exercise science, on the popularity of wearing a weighted vest during exercise to strengthen bones. “(Still), if that vest is getting someone to be more active, I think that’s great.”
TIME -
September 9, 2025
“Anutin’s elevation will certainly not put an end to this period of political uncertainty in Thailand. Minority governments have been rare in Thailand … which could put the policymaking process into further gridlock,” said Ken Mathis Lohatepanont, doctoral candidate in political science, on the election of “cannabis king” Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand’s third prime minister in just over a year.
Financial Times -
September 8, 2025
CEOs today live under the same scrutiny as police officers, except their “body cameras” are the thousands of smartphones in any arena, stadium or conference that they enter, said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business: “If you are a CEO who remembers the good old days when you got away with things, now you need to know that those days are over.”
Fortune -
September 8, 2025
“There are reasons why Muhoozi is feared by many as a loose cannon who, if he did come to power, would use military and political violence against his opponents,” said Derek Peterson, professor of history and of Afroamerican and African studies, about Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son and heir apparent of Uganda’s aged president.
The Wall Street Journal -
September 8, 2025
“Nothing is without risk in life, nothing. Getting on an airplane is not without risk. But the risks that have been pushed about vaccines are just so hyperbolic compared with the benefits of vaccinating,” said Pamela Rockwell, clinical professor of family medicine. “The real sad and unfortunate thing is I can no longer say the CDC is a trustworthy source.”
Detroit Free Press -
September 5, 2025
“If you’re going to spend $1 billion or $100 billion, you could either spend it on fewer people for a long period of time, or you can spend it on a lot more people for a shorter period of time,” said A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, who believes that if some people using GLP-1 drugs to lose weight were eventually transitioned off, more people could take advantage of them.
ABC News -
September 5, 2025
President Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve will damage the U.S. economy if they lead to a weakening of the U.S. central bank’s independence. “This is one area where most economists agree,” said Rüdiger Bachmann, professor of economics, adding that the Fed’s independence “leads to lower and more stable inflation and financial stability.”
Financial Times -
September 5, 2025
Fewer third and fourth graders are proficient in reading, continuing a years-long slide for Michigan’s youngest readers, recent test scores show. “If we really want to see scores ratchet up, we need to focus on comprehension. We need to be focusing on the complexity of reading as an act … on how one reads for meaning, and especially across longer and longer passages,” said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean of the Marsal Family School of Education.
The Detroit News -
September 4, 2025
“It’s really about making a connection between two things that people usually have separated in their mind,” said Mark Clague, executive director of the Arts Initiative, about Michigan ArtsRx, a new clinical arts initiative to assist the mental health of students, U-M affiliates and Ann Arbor residents through arts programming. “We see the arts and emphasizing the social benefits of the arts as a way to really provide a different pathway for a healthy community.”
MLive
