In the News
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September 13, 2023
“Disparities in access to cancer care for many patients start prior to that physician-patient visit. I think there’s a significant need for really understanding those barriers upstream of the first patient-physician visit,” said Debbie Chen, clinical instructor in endocrinology, who found that language barriers can prevent cancer patients — especially Spanish and Chinese speakers — from even getting in the door to visit a specialist.
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September 12, 2023
The theater’s ability to recreate the concert experience is likely a key reason why pop star Taylor Swift decided to choose the big screen, rather than a streaming service, for her upcoming concert film, said Jonathan Kuuskoski, clinical assistant professor of music: “The movie basically functions as an overflow room for the concert tour.”
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September 12, 2023
“By rejecting the plea deal, the defendants rejected the opportunity to receive (a shorter sentence). After trial, then, they face the sentence commensurate with their crime. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, on claims by Proud Boys members that long prison sentences for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection punish them for demanding a trial.
USA TODAY -
September 12, 2023
“The Spaniards are not outliers. They are totally the norm,” said Andrei Markovits, professor of political science and author of “Women in American Soccer and European Football,” after more than a dozen women involved in Spanish soccer described sexism ranging from paternalism to verbal abuse.
The New York Times -
September 11, 2023
Liesl Clark, director of sustainable climate action engagement at the School for Environment and Sustainability, believes the state of Michigan needs to invest in a range of technologies to achieve a 100% clean energy standard. “When we talk about the types of energy resources that are going to be necessary to get us to these goals, it’s a lot of different kinds of energy resources,” she said.
WDET Radio -
September 11, 2023
“Rather than use direct violence, which would incite opposition from abroad, … Baku is determined to make the Armenians’ lives impossible, starve them out, and pressure them to leave,” said Ronald Suny, professor emeritus of history, about the blockade of a disputed territory home to a majority ethnic Armenian population in Azerbaijan.
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September 11, 2023
As part of Japan’s X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission to space, Lia Corrales, assistant professor of astronomy, will analyze the composition of interstellar dust to glean insight into the chemical evolution of our universe. She sees XRISM as “a pioneer vehicle” that represents “the next step in X-ray observations.”
The New York Times -
September 8, 2023
“The hope is to make better design choices in the future but also retrofit what’s there. … There’s little choices that seem small but when you … add them all up, it makes a big difference,” said Keenan Gibbons, lecturer in environment and sustainability, who is using infrared drones to uncover the ways we’ve made our cities hot by architectural design.
CNN -
September 8, 2023
“Men’s labor force participation has been growing, but women’s has been growing by just a tiny bit more,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics. “A lot of people, myself included, were really worried that the pandemic would knock these women off course and we would take decades to get back to where we were in 2019.”
Marketplace -
September 8, 2023
“Just because the Medicare and Medicaid programs are so lucrative, it doesn’t mean that the drug manufacturers are being coerced into participating. So for them to say that this is somehow a price control and that they’re somehow bereft of any free choice, well, that’s a consequence of just how lavishly we spend for prescription drugs,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law.
National Public Radio
