In the News
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March 9, 2016
Comments by Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, were featured in an article about a recent Supreme Court ruling that will make health care comparison shopping more difficult.
Los Angeles Times -
March 9, 2016
“It is time to re-examine our policies and practices around lead exposure so that what happened in Flint is an isolated incident rather than a harbinger of more preventable tragedies that may be silently unfolding across the country right now,” wrote Dr. Tammy Chang, assistant professor of family medicine, and Dr. Nicole Gergen, clinical lecturer in pediatrics and communicable diseases, and internal medicine.
The Conversation -
March 8, 2016
An op-ed by Tom Lyon, professor of natural resources and environment, and business economics, takes issue with investor Warren Buffett’s claim that climate change poses no risk to insurance companies.
The Guardian (U.K.) -
March 8, 2016
Puneet Manchanda, professor of marketing, says Michigan is a ripe target for scammers because of its large populations of immigrants and the elderly.
Detroit Free Press -
March 8, 2016
“The state is a testing ground for issues that will be important in the fall. That includes manufacturing and trade, but also the pace and strength of the economic recovery, so a concern about the middle class plays very well with the Michigan electorate,” said Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science.
CBC (Canada) -
March 7, 2016
Research by Dr. Jenny Radesky, assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, indicates that parents from low-income families are more likely to give mobile devices like phones and tablets to calm children with social and emotional difficulties.
Tech Times -
March 7, 2016
Professor Kent Berridge, Assistant Professor Ashley Gearhardt and doctoral student Michelle Joyner, all of the Department of Psychology, were quoted in a story about the effects of sugar on our brains.
Harper's Bazaar -
March 7, 2016
Comments by Dr. Scott Tomlins, assistant professor of pathology, were featured in an article about prostate cancer, screening, treatment choices and prevention among men in their 40s and early 50s.
U.S. News & World Report -
March 6, 2016
“American slavery was an exploitative economic system developed by the elite, but it depended on widespread ideologies of race and gender for its persistence and brutal effectiveness,” said Tiya Miles, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, American culture, history and women’s studies.
The New York Times -
March 6, 2016
Yesim Orhun, assistant professor of marketing, discussed her research that suggests that poor people pay more for store products on a per-unit basis.
Michigan Radio
