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September 7, 2023
While Detroit is expected to continue its steady economic recovery, only 36 percent of its residents currently make a living wage — a lower percentage than other large cities in the Midwest. “The most powerful explanation that we found is education. (It) explained about a third of the gap between Detroit and its peer cities,” said Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Economics.
CBS News Detroit -
September 7, 2023
Research by Aya Waller-Bey, doctoral student in sociology, shows that many minority students believe college admissions essays must describe struggle and adversity in order to signal race: “Black people, in particular, feel that the only narrative they should share about their identities and backgrounds is a story about trauma. I find that harmful because it diminishes the positive experiences of our young people.”
Michigan Chronicle -
September 7, 2023
Meha Jain, assistant professor of environment and sustainability, says climate change could cause India’s groundwater supply to shrink between 2041 and 2080 at three times the present rate: “If you run out of groundwater, there aren’t other quick fixes, like providing canal irrigation, that can get you to the same level of production.”
The New York Times -
September 6, 2023
“I think climate anxiety … used to be something that we thought about in terms of this long-term feeling of anxiety about where the planet as a whole is going,” said Sue Anne Bell, assistant professor of nursing. “I think more and more that the idea of climate anxiety is about, ‘Will I be able to get insurance on my house? Is my house going to flood? Am I going to be without power for an extended period of time?’”
MLive -
September 6, 2023
“Regional public universities are responsive to local needs because we are at the heart of our communities. … We design our teaching and service and engage in research based on the needs and ethos of our communities,” co-wrote Domenico Grasso, chancellor of UM-Dearborn. “RPUs contribute in essential ways to educate the Michigan workforce, build diverse communities and train tomorrow’s practitioners and leaders.”
Bridge Michigan -
September 6, 2023
The first U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 — identified last month at a U-M lab — has more than 30 new mutations. “All of the risk assessments for this variant haven’t been done yet … (but) this virus might be better at evading preexisting immunity than some of the prior variants,” said Aubree Gordon, associate professor of epidemiology. “If it takes off, how severe or virulent will it be? That’s the other piece of it because we are going to see waves of lots of transmission,” said Joseph Eisenberg, professor of epidemiology. “So we want to be able to … minimize the number of severe cases and hospitalizations.”
Detroit Free Press -
September 5, 2023
“In this moment of QAnon and conspiracy theories, people are really, really attentive to the possibility of code words. So his lyrics are getting a lot of scrutiny and now he’s sort of been massaging the message as each day passes,” said Nadine Hubbs, professor of women and gender studies, on the popularity of Oliver Anthony’s country song “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
KPCC Radio (Los Angeles) -
September 5, 2023
“The pandemic continues to exert a really important influence on the economy. … Labor supply, the return of women to the workforce, work from home, a fundamental transformation in the way we work, all the investments that didn’t happen, the shift toward services … this is going to continue to shape the economy for another two, three, four, five years,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy.
Bloomberg -
September 5, 2023
“Emotional abuse is underrecognized as abuse even though psychological violence — more than physical violence or sexual violence — is the strongest predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder in abused women and often precedes physical abuse,” wrote So’Phelia Morrow, doctoral student in social work and sociology.
Chicago Tribune -
September 1, 2023
“There are a number of innovative ways that cities can fund infrastructure projects, such as public-private partnerships and green banks that help support sustainability projects. … Cities will have to remain vigilant about reducing emissions that contribute to climate change, and at the same time prepare for the climate risks creeping toward even the ‘climate havens’ of the globe,” co-wrote Earl Lewis, professor of history, of Afroamerican and African studies, and of public policy, and director of the U-M Center for Social Solutions, and CSS researchers Julie Arbit and Brad Bottoms.
Scientific American
