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September 1, 2023
“It was clear, I would say even before the attempted mutiny in June, that Prigozhin was living on borrowed time. He had been a thorn in the side of Putin for months … in Putin’s Russia, you can only get away with that for so long,” said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice of public policy, on the death of Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died last week in a plane crash.
The Sun (U.K.) -
September 1, 2023
“Gun violence isn’t a foregone conclusion of life and having a Second Amendment. … It’s preventable probably a good portion of the time, but to prevent it, we need to use the tools at our disposal,” said April Zeoli, associate professor of health management and policy and policy core director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
MLive -
August 31, 2023
“Our goal is for the region to continue to be the global epicenter of mobility. We are a historical, economic powerhouse for automotive, but there’s a lot that needs to be done to keep us competitive,” said Ashlee Breitner, managing director of the Economic Growth Institute, which provides money and technical help for small to medium-sized companies. Chelsea Gilbert, EGI project manager, said, “People typically need more help than just funds. The EGI creates suggestions to make the company more efficient, stable, etc.”
Forbes -
August 31, 2023
“We’ve known for a long time that harmful algal bloom toxins can get into the air … especially in coastal ocean environments. It’s been more recent … that we’ve realized that some of these freshwater cyanobacterial toxins can get up into the air,” said Gregory Dick, professor and director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research. Andrew Ault, associate professor of chemistry, said, “These little bits of liquid or solid that get up into the air are things that can stay up for days to weeks at a time, and we can then breathe them in.”
Great Lakes Now -
August 31, 2023
“As soon as you have the technology to read from a large number of neurons, or stimulate a large number of neurons, these technologies will be used for many things,” said Cynthia Chestek, associate professor of biomedical engineering, commenting on brain-to-text technology that could help people with spinal cord injuries read muscle commands to move prosthetic or even their own limbs.
The Washington Post -
August 28, 2023
Even if his name isn’t mentioned, Donald Trump looms over conversations with the nation’s top CEOs about the 2024 election, said Elizabeth Doty, director of the Erb Institute’s Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce: “There are allusions to a volatile, wild ride coming down the pike. My sense is that as election season starts to heat up in the fall, that will be on their radar and there’s a sense of dread.”
ABC News -
August 28, 2023
“Issues of race and immigration have been significant partisan issues for at least the last 150 years. Trump has not created these issues in the GOP, but he has simply harnessed them more effectively than his co-partisan competitors,” said Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and of Afroamerican and African studies.
The New York Times -
August 28, 2023
“I don’t know what it means to be celebrating Chava Rosenfarb in the city of her birth in which she was a prisoner in a ghetto for almost six years. … Can you do that in a country that hasn’t done the hard work of acknowledging the past? None of her characters can escape the Holocaust. Can Poland?” said Anita Norich, professor emerita of English and Judaic studies, about the celebration by the Polish city of Lodz of the centennial of the Yiddish writer’s birth.
The Washington Post -
August 23, 2023
Research by Sara Adar, associate professor of epidemiology, and doctoral student Boya Zhang found a link between dementia and exposure to wildfire smoke. “(For wildfires), global action and policy are needed to slow down the pace of climate change,” Zhang said. “But on an individual level, during poor-air-quality days, it’s better to stay at home and not exercise outside. Also, maybe install an air purifier in your home, and shut your windows.”
The Washington Post -
August 23, 2023
“The catch-22 in these (Republican) debates is that even if Trump is not there as a frontrunner and there’s technically an opportunity for others, if they’re forced into a bunch of questions and their answers are basically defending Trump, then it’s almost impossible for them to make up any ground,” said Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate.
The Guardian (U.K.)
