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January 12, 2017
Comments by Thore Bergman, associate professor of psychology, and ecology and evolutionary biology, were featured in a story about the ability of baboons to make human-style vowel sounds.
The Christian Science Monitor -
January 12, 2017
“Viewing violent media content has many negative effects, including desensitization, a distorted view of reality and aggressive behavior … (and) young people are especially vulnerable to these effects,” said Scott Campbell, professor of communication studies.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 11, 2017
“Metaphorically, we suspect the Russians may be giving us the statistical finger. They appear to be sending signals that they are on to election forensics researchers — while continuing to cheat, obviously, right in front of us,” wrote Kirill Kalinin, doctoral candidate in political science, and Walter Mebane, professor of political science and statistics.
The Washington Post -
January 11, 2017
A new study by Craig Smith, research investigator at the Center for Human Growth and Development, suggests that that kids are more inclined to be honest when they know honesty will please their parents.
New York Magazine -
January 11, 2017
John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy, said President Obama significantly raised the level of U.S. diplomatic engagement in Asia, but his legacy in Asia has been under threat.
South China Morning Post -
January 10, 2017
Michael Daugherty, professor of music composition, and Joseph Gramley, associate professor of music and director of percussion studies, have been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, which will be announced next month.
MLive -
January 10, 2017
“We are adding lots of jobs in the service sector, and the goods sector is shrinking. Trump can’t really fix that because the magnitude of the decline is so big. He might keep some factory jobs for now. But technological change will prevent him from making that a true engine of job growth,” said Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics.
ABC News -
January 10, 2017
Jonathan Levine, professor of urban and regional planning, says that the potential energy use by driverless cars could range anywhere from a 90 percent reduction in current energy use to a 200 percent increase: “The self-driving car could be an absolute environmental boon, even a savior, or it could be an absolute disaster.”
Detroit Free Press -
January 9, 2017
Luke Shaefer, associate professor of social work and public policy, says the elimination of cash assistance is a major problem with today’s programs designed to lift people out of poverty: “The great conservative economist Milton Friedman recognized the liberating power of cash.”
Michigan Radio -
January 9, 2017
“When you consider how staggeringly high prison populations became — and how quickly they increased — in the 1980s and 1990s, we clearly have much work still to do if we are interested in fully addressing the crisis of mass incarceration,” said Heather Ann Thompson, professor of history, Afroamerican and African studies, and the Residential College.
Newsweek
