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January 5, 2017
“It’s about blurring the boundaries that have defined pink and blue masculinity and femininity. They are trying to increase the scope of what someone with male anatomy can wear,” said Jennifer Robertson, professor of anthropology and history of art, on the increasing numbers of “genderless” young men in Japan.
The New York Times -
January 5, 2017
“Emojis are everywhere. They are becoming the ubiquitous language that bridges everyone across different cultures,” said Wei Ai, doctoral student in information.
Yahoo News -
January 4, 2017
Most of the nation’s sources of drinking water are perfectly safe, but “it’s clear there are occasional hotspots of contamination. And we need to be increasingly vigilant,” said Rosina Bierbaum, professor of natural resources and environment and environmental health sciences, and co-author of a federal report on the safety of the country’s drinking water.
Michigan Radio -
January 4, 2017
James Moon, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and biomedical engineering, and Rui Kuai, doctoral student in pharmaceutical sciences, have developed powerful nanodiscs that can deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine to help kill cancerous tumors in mice.
Business Standard (India) -
January 4, 2017
“For the auto industry it would be devastating. You’ve got parts made everywhere and moving across borders all the time. If companies had to adjust to life as it was before NAFTA, they would have to build a lot of manufacturing plants in the U.S.,” said Alan Deardorff, professor of economics and public policy, regarding Donald Trump’s threats to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement if Canada and Mexico won’t renegotiate.
Detroit Free Press -
January 3, 2017
Bundled channel packages streamed over the internet “are meant to compete with cable or satellite, and some have called them ‘skinny bundles’ under the assumption that they’ll have fewer channels and be cheaper. But that’s not necessarily the case,” said Amanda Lotz, professor of communication studies and screen arts and cultures.
Newsweek -
January 3, 2017
Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, says when Republicans appeal Obamacare, states with good state-run health insurance exchanges like California, Washington and New York could simply adopt their own individual mandates.
CNN -
January 3, 2017
“(W)hile athletes in general are at a lower risk of opioid use, athletes involved in high contact sports like wrestling, football, ice hockey and lacrosse are at a greater risk of misusing prescription opioids,” said Philip Veliz, research assistant professor at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
FOX News -
December 18, 2016
The research of Dana Dolinoy, associate professor of environmental health sciences and nutritional sciences, on how DNA is affected by environmental factors is featured in a story about diabetes and epigenetics — the idea that the environment can influence genes.
Motherboard (19:57 mark) -
December 15, 2016
“One of the effects of the steady shift of political power from the Democratic to the Republican Party in the last few years has been an implicit decline in the valuation of public goods, with the exception of national defense,” wrote Marina Whitman, professor of business administration and public policy.
Detroit Free Press
