In the News
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January 8, 2015
Research by Shinobu Kitayama, professor of psychology, found that anger is associated with better biological health among Japanese people.
The Economic Times -
January 7, 2015
Jingwen Hu, associate research scientist at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, on developing a computerized virtual body, or human model, that may replace real crash test dummies: “A dummy is a pretty simplified version of a human. A human model can simulate the bones, tissues and internal organs throughout the body.”
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January 7, 2015
On his vision that creative-writing graduate students be able to attend for free, Nicholas Delbanco, retired professor of English language and literature, said, “It’s inappropriate at best and criminal at worst to expect people to go deeply in debt to follow this particular passion.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
January 7, 2015
Ruth Scodel, professor of Greek and Latin, was quoted in a story about a Detroit-area man who invented a word for “nieces and nephews.”
USA Today -
January 7, 2015
Percy Bates, professor of education, said the Detroit Public Schools should revert to local control as the troubled district’s third emergency manager prepares to step down next week.
The Detroit News -
January 6, 2015
Kelly Askew, associate professor of anthropology and Afroamerican and African studies, was interviewed about U-M’s Leo Sarkisian Collection of African Music, one of the world’s most extensive and valuable collections of its kind.
Michigan Radio -
January 6, 2015
Comments by Susan Ashford, professor of management and organizations, were featured in an article about the positive effect a traditional office work environment has on employees — both professionally and personally — in an ever-growing entrepreneurial world.
New York Magazine -
January 6, 2015
Dr. Lisa Hammer, assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, spoke about Brazil’s extensive system of milk banks that distribute donated milk to newborns.
WKAR Radio -
January 5, 2015
“The Internet is not, nor will ever be, the primary, systematic cause of real political change any more than lanterns — ‘one if by land, two if by sea’ — were the primary cause of the American revolution,” said Kentaro Toyama, associate professor of information.
The Atlantic -
January 5, 2015
“Why would any international entrepreneur risk putting billions into a country where reliable information on the local economy is not available from the censored press, where the ruling officer corps claims to have cured AIDS, where television comedians are fined millions of dollars for jokes, and where foreign journalists are jailed for reporting the news?” said Juan Cole, professor of history, in a story on Egypt’s highly politicized judiciary and need for foreign investment.
The Daily Beast
