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August 23, 2023
“There’s never going to be one silver bullet that fixes everything. Gone are the days of students watching a one-hour video when they come on campus. Awareness isn’t enough,” said Sarah Peitzmeier, associate professor of nursing and public health, noting the success of U-M’s sexual assault resistance training. “There is strong evidence that this training is effective, yet less than a dozen universities use it.”
U.S. News & World Report -
August 23, 2023
“We are going to be present in every community across America where violations of the law are occurring. We are going to hold polluters accountable when they break the law,” said David Uhlmann, director of U-M’s Environmental Law and Policy Program who is on leave to be head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unit that investigates environmental crimes.
The New York Times -
August 23, 2023
“I do not believe that comparing the health risks of marijuana smoking and tobacco smoking is useful any more than asking, ‘Are eating cookies healthier than eating cake?’ All smoke is an irritant to the respiratory tract and at a time in human history when humans breathe polluted air, no added smoke is good,” said Carol Boyd, professor emerita of nursing.
CNN -
August 16, 2023
“There’s no clearly established exact step goal; the classic 10,000 steps isn’t necessarily data-backed, (but) the more activity you can do, the better, and you’re going to keep getting more and more benefit from it,” said Eric Brandt, clinical lecturer in cardiovascular medicine, on research that shows that as few as 4,000 steps daily can help a person live longer.
Health -
August 16, 2023
“Like divination, AI seems independent of its creators. But, like divination, it is not,” co-wrote Webb Keane, professor of anthropology. “When AI scrapes the web, it reflects back to us what we have put there. Our apps should show this. They should be required to present some of the evidence relevant to their decisions. This way, users can see that artificial intelligence is drawing on human intelligence.”
The Spectator (U.K.) -
August 16, 2023
“Understanding the mechanisms of the largest storms in the solar system puts the theory of hurricanes into a broader cosmic context, challenging our current knowledge and pushing the boundaries of terrestrial meteorology,” said Cheng Li, assistant professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, whose research shows that megastorms on Saturn are similar to hurricanes on Earth, although significantly larger.
SpaceRef -
August 16, 2023
“Over time, I watch patients flourish and grow,” said Daniel Shumer, associate professor of pediatric endocrinology, who believes that hormone therapy is not experimental and has real benefits, and that withholding hormone treatment until someone turns 18 is missing a big window to help young transgender patients.
The Associated Press -
August 16, 2023
Mary Gallagher, professor of political science, said officials in China responsible for addressing the consequences of the country’s slowing growth and social pressures are not talking to one another: “I don’t think the system is as responsive as it used to be, and I think that will be very problematic based on how many problems it needs to solve in the next five to 10 years.”
The Atlantic -
August 9, 2023
A research team led by Somin Lee, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, developed a new kind of superresolution imaging that reveals previously unknown features of how cells divide. “Examining the dynamic and complex process of how protein building blocks interact with one another to form larger structures could advance the future creation of new replacement tissues and organs, such as skin grafts,” she wrote.
Yahoo News -
August 9, 2023
“There is certainly no precedent at a presidential level for this kind of legal exposure. It’s hard enough to run a campaign, much less run a campaign and being a criminal defendant,” said Will Thomas, assistant professor of business law. “Trump will have more and more trouble convincing donors to open up their wallets if their money is going to be spent on three or four criminal trials.”
Financial Times
