In the News
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December 9, 2014
David Lam, professor of economics and research professor at the Population Studies Center, was interviewed about record-low U.S. birth rates.
Marketplace -
December 9, 2014
Comments by Evan Caminker, professor and dean emeritus of law, were featured in a story about the ever clubbier bar of lawyers who argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Reuters -
December 8, 2014
“Automakers are already deploying a lot of advanced technology. … There has been a tremendous technology revolution in the past 10 years,” said Peter Sweatman, director of the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
Fortune -
December 8, 2014
Steven Goldfarb, assistant research scientist in physics, was quoted in an article about cleaning the more-than-7,000-ton particle ATLAS detector — a final scrub-down before its powerful toroid magnet is tested next year.
Symmetry -
December 8, 2014
Robert Alexander, a doctoral student in atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, was interviewed about his work as a sonification specialist who turns data from the sun into music.
Michigan Radio -
December 8, 2014
A column by Terry Van Allen, director of research and sponsored programs at UM-Flint, calls for the establishment of enterprise zones creating scores of jobs and businesses in low-income areas across the nation and in cities such as Detroit and Flint.
The Detroit News -
December 7, 2014
Research by Dr. Brian Callaghan, assistant professor of neurology, and colleagues found that one in eight headache-related doctor visits result in a brain scan — and nearly half those patients are getting high-radiation CT scans, even though MRIs are more effective for peering into the brain.
ABC News -
December 7, 2014
Regarding the high cost of living in American cities, Wally Hopp, professor of technology and operations, and industrial and operations engineering, said, “I was on a trip where I visited Boston, New York and San Francisco. Housing costs are just insane. You have to live with three other people. It’s a little violation of the American dream, to think that you live like a college student for your entire life.”
Forbes -
December 7, 2014
Dr. Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology, was quoted in an article about the unpredictability of the seasonal flu and the lag time needed to produce a vaccine months before any strains of the flu even appears.
Los Angeles Times -
December 4, 2014
Research by Jie (Jackie) Li, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and colleagues found that as much as two-thirds of Earth’s carbon may be hidden in its inner core, making it the planet’s largest carbon reservoir.
The Economic Times
