In the News
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May 6, 2015
“When examining the tensions that erupted in Baltimore in the last two weeks, the consequences of losing homes should not be minimized as a factor in the sense of outrage and injustice,” said Martha Jones, associate professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies.
The Conversation -
May 6, 2015
An article about the concentration of fast food restaurants and its impact on health featured comments by Dr. Lewis Morgenstern, professor of neurology, neurosurgery, emergency medicine and epidemiology, and Daniel Kruger, research assistant professor of health behavior and health education.
Detroit Free Press -
May 5, 2015
Percy Bates, professor of education, was quoted in an article about a unique mentorship program in several Detroit schools in which high-achieving middle school students help elementary students boost their reading skills.
The Detroit News -
May 5, 2015
“In other parts of the world, especially emerging countries, banks are more aggressively marketing their mobile banking services,” said M.S. Krishnan, professor of technology and operations and associate dean of global initiatives at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
NBC News -
May 5, 2015
Research by Sara Adar, assistant professor of epidemiology, suggests that reducing diesel air pollution from school buses could lead to 14 million fewer student absences each year in the United States.
U.S. News & World Report -
May 4, 2015
Richard Curtin, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers, says the increase in last month’s national consumer sentiment was due to optimism over consistently low inflation and low interest rates, and improving prospects for jobs and incomes.
The Associated Press -
May 4, 2015
A story about 3-D printed airway splints developed and implanted in children by U-M physicians featured comments by Dr. Glenn Green, associate professor of otolaryngology; Scott Hollister, professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of oral surgery; and Dr. Robert Morrison, house officer in otolaryngology.
Los Angeles Times -
May 4, 2015
Research by Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior and health education, suggests that if black Americans lived as long as their white counterparts, the outcomes of some state-level elections would have been different.
Mother Jones -
May 3, 2015
James Ashton-Miller, research professor in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering and internal medicine, discussed his research on a baseball pitcher’s reaction time to line drives hit back to the mound.
USA Today -
May 3, 2015
Ben van der Pluijm, professor of earth and environmental sciences, explained why science is able to predict where earthquakes will occur but not when.
China Daily
