In the News

  1. April 19, 2015

    Dr. Michelle Riba, professor of psychiatry, says that when talking about mental illness, we must stop labeling people as diseases: “It helps people understand that the person isn’t the disease, the person has the illness.”

    The Huffington Post
  2. April 16, 2015

    Joel Slemrod, professor of economics, was quoted in an article about the unusual hobby of collecting memorabilia related to taxation: forms and manuals, stamps and tokens, IRS badges, and even tax-themed art and board games.

    The Wall Street Journal
  3. April 16, 2015

    “Whether we like it or not, higher levels of cost ­sharing is the way of the future,” said Dr. Jeffrey Kullgren, assistant professor of internal medicine, referring to the rise in high-deductible company health care plans.

    Money
  4. April 16, 2015

    George Siedel, professor of business law, discussed several techniques of successful negotiators.

    Business Insider
  5. April 15, 2015

    Wang Zheng, associate professor of women’s studies and history and associate research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, commented on the detention of five Chinese activists who planned an anti-sexual harassment campaign.

    Los Angeles Times
  6. April 15, 2015

    Scott Rick, professor of marketing, was interviewed about his research that shows shopping can stimulate the brain’s production of dopamine — the pleasure hormone — much like the craving for drugs or sex.

    ABC Nightline
  7. April 15, 2015

    Dean Yang, associate professor of economics and public policy, was quoted in a story about worldwide remittances, the money that migrants regularly send home to families in their native countries.

    PBS NewsHour
  8. April 14, 2015

    Gregory Dick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, and ecology and evolutionary biology, was interviewed about his research on toxins in algae blooms, like the one that occurred in Lake Erie last summer.

    WDET Radio
  9. April 14, 2015

    “This is a tough time to be cutting back on a promise or fund that was put in place to get this activity going. You’re trading off the immediate for the future,” said David Brophy, professor of finance and the director of the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, on state legislation that would curtail venture capital funding.

    The Detroit News
  10. April 14, 2015

    Dr. Rajesh Mangrulkar, associate dean for medical student education and professor of internal medicine, said major changes in the Medical School’s curriculum will provide future doctors with good communication skills, teamwork.

    National Public Radio