In the News
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February 16, 2015
Stewart Thornhill, executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, was quoted in a story about how universities across the country have developed programs in recent years encouraging students and faculty to turn promising business ideas into actual companies.
The Washington Post -
February 16, 2015
A study by Emily Somers, associate professor of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and environmental and health sciences, suggests that exposure to mercury through seafood can increase the risk of autoimmune disorders, especially among women of childbearing age.
The Times of India -
February 15, 2015
Yuri Zhukov, assistant professor of political science, and Melvin Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice, spoke about the Ukraine ceasefire agreement.
International Business Times -
February 15, 2015
Nojin Kwak, associate professor of communication studies and director of the Nam Center for Korean Studies, says more U-M students are taking Korean language, history, literature and culture classes than ever before.
Inside Higher Education -
February 15, 2015
“At the end of the day, form is what we do; form is our business. We are shape-makers and form-makers. We shape space. That’s what we do that’s different from other disciplines. And by the same token, that’s actually what gives us cultural agency in the world. This is how we effect culture,” said Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Archinect -
February 15, 2015
Ashley Gearhardt, assistant professor of psychology, was quoted in a story about the next phase of extreme chocolate obsession — snorting cocoa powder.
ABC News -
February 12, 2015
Comments by Brian Min, assistant professor of political science; Puneet Manchanda, professor of marketing; and Leela Fernandes, professor of women’s studies and political science, were featured in an article about the Delhi Assembly elections in India.
The Economic Times (India) -
February 12, 2015
Jesse Chandler, adjunct faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research, and Chris Antoun, doctoral student in survey methodology, were interviewed about Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, an increasingly popular way for university researchers to recruit subjects for online experiments.
PBS NewsHour -
February 11, 2015
Research by Dr. Elizabeth Speliotes, assistant professor of internal medicine, and computational medicine and bioinformatics, reveals 97 different DNA mutations that affect obesity.
NBC Today -
February 11, 2015
Research by Michael Jensen, associate professor of strategy, found that male actors who won an Oscar are three times more likely than other male actors to divorce during their first year of marriage.
The Daily Mail (U.K.)
