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March 25, 2015
Despite ongoing political opposition of the Affordable Care Act, Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation, says people have increasing confidence in the law.
Michigan Radio -
March 25, 2015
Ken Warner, professor of health management and policy, says that although tobacco companies seem to be thriving, the industry is doing something he has never seen —they’re raising prices.
Business Insider -
March 24, 2015
“We are pretty serious about having this be a kind of ‘Holy cow, how did they pull that off?’ kind of system,” said Kim Cameron, professor of education, and management and organizations, regarding free leadership training that Stephen M. Ross School of Business faculty will offer Detroit Public Schools administrators and select principals, teachers and other staff.
Crain's Detroit Business -
March 24, 2015
Research by Dr. Elizabeth Patton, clinical lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology, shows that a greater percentage of Protestant and Catholic women support employer-provided contraception coverage than the general population at large.
The Atlantic -
March 24, 2015
“‘Empire’ is resisting the impulse to present the typical one-dimensional, stereotypical characters we have seen in the past around representations of African Americans,” said Robin Means Coleman, associate professor of communication studies and Afroamerican and African studies, regarding the Fox drama that just ended its breakout first season.
The Huffington Post -
March 23, 2015
A Japanese film series curated by Markus Nornes, professor of Asian cinema, offers a rare glimpse of actresses Shirley Yamaguchi and Setsuko Hara in wartime propaganda films.
The New York Times -
March 23, 2015
“At its most basic level, history can tell us who we are as individuals and how we are connected to larger stories, to the stories of our family, to the stories of our community, of our nation, and really, of our global society,” said Tiya Miles, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, American culture, history and women’s studies.
Detroit Free Press -
March 23, 2015
Putting technology that prevents drunk drivers from starting a vehicle into every car and truck in the U.S. could save 59,000 lives and $343 million over 15 years, says Dr. Patrick Carter, assistant professor of emergency medicine.
Bloomberg Business -
March 22, 2015
A majority of local officials in Michigan think their peers are mostly ethical, although less than half feel the same way about state legislators, says Tom Ivacko, program manager at the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy.
Michigan Radio -
March 22, 2015
“It was a fabulous vision at a time of serious hardship. It means a lot that people of different faiths came together and said, ‘We need to have a university here,’ that they imagined how important a university would be,” said Terrence McDonald, professor of history and director of the Bentley Historical Library, on the founding of U-M in Detroit in 1817.
Detroit Free Press
