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January 28, 2015
“One of the reasons people plead guilty for a crime they have not committed is they can’t make bail and have to wait in jail while waiting for trial. If they are convicted, they might get decades in prison. They plead guilty if they are offered a deal that is too good to resist,” said Samuel Gross, professor of law.
The Associated Press -
January 28, 2015
Comments by Linda Lim, professor of corporate strategy and international business, were featured in an article about the strategic importance of the sovereign city-state Singapore.
Today (Singapore) -
January 27, 2015
Philip Hallman, film studies field librarian at the Hatcher Graduate Library, was quoted in a story about this year’s top Oscar prospects.
The New York Times -
January 27, 2015
Rodney Fort, professor of sport management, says that Major League Baseball is quickly gaining ground financially on the National Football League, the most lucrative and popular professional sport: “Baseball is definitely going to catch football in the next few years.”
CBS News -
January 27, 2015
Nicholas Kotov, the Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering, and Siu On Tong, doctoral student in engineering, have found a way to make lithium-ion energy packs that are safer and slimmer at the same time.
Gizmodo -
January 26, 2015
Stefan Szymanski, professor of kinesiology, and Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy, were quoted about the merits of legalized sports gambling.
The New York Times -
January 26, 2015
Regarding right-to-work legislation, Roland Zullo, assistant research scientist at the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy, said, “Unions are weaker because of the law, and some close down and/or new organizing stalls, and former members of unions choose to become free-riders — i.e., are covered but are not dues-payers.”
The Detroit News -
January 26, 2015
Research by Jeremiah Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources and environment, shows that Michigan could expand its renewable energy portfolio standard to 25 percent over the next 10 years at a cost of $2.60 a month for the average household.
Great Lakes Echo -
January 25, 2015
The film version of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” a coming-of-age novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, associate professor of art, is being screened this week at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Detroit Free Press -
January 25, 2015
“Wellness programs should be targeted to those at risk for illness since the healthiest 50 percent of the population generates only 3 percent of health care costs,” said Dr. A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and health management and policy.
New York Post
