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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 -
April 16, 2015
George Siedel, professor of business law, discussed several techniques of successful negotiators.
Business Insider -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
April 13, 2015
Research by Jimo Borjigin, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology, and neurology, suggests that a surge of brain activity when a person is near death may actually accelerate cardiac demise.
Business Insider -
April 13, 2015
“Having the convenience of Lyft and Uber probably outweighs the money and cost of owning a vehicle. The cellphone also makes it so much more convenient to get a ride from a friend or taxi service,” said Brandon Schoettle, project manager at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, on why teens are foregoing driver’s licenses.
The New York Times
