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July 9, 2025
Generative AI models are deployed in massive data centers, which use 4.4% of all energy in the U.S. — a number projected to grow to up to 12% by 2028. “Machine learning research has been driven by accuracy and performance. Energy has been the middle child that nobody wants to talk about,” said Mosharaf Chowdhury, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
Science News -
July 9, 2025
The Federal Reserve, under pressure from President Trump to restart interest rate cuts after an extended pause, said it’s prepared to lower borrowing costs if the labor market weakens. “The Fed is in a challenging position. They need to be really careful that what they’re seeing is actually weak labor demand and not contracting labor supply caused by Trump’s policies, and that’s tricky,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics.
The New York Times -
July 9, 2025
Patriotism in America can carry many different meanings — from MAGA to resistance to the idea of capitalism at all costs — and brands need to be intentional about which groups they are targeting, said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing: “I think the idea of, let’s just grab on to Americanism and let people make their own judgment call or framing about what we mean when we say ‘America’ or ‘patriotism’ leaves you open to so much scrutiny.”
Business Insider -
July 2, 2025
“The efforts to characterize the nationwide injunctions that the Trump administration was subject to as similar to the ones the Biden administration faced is just a kind of false equivalency,” said Leah Litman, professor of law. “The nationwide injunctions that the Biden administration was subject to were disproportionately, overwhelmingly, from district judges in Texas — fewer than a handful came from anywhere outside of the Fifth Circuit and all of them came from Republican appointees.”
WJBK/Detroit -
July 2, 2025
“Routine is just as important during the summer as during the school year,” wrote Nasuh Malas, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics. “Structure, routine and predictable schedules are not just ways for parents to keep track of the hectic schedules of their children, but also have been demonstrated to improve sleep, physical health, mood, anxiety and academic success.”
Scientific American -
July 2, 2025
“The frustrating truth is that billing errors are often fixable,” wrote Minal Patel, professor of health behavior and health equity. “But doing so requires time, literacy, confidence and stamina. … By investing in specialized education and integrating billing support into Community Health Worker programs, the state can lead on one of the most overlooked but solvable threats to public health: financial stress from medical billing.”
Bridge Michigan -
July 2, 2025
“Nationwide injunctions are equal-opportunity offenders, thwarting Republican and Democratic initiatives alike. Today, it’s Trump’s birthright-citizenship order and USAID spending freezes. Yesterday it was mifepristone, the cancellation of student debt and a COVID-vaccine mandate. Why should one federal judge — perhaps a very extreme judge, on either side — have the power to dictate government policy for the entire country? Good riddance,” wrote Nicholas Bagley, professor of law.
The Atlantic -
July 2, 2025
“When all the signals are pointing the same way, I think we need to take the consumer seriously. It’s just really dangerous to overlook,” said economist Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers, which indicates that Americans feel bad about prices, business conditions, their incomes and job security, and the housing and stock markets.
Bloomberg -
June 25, 2025
“By exiting the I.R.A. and eliminating other regulations and laws designed to protect the climate, the United States is going to make itself and the world more vulnerable to dangerous climate change going into the future,” said Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, about the GOP plan to terminate billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits by repealing the Inflation Reduction Act.
The New York Times -
June 25, 2025
“The history of Juneteenth is not just Black history, it is American history. As Americans, we should all be invested in making sure that all American history is accessible to the public,” wrote Kevin Cokley, professor of psychology. “That all Americans would learn about the history and significance of Juneteenth is not inevitable or a foregone conclusion, especially given the quiet deletion of Black history under the Trump administration.”
Detroit Free Press
