In the News
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June 11, 2025
Hotter, drying conditions that come with climate change are making these annual fires across North America, and in other parts of the world, the new norm, said Alexandra Paige Fischer, associate professor of environment and sustainability: “Wildfires are happening more frequently. They’re getting bigger. They’re emitting more smoke. The climate models are projecting that we’re going to have more frequent, more severe wildfires.”
National Public Radio -
June 11, 2025
Colleges have a responsibility to address students’ mental health challenges, said Lindsey Mortenson, executive director of University Health & Counseling: “Many college students are on campuses that actually have greater resources and support than are often available at home. For this reason, I tend to think of colleges ideally supporting what’s sometimes called ‘recovery in place’ — this idea that healing, resilience are more likely when people stay in a supportive environment.”
U.S. News & World Report -
June 11, 2025
“It is a worry that what we’ve inculcated in our police force the kind of standing assumption that everybody in front of you is a heartbeat away from trying to kill you,” said Ekow Yankah, professor of law and philosophy. “And when that’s how we train all our police all the time, it’s not surprising that what looks to the world like an ordinary scuffle suddenly turns into a tragic shooting.”
Michigan Public -
June 4, 2025
“It’s tempting to think (university research) cuts won’t impact Michiganders’ daily lives. But federally funded research involves thousands of people and businesses all over our state. These cuts will hit home immediately in Michigan’s economy, jobs and the well-being of citizens,” co-wrote Jason Owen-Smith, associate vice president for research-institutional capabilities and research intelligence and executive director of the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science.
Crain's Detroit Business -
June 4, 2025
“It’s costly to shareholders. Costly to employees. And surprisingly, a large number of boards feel they haven’t been involved in the process as much as they should be,” said Aparna Joshi, professor of management and organizations, whose research explores why succession plans fail and why the personal psychology of the CEO often plays a defining role.
Forbes -
June 4, 2025
Research by Lindsay Admon, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, shows a decline in the physical and mental health of mothers: “The pandemic might have given the decline a boost, but it isn’t the only contributing factor. There are certainly factors that have increasingly contributed to adverse maternal mental health over the last decade, including inflation, rising costs of child care, lack of parental leave.”
CBS News -
June 4, 2025
“It’s astonishing that even after 4.5 billion years, enough clues remain to let us reconstruct Jupiter’s physical state at the dawn of its existence,” said Fred Adams, professor of physics and astronomy, whose research suggests that Jupiter was somehow twice as large as it is now — big enough to fit 2,000 Earths inside of it, if it were hollow.
USA Today -
June 4, 2025
“Granting pardons or commuting sentences of public officials or other white-collar criminals convicted of fraud, tax evasion and other breaches of trust is likely to have the effect of normalizing nonviolent crimes. Of course, stealing by fraud is still stealing. It’s just that this is the way rich people do it,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law.
The New York Times -
May 28, 2025
“To control the political damage (of Medicaid cuts), Republicans are pursuing a strategy to reduce benefits, while pretending otherwise. They’ve mostly abandoned transparent cuts, such as eligibility changes or spending reductions to states … (instead) opting for opaque cuts, which will shed millions of eligible beneficiaries by overwhelming them with pointless paperwork and other needlessly complicated administrative requirements,” wrote Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd, professors of public policy.
The New York Times -
May 28, 2025
“We’re not giving hormones to children. It was literally, ‘How do we follow the epidemiology and what we know are factors that lead to HIV acquisition and not being engaged in HIV treatment among these young people?’” said Kristi Gamarel, associate professor of health behavior and health equity, who along with Sari Reisner, associate professor of epidemiology, lost federal funding for research on HIV and transgender minority youth.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
