In the News
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June 18, 2014
In a story about the lost art of using plain English in corporate America, Dana Muir, professor of business law, said, “Creating a culture of safety and good management can be consistent with a legal strategy to minimize the likelihood that employees will engage in careless or exaggerated statements.”
Detroit Free Press -
June 18, 2014
“For the U.S. to treat this as a series of al-Qaida conquests (in Iraq) and then to exercise military force to suppress it, I think, risks misunderstanding the situation and deeply alienating the Sunni population of northern Iraq,” said Juan Cole, professor of history.
National Public Radio -
June 17, 2014
Dr. Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine, chronicled the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver 40 years ago.
PBS NewsHour -
June 17, 2014
“The value for money that universities are getting from commercial publishers is generally considerably less than the value for money they are getting from nonprofit publishers,” said Paul Courant, professor of pubic policy, economics and information.
The Guardian -
June 17, 2014
Dr. Tim Johnson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and women’s studies, said the Michigan law requiring women to buy a separate health insurance rider for abortion coverage is having a chilling effect on doctors when treating patients.
Detroit Free Press -
June 16, 2014
Mike Palmer, manager of horticulture, and Joe Mooney, manager of marketing and communications at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, were quoted in a story about U-M’s 80-year-old American agave plant that is nearing its once-in-a-lifetime bloom.
USA Today -
June 16, 2014
June Manning Thomas, professor of urban planning, offered her thoughts on what should be done as the Michigan Department of Transportation explores whether to rebuild or find a new use for the mile-long I-375 freeway that runs along Detroit’s east side.
Detroit Free Press -
June 16, 2014
Holly Hughes, professor of art and design, theatre and drama, and women’s studies, was interviewed about her decade-long fight with the government over her performance art.
WBEZ Radio (Chicago) -
June 15, 2014
Meghan Duffy, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, warned against reading too much into research that shows that plants in isolated populations are more likely to fuel disease, while those in larger, connected patches are more likely to resist infection.
Wired -
June 15, 2014
“We’re not dealing with groups of people here who are not entitled to U.S. protection. Quite the contrary, we’re dealing with a population that actually seems to in very large measure qualify for protection that we offered to provide by signing the UN Refugee Convention,” said James Hathaway, professor of law, on the legality of immigrant children in the U.S.
Christian Science Monitor
