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September 3, 2014
Stewart Thornhill, professor of business administration and executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, was interviewed about how to learn entrepreneurship.
CNBC Squawk Box -
September 2, 2014
Paolo Squatriti, professor of history, and romance languages and literatures, was quoted in an article about technological advances in the early Middle Ages.
Forbes -
September 2, 2014
“We’re walking a line of trying to be vigilant and have a safe environment, without raising the kind of alarm that would unnecessarily escalate stigma and isolation of people,” said Dr. Robert Winfield, U-M’s chief health officer and director of the University Health Service, regarding the risk of an Ebola virus outbreak.
The New York Times -
September 1, 2014
Bryce Pilz, clinical assistant professor of law, addressed privacy and safety concerns raised by commercial drone delivery programs like the one developed by Google.
The Christian Science Monitor -
August 31, 2014
Robert Zucker, professor of psychology and psychiatry, and director of the Addiction Research Center, spoke about the impact that parental drinking has on kids’ likelihood to imbibe.
Business Standard (India) -
August 31, 2014
“Your body, the air, the walls, let’s even throw in the stars and planets. All of that is made of atoms, but all of that only adds up to about 5 percent of the universe,” said Katherine Freese, professor of physics.
Michigan Radio -
August 31, 2014
Jon D. Miller, research scientist and director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy, was quoted in a story about Canadians’ clearer understanding of and a more positive attitude toward science than people in most other developed countries.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) -
August 26, 2014
“People have all kinds of assumptions about what ‘affirmative action’ or ‘diversity programs’ mean. Unfortunately, plenty of employees think it’s about hiring people who are less qualified, just because they’re a member of a minority group,” said David Mayer, associate professor of management and organizations.
Fortune -
August 26, 2014
Matthew Countryman, associate professor of history, American culture, and Afroamerican and African studies, was interviewed about riots sparked by confrontations between black residents and predominantly white police forces in Philadelphia and other U.S. cities in 1964.
National Public Radio -
August 26, 2014
“Many Twitter users value the openness of that platform so they have to be careful about this decision or they risk alienating their users,” said Clifford Lampe, associate professor of information, regarding Twitter’s recent decision to remove graphic images and suspend accounts that share them.
The Huffington Post
