In the News

  1. February 10, 2014

    Kenneth Warner, professor of health management and policy, was quoted in a story about health officials’ increasingly hopeful predictions that the end of smoking may be in sight.

    The Huffington Post
  2. February 10, 2014

    An opinion piece by Marina Whitman, professor of public policy and business administration, called for the simplification of the U.S. tax code.

    Detroit Free Press
  3. February 10, 2014

    Dae Hee Kwak, assistant professor of sport management, was featured in a televised panel discussion about the auto industry’s involvement in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

    Autoline This Week
  4. February 10, 2014

    Research by Michael Bastedo, associate professor of education and director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, and doctoral student Allyson Flaster was the subject of a column challenging the idea that many academically talented, low-income students who could succeed at top colleges are not applying to, enrolling in or graduating from them.

    Inside Higher Education
  5. February 9, 2014

    Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, and sociology, was interviewed about Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ plan to serve as adviser to new company CEO Satya Nadella.

    Bloomberg Businesweek
  6. February 9, 2014

    Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations, was quoted in an article about Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal to boost university funding by 6.1 percent.

    Detroit Free Press
  7. February 9, 2014

    Terri Conley, associate professor of psychology and women’s studies, discussed her research on gender and sexuality in a featured profile piece.

    New York Magazine
  8. February 6, 2014

    Ethan Kross, associate professor of psychology, was quoted in a story about his study that indicates thinking of oneself in the third person may lower anxiety.

    Toronto Star
  9. February 6, 2014

    Sarah A. Burgard, associate professor of sociology, said that although data haven’t yet confirmed it, there is an expectation that overall mortality will have declined during the Great Recesssion.

    The Washington Post
  10. February 6, 2014

    Daniel Fisher, professor of earth and environmental science, and ecology and evolutionary biology, spoke about a study that suggests when flowers disappeared after the last ice age, so too did the woolly mammoths that ate them.

    NPR