In the News
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May 5, 2015
“In other parts of the world, especially emerging countries, banks are more aggressively marketing their mobile banking services,” said M.S. Krishnan, professor of technology and operations and associate dean of global initiatives at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
NBC News -
May 5, 2015
Research by Sara Adar, assistant professor of epidemiology, suggests that reducing diesel air pollution from school buses could lead to 14 million fewer student absences each year in the United States.
U.S. News & World Report -
May 4, 2015
Richard Curtin, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers, says the increase in last month’s national consumer sentiment was due to optimism over consistently low inflation and low interest rates, and improving prospects for jobs and incomes.
The Associated Press -
May 4, 2015
A story about 3-D printed airway splints developed and implanted in children by U-M physicians featured comments by Dr. Glenn Green, associate professor of otolaryngology; Scott Hollister, professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of oral surgery; and Dr. Robert Morrison, house officer in otolaryngology.
Los Angeles Times -
May 4, 2015
Research by Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior and health education, suggests that if black Americans lived as long as their white counterparts, the outcomes of some state-level elections would have been different.
Mother Jones -
May 3, 2015
James Ashton-Miller, research professor in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering and internal medicine, discussed his research on a baseball pitcher’s reaction time to line drives hit back to the mound.
USA Today -
May 3, 2015
Ben van der Pluijm, professor of earth and environmental sciences, explained why science is able to predict where earthquakes will occur but not when.
China Daily -
May 3, 2015
“Flying domestically in the U.S. used to be much more energy intensive than driving, but that is no longer the case,” said Michael Sivak, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
The Washington Post -
April 30, 2015
“If you look over the shoulder of any child with a smartphone, they’re mostly not using education apps but playing Angry Birds. Why should we expect that more of this kind of technology in and of itself will help our children?” said Kentaro Toyama, associate professor of information.
Fortune -
April 30, 2015
Cheryl King, professor of psychiatry and psychology, and Gregory Dalack, associate professor of psychiatry, were quoted in a story about Facebook’s new suicide prevention feature.
Huffington Post
