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March 29, 2023
Eight times as many children are shot and killed at home as in school shootings partly because the shooter has chosen the victims, not opened fire indiscriminately. “If someone intends to kill their family, they will make targeted shots and make sure they kill,” said April Zeoli, associate professor of health management and policy and policy core director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
USA Today -
March 28, 2023
“In many places, bottled water is an important source of safe drinking water absent adequate public water supply systems,” said Sara Hughes, associate professor of environment and sustainability. “But the bottled water industry actively encourages distrust of tap water, which does erode public support and investment in public drinking water systems even where the water is available and safe to drink.”
Popular Science -
March 28, 2023
Atmospheric rivers and the extreme weather they brought to California recently probably helped lead to increased moisture in the air, which enabled last week’s tornadoes to form, said Perry Samson, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and information: “You’ve got the conditions for instability set up by these atmospheric rivers.”
Vox -
March 28, 2023
“State- and municipal-owned banks are intended to be publicly accountable, transparent, democratic … (with) oversight boards or governing bodies that include members of the community,” said Terri Friedline, associate professor of social work, who said private banks have not “fully and equitably” provided checking and savings accounts to a full range of customers, and that public banking services could fill that need.
Marketplace -
March 27, 2023
U-M researchers are using artificial intelligence to reduce the testing miles required of autonomous vehicles by 99.99 percent. “The AV test vehicles we’re using are real, but … the background vehicles are virtual, which allows us to train them to create challenging scenarios that only happen rarely on the road,” said Henry Liu, director of Mcity and the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation.
DBusiness -
March 27, 2023
“By having access to this information, people can make informed decisions about their behavior if they have a personal concern about the levels of pathogens detected in their community,” said Krista Wigginton, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, about an online dashboard that tracks pathogens detected in wastewater — COVID-19, monkeypox, influenza A, RSV and norovirus GII — in Ann Arbor, Flint, Jackson, Tecumseh and Ypsilanti.
MLive -
March 27, 2023
“One of the challenges of drug shortages is that it requires hospitals to essentially MacGyver different treatment opportunities and regimens, which is not necessarily evidence for data-based,” said Andrew Shuman, associate professor of otolaryngology, who recently testified on Capitol Hill that ever-increasing shortages make the U.S. drug and medical supply far too vulnerable and put national security at risk.
CNN -
March 24, 2023
Dave Ulrich, professor of business administration, says in today’s uncertain times, good business leaders should focus on what is certain in their environment: “It’s an actually really interesting contradiction. We shape the future by being certain about what we know and believe and what we value, and that becomes critical to our success. … Hope comes when we are optimistic that our efforts today will lead to success tomorrow.”
Forbes -
March 24, 2023
“The most useful way to use them is to spark conversation. Think about, ‘Here are the ways I’m different from other people.’ That might be helpful in understanding yourself,” said Robin Edelstein, professor of psychology, who sees some value in the popular Enneagram personality test but wouldn’t use it to make any “important life decisions.”
CNBC -
March 24, 2023
As lawmakers appear closer than ever to blocking TikTok, a total ban would most likely result in Apple and Google removing the popular Chinese social media app from their app stores and turning off app updates. “Everyone who’s installed it would still have it. But my guess is that for everyone who has it on their phone, it would stop working in various ways,” said Kentaro Toyama, professor of information.
CBS News
