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March 15, 2023
“Gender apartheid is anathema to (the) foundational norms of international law, every bit as much as racial apartheid was to the analogous principles prohibiting race discrimination. … Gender apartheid is an erasure of the humanity of women,” said Karima Bennoune, professor of law, on the ever-growing oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan and Iran.
Forbes -
March 14, 2023
“We see a good number of people, especially as they get older, that might not quite need as much sleep as they needed 30 years before, but they’re still trying to stay in bed for nine hours,” said Ronald Chervin, professor of neurology and division chief of the Sleep Disorders Centers, who advises that we decide what amount of sleep time is right and then set regular bedtime and wake-up hours.
USA Today -
March 14, 2023
New diet drugs introduced by WeightWatchers could be an effective part of a multifaceted approach to weight loss, but Amy Rothberg, professor of endocrinology and nutritional sciences, worries that such programs are more interested in boosting enrollment — and profits: “My hope is that they do their due diligence and have real monitoring of the patients taking the drugs.”
The Associated Press -
March 14, 2023
“It’s kind of a wild west. They’ll have more or less nicotine or other substances and ingredients in them than appears on the label. It’s a little bit too much of a crapshoot,” said Cliff Douglas, director of the U-M Tobacco Research Network, who believes new proposed FDA rules to require tobacco companies to divulge the ingredients and additives in all their products will affect e-cigarettes the most.
CNN -
March 13, 2023
“The U.S. still outsources drilling safety and spill cleanup to industry, which has proven far more adept at extracting oil than protecting the environment,” said David Uhlmann, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program, who questions why more than a decade after the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. has yet to address its societal responsibility for the disaster.
Salon -
March 13, 2023
“Many of the rewards associated with middle class stability — a safe neighborhood with coveted amenities, quality public schools, job security — are out of reach for this group,” wrote Karyn Lacy, associate professor of sociology and Afroamerican and African studies, about the lower Black middle class, which, on average, holds more debt and fewer assets than their white counterparts.
The Christian Science Monitor -
March 13, 2023
“This means that the water in our solar system was formed long before the sun, planets and comets formed,” said Merel van ‘t Hoff, postdoctoral fellow in astronomy, who was part of a research team that detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around a distant star that can be traced from star-forming gas clouds to planets such as our own.
Daily Mail (U.K.) -
March 10, 2023
“It’s spas, anti-aging creams, cosmetic procedures, gyms, all of that, and it’s really quite a brilliant campaign,” said Susan Douglas, professor of communication and media. “They are now marketing Botox to people in their 20s, and if you get people to be phobic about aging when they’re young, you have an ever-replenishing market for your products.”
Los Angeles Times -
March 10, 2023
“There’s this argument that the more physical activity you do, the more it takes away from seated instruction. But I would argue just because students are sitting there quietly does not necessarily mean that they’re actually paying attention and learning. Physical activity … is associated with improved standardized testing, improved academic achievements,” said Rebecca Hasson, associate professor of kinesiology and nutritional sciences.
EducationWeek -
March 10, 2023
Allen Burton, professor of environment and sustainability, says it will likely take several years for East Palestine, Ohio, to recover from a recent chemical spill: “The reality is we’re not going to get rid of all of this contamination. This has soaked into the ground and into the streams. … They really need to be sampling the sediments to see if those compounds are continuing to leach out from under the surface waters.”
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