In the News
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January 8, 2025
Drug use among teens has continued to drop since the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Richard Miech, research professor at the Institute for Social Research: “It’s hard to know if we’re seeing the start of something, or not. … (But) the pandemic stopped the cycle of new kids coming in and being recruited to drug use.”
Voice of America -
January 8, 2025
“The economy is the strongest economy compared to its peers globally and compared to itself in the 21st century. … Prime-age labor force participation and employment is quite close to its all-time high, inflation is down, asset prices are up, inflation-adjusted wages are up. … It’s tragically underrated because (Americans’) dislike of this strong economy risks the strong economy,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics.
Marketplace -
December 16, 2024
“This is the fifth-best solution, but solutions one through four are not viable for a variety of different reasons. Five is feasible. So, let’s do it,” said Johanna Mathieu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who is helping the city of Ann Arbor create a sustainable energy utility, which may not be the most technically elegant model for energy infrastructure, but is the city’s best bet for quickly ramping up clean energy generation.
Smart Cities Dive -
December 16, 2024
“The memory of a computer is limited to 100 degrees Celsius. So, it’s not just that we engineered a cooler or we played some engineering trick. But we really rethought what are some of the physical processes that we can harness,” said Yiyang Li, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, whose team has developed computer storage technology to process data in high temperature environments.
WEMU Radio -
December 16, 2024
“A director who disagrees with CFPB’s mission is likely to deprioritize some of the things that a Biden administration might have made a priority,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, on the prospect that Donald Trump could appoint a new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who shares Republicans’ disdain for the administrative state.
Salon -
December 13, 2024
More than a third of middle-aged and older adults feel lonely and isolated, especially those in fair or poor health, according to a poll by Preeti Malani, clinical professor of internal medicine, and Jeff Kullgren, associate professor of internal medicine. “Clinicians should see loneliness and isolation as a key factor in their patients’ lives, especially those with serious physical or mental health conditions,” Kullgren said.
U.S. News & World Report -
December 13, 2024
“Paid parental leaves can support better postpartum recovery for moms, which is not only beneficial to their well-being, but also contributes to longer-run, improved family financial health. These policies also support a healthy start in life for babies, and thus are an important investment in the next generation,” said Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy and social work and faculty director for Poverty Solutions.
Michigan Advance -
December 13, 2024
“This is not about wokeness or free speech; it is about Trump using government powers to engage in selective punishments and purges on a scale we really have not seen before,” said Don Moynihan, professor of public policy, about President-elect Trump’s promise to punish or control the media, higher education, the federal bureaucracy, the legal system and the military.
The New York Times -
December 12, 2024
“(Immunotherapy uses) your own immune system to kill the tumor cells. … T-cells are the soldiers of the immune system. They recognize tumor cells and they kill tumor cells,” said Weiping Zou, professor of surgery and pathology, whose team has identified a metabolic mechanism that tends to block the body’s natural immune response and makes immunotherapies ineffective.
WOOD / Grand Rapids -
December 12, 2024
“It can be draining to have such high emotions all the time. It turns them off the news environment and we’re seeing increased amounts of active news avoidance around the world,” said Ariel Hasell, assistant professor of communication and media, who is concerned that too much negative content in social media — misinformation, AI-generated images, unfounded conspiracy theories — can lead to the average person “switching off.”
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