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February 13, 2023
“Midwives will spend more time during the pregnancy and during the birth in the patients’ rooms and still cost less money. But you’re not going to fire the physicians because you need the physicians, so you fire the midwives. It just seems easy. And it’s of course very shortsighted,” said Ruth Zielinski, professor of nursing.
Michigan Radio -
February 13, 2023
“Eradicating inequality in policing would require eradicating inequality in the U.S. That is a very daunting, aspirational goal. … Some people might suggest that we just give the officers more training to change their attitudes. I think we need to … focus not on officer attitudes but on their interactions, by changing policies that can change behavior,” said Nick Camp, assistant professor of organizational studies.
Scientific American -
February 10, 2023
“Though President Biden didn’t formally announce his intention to seek reelection, several hints indicated this is extremely likely in the coming months,” said Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate, who noted that Biden’s promise during his State of the Union address to “finish the job” was likely “implying that there would be more hard work to be done in a second term.”
Newsweek -
February 10, 2023
“It’s a commonly proposed tool to shift when they are consuming electricity to better manage the needs of the consumer. It’s making it your responsibility if you care about those prices and what you’re paying to the utility,” said Johanna Mathieu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, on the increasing use of time-of-day energy rates, which vary consumer costs during peak and off-peak hours.
The Detroit News -
February 10, 2023
“The idea is to have a commitment to reducing inequality,” said Reuven Avi-Yonah, professor of law, about President Biden’s policy proposals to apply a new tax on billionaires and sharply increase the current tax on corporate stock buybacks. “The truth is it will not pass now with Republicans in control of the House. So it’s rhetoric.”
ABC News -
February 9, 2023
“A generalized grievance doesn’t give you standing. There’s generalized harm for sure. They’re spending like $300 or $400 billion, but that’s not specific,” said Christopher Walker, professor of law, on whether states challenging President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program will be directly harmed by the policy. “It’s hard to find standing for this.”
Inside Higher Ed -
February 9, 2023
A proposal to provide free preschool for 4-year-olds in Michigan could increase access and improve teacher pay, says Christina Weiland, associate professor of education and of public policy: “It’s a problem that’s highly solvable if you put the resources to it. It would really be a shame, especially before we have the details from the (Whitmer) administration, to get to this point of false tradeoffs … about what could be possible.”
Chalkbeat Detroit -
February 9, 2023
“In my view, the electric vehicle transition should be part of a broader shift to clean mobility that invests in public transit, walking and biking, as well as systems like EV charging that support private car use. New clean mobility systems should be designed so that all Americans have safe and reliable options for getting to their destinations,” wrote Sita Syal, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Fast Company -
February 8, 2023
Community gardening could reduce violent crimes in neighborhoods, say researchers at the School of Public Health’s Prevention Research Collaborative. “If you engage residents and improve their neighborhoods, they’ll get to know each other, they’ll build social resources. They’ll then feel like their environment is safer and more orderly,” said Laney Rupp, research area specialist. Data manager Catherine Gong said, “It is a good way to work on crime prevention, but it needs to be sustainable. It can be hard.”
Great Lakes Echo -
February 8, 2023
“The Biden administration was right to shoot it down,” said John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy. “The official Chinese narrative is not plausible, and whether or not the balloon was able to record sensitive intelligence data, it presented a clear test of U.S. resolve. … Allowing it to cross the United States without incident would have set a deeply problematic precedent.”
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