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January 25, 2023
Despite complaints about appearance, noise and favored tax treatment, wind farms can supercharge the economies of rural America. “For communities that want to go all in on agriculture, wind fits well. For those that want to see a bunch of residential development or have economies based on tourism and the landscape, they may need to look more closely,” said Sarah Mills, senior project manager at the Graham Sustainability Institute.
Fast Company -
January 24, 2023
“The use of Twitter to share scientific and medical advancements has the potential to help our medical system move closer to truly being patient-centered,” co-wrote medical student Victor Agbafe. “As the policies of Twitter are revisited and adapted under its new leadership, it is crucial to remember that despite all the concerns about the platform, it can truly play a remarkably positive role in creating a more dynamic, inclusive, and democratized health care and science ecosystem.”
The Hill -
January 24, 2023
Politicians repeatedly reach for new and expanded highways as a transportation solution, but more road capacity can often result in more driving and congestion, says Jonathan Levine, professor of urban and regional planning. “Political power tends to be concentrated in people who are able to drive and have no particular restrictions. Political power is not concentrated in people who say, ‘Gosh, my life would really be transformed if there were decent transit around here.’”
The Kansas City Star -
January 24, 2023
“We can all, as a society, realize we have a role to play in reducing the stigma around childhood obesity, and helping to change many of the factors that lead to excess weight so that we can help this generation of young people grow up with better health,” said Susan Woolford, associate professor of pediatrics, on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ call for early and aggressive treatment of childhood obesity.
The Washington Post -
January 23, 2023
“Grip strength is often called a biomarker of aging. But the biological context for why it’s so predictive of positive and negative outcomes during aging hasn’t really been clear,” said Mark Peterson, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, whose research suggests that grip strength is closely linked to mortality and may be a better indicator of life expectancy than blood pressure.
The Washington Post -
January 23, 2023
“On Lunar New Year, for three days you go visit family, friends and teachers. So everybody has to store a lot of snacks in their house for people to come visit and have tea. It becomes like the pride of the household to serve their traditional snacks,” said Vietnamese food historian Linh Khanh Trinh, doctoral student in Asian languages and cultures.
Associated Press -
January 23, 2023
“It’s not a sexy thing, but that’s really what we do day in and day out: Control the traffic and be the beacon for problems, and get the right people in the room when something’s going wrong,” said Christopher Friese, professor of nursing, on the crucial role that nurses play in American health care.
The New York Times -
January 20, 2023
“We’ve been losing people to other states for almost 20 years, and our fertility rate is going down,” said Reynolds Farley, professor emeritus of sociology and population studies. Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Economics, said, “Population trends represent a significant speed limit for Michigan’s long-run employment and economic growth prospects. The more people we have, especially the more working-age people we have, the more job growth will be able to sustain.”
The Detroit News -
January 20, 2023
“One of the things we’re seeing right now is that the winters are warming quite definitively. We are still seeing these cold air outbreaks that are about as cold as they’ve ever been, but they’re faster, and there’s not as much of a cold reservoir that causes cold air outbreaks,” said Richard Rood, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and environment and sustainability.
WEMU Radio -
January 20, 2023
Yun Zhou, assistant professor of sociology, says China’s recent attempts to encourage families to have more children haven’t worked: “What I’ve seen is women often resisted and often prioritized their paid employment and prioritized their pursuit of individualistic ideals … It remains to be seen just to what extent and how extreme the state will actually go in trying to incentivize births.”
National Public Radio
