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January 16, 2023
“We’ve seen some corrections in the labor market,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics. “But the industries that are still recovering from the pandemic have not felt the need to stop adding workers. That growth is making up for some of the industries that are pulling back. And that’s exactly the right balance we want to have.”
The Washington Post -
January 16, 2023
“Code switching can make it easier to connect with others and build personal relationships when they see themselves in you and recognize shared traits. However, code switching is very much a double-edged sword because it also becomes detrimental and extremely taxing when it is seen as a requirement for inclusion and respectability,” said Myles Durkee, assistant professor of psychology.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
January 13, 2023
“Our analysis indicates that future grid decarbonization, current and future fuel prices, and charging accessibility will impact the extent to which EV benefits will be realized,” said Greg Keoleian, director of the Center for Sustainable Systems, who found that more than 90% of U.S. households that own a vehicle would see a reduction in the percentage of income spent on transportation energy if they switched to electric vehicles.
Reuters -
January 13, 2023
“What we forget is when hospitals put profits over patients, they are operating well within the system of economic carrots and sticks that we created for them, and within the system we created, hospitals are acting completely rationally as any other economic agent would,” Olga Yakusheva, professor of health management and policy and nursing.
Vox -
January 13, 2023
“Cars have always been at the intersection of new technology, but the technology has accelerated at such a degree that the lead time that it (takes) to make new cars — you gotta be future-facing,” said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing.
Las Vegas Review-Journal -
January 12, 2023
“Our goal is to use tag data to estimate foraging events, how many fish were consumed during a day, and connect that to estimates of how much energy dolphins use during the movement required to catch those fish,” said Alex Shorter, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, who has helped develop wearable sensors to monitor marine mammals’ movement and behavior.
DBusiness -
January 12, 2023
“Was this a case of sloppy record handling or something more intentional? We don’t yet know the answer to that, but I suspect my colleagues in the intelligence community are doing what is known as a damage assessment,” said Javed Ali, associate professor from practice in public policy, about the revelation that classified documents were kept at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.
ABC News -
January 12, 2023
“Does the text of the statute maybe allow it? Probably. But is that really what Congress was thinking when they created this program for military and national emergency relief?” said Christopher Walker, professor of law, on the Biden administration’s plan to use the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loans for eligible Americans.
Inside Higher Ed -
January 11, 2023
A new kind of solar panel that mimics a crucial step in natural photosynthesis by achieving 9 percent efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by U-M researchers. “We believe that artificial photosynthesis devices will be much more efficient than natural photosynthesis, which will provide a path toward carbon neutrality,” said Zetian Mi, professor of electrical and computer engineering. Peng Zhou, research fellow in electrical and computer engineering, said, “Hydrogen produced by our technology could be very cheap.”
DBusiness -
January 11, 2023
“The fact that it was decreasing both prescription opioid use and use of other medicines was surprising to us,” said Mark Bicket, assistant professor of anesthesiology, and of health management and policy, whose research found that 3 in 10 adult patients dealing with chronic pain are turning to medical marijuana.
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