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  1. December 16, 2022
    • Photo of Jenny Radesky

    “If your go-to strategy is to distract them or get them to be quiet by using media, then this study suggests that is not helping them in the long term,” said Jenny Radesky, associate professor of pediatrics, whose research shows that pacifying tantrum-throwing kids with a digital device takes away a teaching moment and reinforces that big displays of difficult emotions are effective ways to get what they want.

    CNN
  2. December 16, 2022
    • Carolyn Kuranz

    “If we want to prevent further climate change, we are going to need diverse options of energy production to deploy. And nuclear energy — both fission and fusion — really must be a part of that equation. We’re not going to get there with renewables alone,” said Carolyn Kuranz, associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences.

    The Associated Press
  3. December 15, 2022
    • Rosemary Perez

    “When faculty are doing their annual evaluations, nobody is going to ask me, ‘How many students have you supported with their mental health struggles?’ … Caring for students is invisible labor that is asked for and is needed. At the same time, there’s no acknowledgment that you’re doing it,” said Rosemary Perez, associate professor of education.

    Inside Higher Education
  4. December 15, 2022
    • Javed Ali

    “It comes with considerable risks for the Belarusians. … Belarus is such a small country. It has such limited military resources. Losing a few hundred troops or a couple thousand would be devastating for them,” said Javed Ali, professor from practice in public policy, on the prospect of Belarus joining Russia in its war against Ukraine.

    Newsweek
  5. December 15, 2022
    • Purnima Kumar

    “When vape products enter the mouth, the nicotine, heat and other organic compounds involved are immediately broken down by bacteria. And in terms of dental health, that process is the equivalent to exposing your teeth and gums to a supersized McDonald’s meal every day,” said Purnima Kumar, professor of dentistry.

    U.S. News & World Report
  6. December 14, 2022
    • Photo of Derek Peterson

    “We want to put these objects back into the hands of people who made them meaningful. We want them to live again, not only as museum pieces but as part of Uganda’s public culture,” said Derek Peterson, professor of history and African and Afroamerican studies, who is working with colleagues to repatriate objects from the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to the Uganda Museum in Kampala.

    The Daily Mail (U.K.)
  7. December 14, 2022
    • Hoyt Bleakley

    Michigan’s labor force is missing more than 100,000 workers with a participation rate of just 60%. “We have more job openings than people looking for work, and that hasn’t happened since the ’40s. So under that environment, rises in unemployment take a longer time to recover because of weak labor force attachment,” said Hoyt Bleakley, professor of economics.

    Crain's Detroit Business
  8. December 14, 2022
    • Ketra Armstrong

    Ketra Armstrong, professor of sport management, says it will take a deep cultural shift for WNBA players to earn more money without having to play basketball overseas: “We need … comprehensive business plans that will grow the market, that will grow their fan base, that will engage them with corporate partners. … All of these things is what the NBA has been doing for years, and we need to have the same type of intentionality for the WNBA.”

    National Public Radio
  9. December 13, 2022
    • Mary Gallagher

    “These are students and workers who did not experience the 1980s. They did not experience a China that was closed. … And up until the reign of Xi Jinping … there were really very few political constraints on them, in the sense that, as long as they didn’t oppose the government, they had widespread social and economic freedom as well as cultural freedom in terms of how they consumed social media,” said Mary Gallagher, professor of political science and director of the International Institute.

    National Public Radio
  10. December 13, 2022
    • Derek Van Berkel

    “Whether or not Twitter survives, the large societal investment in building this fragile network requires some rethinking of social-media data as a public good,” co-wrote Derek Van Berkel, assistant professor of environment and sustainability. “Companies’ social license to operate should be predicated on a commitment to the public to maintain their crucial infrastructure as a key data source, vital for long-term research.”

    Nature