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  1. March 29, 2024
    • Matthew Collette

    The ship that hit Baltimore’s Key Bridge “would have either three or four independent diesel generators” to provide electricity and another ready to “automatically start in a blackout condition, but it’s not instantaneous,” said Matthew Collette, professor of naval architecture and marine engineering.

    National Public Radio
  2. March 29, 2024
    • Photo of Sarah Clarke

    Most parents are torn about letting their kids take a sick day, according to a poll from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. “In some cases, the decision to keep kids home from school is clear. … But parents often have to guess at whether their child’s report of ‘not feeling well’ represents a good reason to miss school,” said Sarah Clark, research scientist in pediatrics.

    U.S. News & World Report
  3. March 29, 2024
    • Stefan Szymanski

    “They are less likely to get in. Once they get in they are less likely to get promoted. And once they do get promoted they are more likely to get fired. I’d like to hear what an explanation of this is, other than racism,” said Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management, about the lack of Black coaches and managers in pro soccer.

    The Associated Press
  4. March 28, 2024
    • Elena Frank

    More than half of all new doctors are subjected to sexual harassment during their first year on the job — down from a few years ago, says Elena Frank, assistant research scientist at the Michigan Neuroscience Institute: “The overall decrease … over recent years suggests a move in the right direction, however, rates of sexual harassment experienced by physician trainees are still alarmingly high.”

    U.S. News & World Report
  5. March 28, 2024
    • Mohammed Islam

    “You already see 3D camera technologies in … smartphones, tablets and mixed-reality devices. And these are small, inexpensive cameras that can easily be mounted on the rearview mirror, the steering column or other places in the driver’s cockpit,” said Mohammed Islam, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, whose team developed a low-cost system to detect drunk, drowsy or distracted drivers.

    DBusiness
  6. March 28, 2024
    • Headshot of Tuija Pulkkinen

    “This would indicate that we could use long-term space weather (or solar activity) predictions to anticipate electric power consumption needs,” said Tuija Pulkkinen, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, on new research that shows that drivers from space are important factors in understanding Earth’s weather and climate.

    The Washington Post
  7. March 27, 2024
    • Lee Roosevelt

    A new midwifery program at the School of Nursing will help diversify the profession and improve quality of care and mortality rates in minority communities, says Lee Roosevelt, clinical associate professor of nursing: “The way racism impacts the body, … the way it impacts the way providers treat and listen to pregnant people … all has impacts on those outcomes.”

    WDET Radio
  8. March 27, 2024
    • Justin Wolfers

    “Tariffs are very appealing to a lot of people and particularly to labor. Also, they go by another name — taxes,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy. “And it turns out that for every extra dollar we tax a Chinese good, you and I pay roughly an extra dollar more in consumer prices. And so it’s not that the Chinese are paying — it’s that you and I are paying.”

    CBS News
  9. March 27, 2024
    • Emily Martin

    With multiple respiratory viruses to combat each year — the flu, RSV, COVID-19 — it is now extremely challenging to gauge how effective vaccines are. “It becomes this much more complex network of prevention that’s happening. It does funny things to the numbers,” said Emily Martin, associate professor of epidemiology.

    The New York Times
  10. March 26, 2024
    • Headshot of Melissa Riba

    If Michigan wants to get ahead of its deadly opioid crisis, it must invest in housing, peer recovery staff and harm-reduction programs like syringe exchanges, says Melissa Riba, director of research and evaluation at the Center for Health and Research Transformation: “It’s all the little things that come together to surround people in recovery with the support so they can be successful.”

    Bridge Michigan