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  Career prep: A bold experiment that recasts high school

  Why wait until college for an internship? At Dearborn's Fordson High School, students are landing spots at big companies such as DTE Energy and getting to tour Google, local hospitals, auto dealerships and aerospace centers before they graduate.

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  Not a recession? That might be news to real disposable income

  Despite all else going on with inflation, the stock market and supply chains, economists are clear on one thing: There is no recession. So why does it feel like one to many?

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  Two-decade review of Flint finances by U-M shows consequences of lack of investment, legacy costs  

  The turmoil surrounding the city of Flint—most notably stemming from its lead-tainted water crisis—has become a cautionary tale for other Rust Belt cities struggling to balance their budgets, provide services and attract new business.  A 20-year review of the city’s finances by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the University of Read more

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  Livingston Awards for Young Journalists announce 2022 winners

  Stories highlighting Texas’ troubled mental health care system, the spread of viral disinformation and its effects on personal relationships, and the darker side of a religious order founded by Mother Theresa are the latest winners of the Livingston Awards.  The awards, announced today, honor stories that represent the best in local, national and international reporting Read more

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  New delivery method allows slow-release of broader array of peptide drugs in the body 

  A new study from the University of Michigan describes one of the first entirely new drug delivery microencapsulation approaches in decades. 

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  Study: Most ‘silent’ genetic mutations are harmful, not neutral, a finding with broad implications

  In the early 1960s, University of Michigan alumnus Marshall Nirenberg and a few other scientists deciphered the genetic code of life, determining the rules by which information in DNA molecules is translated into proteins, the working parts of living cells. They identified three-letter units in DNA sequences, known as codons, that specify each of the Read more

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  New U-M robotics undergraduate program to meet surging demand for roboticists

  An inclusive-by-design degree program centers on how an embodied intelligence senses, reasons, acts and works with humans to establish a pipeline of people-first roboticists The new undergraduate program in robotics at Michigan Engineering will empower students to practice the full spectrum of robotics—including underwater, wheeled, legged, flying and medical robots—at U-M’s 134,000-square-foot Ford Motor Company Read more

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  Physical abuse less likely when spanking is eliminated

  When parents in countries worldwide use spanking as a behavior deterrent, their children are more likely to become a victim of physical abuse, say University of Michigan researchers. A new U-M study analyzed the connection between spanking and physical abuse in 56 low- and middle-income countries, as well as examined the extent to which physical Read more

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  Exposure to chemicals increased in pregnant women in the last decade, study suggests

  Pregnant women’s exposures to chemicals increased considerably in the last decade, according to a recently published study.  John Meeker is one of the study co-authors and a professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He says the study also shows that Hispanic women and other women of color and those of lower Read more

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  Input from those affected by environmental burdens must be incorporated into environmental justice tools

  Because environmental justice screening tools will affect community members impacted by disproportionate environmental burdens, soliciting input from the environmental justice community is crucial to developing and using screening tools, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. A key takeaway from the research is that meaningful input from those affected by environmental pollution Read more

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  Without stronger regulation, firms’ charitable giving ripe for exploitation, U-M business experts find

  Some companies are specific and transparent when it comes to their charity, others vague and opaque.  That leaves room for companies to exaggerate or even lie about how much they give to worthy causes. It’s important for government regulators to monitor firms’ cause marketing activities and assess how differences in enforcement affect firms’ activities, according Read more

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  Roundworms offer new insights into Bardet-Biedl syndrome

  Scientists have identified a new role for a protein complex at the center of a human genetic disorder called Bardet-Biedl syndrome, or BBS, for which there is currently no cure. Bardet-Biedl syndrome arises when the BBSome protein complex malfunctions. Because the BBSome regulates the form and function of cilia, the hair-like structures on the surface Read more

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  What’s in a name? Glimmers of evolution in naming babies, choosing a dog, according to U-M researcher

  Maverick was first used as a baby name after a television show called “Maverick” aired in the 1950s, but its popularity rose meteorically in 1986 with the release of the movie “Top Gun.” Today, it is even used for baby girls.  The name Emma peaked in popularity in the late 1800s, declined precipitously through the Read more

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