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From Desks to Diagnosis: How Your Job Shapes Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity—New Insights from Park et al. (2024)
We are thrilled to introduce groundbreaking research from Dr. Sungwon Park, a current Michigan Society of Fellows (MSF) postdoctoral fellow, recently published in BMC Public Health. In her insightful article titled…
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Melanie Mitchell Joins “Science Friday” to Discuss the State of Generative AI
What is this generation of AI good at and where does it fall short? Ira Flatow, host and producer of Science Friday, talks to Melanie Mitchell, alumni fellow (1990-92) and…
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Publication Announcement: Trophically Integrated Ecometric Models as Tools for Demonstrating Spatial and Temporal Functional Changes in Mammal Communities Co-authored by David Polly
David Polly, alumni fellow (1994-96) and professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Indiana University, co-authored a PNAS article that examines the functional relationship between mammal locomotor traits and the…
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Publication Announcement: Escaping the Impossibility of Fairness: From Formal to Substantive Algorithmic Fairness by Ben Green
Ben Green, research fellow (2020-23) and assistant professor of public policy, authored an article in Philosophy and Technology in which he argues that promoting justice with algorithms requires reforming the…
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Sarah Quinn and Monica Prasad Discuss the American Credit System on “Downside Up” Podcast
What if we lived in a world without credit? Downside Up host Chris Cillizza discusses the complicated history of credit with alumni fellows Sarah Quinn (2010-12), who is an associate…
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Publication Announcement: Predictors and Consequences of Gestation Length in Wild Chimpanzees Co-authored by Joseph Feldblum
Joseph Feldblum, alumni fellow (2018-22) and assistant research professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, co-authored an article investigating the predictors of gestation length, and the impact of gestation length…
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Publication Announcement: The Last Great Battle of the West by Elizabeth Hinton
In 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois published Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America,…
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Max Lifchitz Plays Music Inspired by Nature (Livestream: Feb. 5, 2023, 7:30 P.M.)
Max Lifchitz, alumni fellow (1974-77), composer, and professor of music at SUNY-Albany, to offer a recital featuring eight distinctive works inspired by diverse aspects of the natural world. Composers included…
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Peter Wilf Named AAAS Fellow in 2022 Class
Congratulations to Peter Wilf, alumni fellow (1999-02) and professor of geosciences at Penn State University, on being named as one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
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Faculty Spotlight: Senior Fellow and Professor Embraces Disability Through Movement
The University Record spotlights wheelchair dancer, disability culture activist, and community performance artist Petra Kuppers, senior fellow (2021-24) and professor of English language and literature and of women’s and gender…
