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Do you know what your children are watching?
 Watching media violence significantly increases the risk that a viewer or video game player will behave aggressively
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December 7, 2007
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Dwindling drinking water
To cope with dwindling freshwater supplies, U-M professor Walter Weber discusses treating wastewater for drinking. He talks about his ideas for better water management and how we could extract energy from toilet water
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Identifying with fictional characters
Men looked more favorably toward smoking when they saw movie character John McCane (Die Hard) smoke
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November 5, 2007
Sonya Dal Cin, LS&A |
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Seven years of bad luck
Michigan's economy has seen seven years of great plenty, followed by seven years of economic famine—but, unfortunately, it's not over yet, say University of Michigan economists.
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November 19, 2007
George Fulton
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Schmoozing is good for the brain
Chatting for just 10 minutes boosts mental performance.
5:53
Oscar Ybarra
Psychology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
October 29, 2007
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Julio Frenk visits U-M
Julio Frenk, former minister of health of Mexico,and current counsel to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation talks about disaster preparednes
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September 10, 2007
Podcast En Español
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Auto talks
UAW contract negotiations
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August 7, 2007
Bruce Belzowski, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute |
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National Medal of Science
Prof. Hyman Bass was awarded the National Medal of Science
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July 18, 2007
Hyman Bass |
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Generation Rx: Teenagers abuse pain medication
A short report on the purpose, methodology and timeliness of the U-M study
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Carol Boyd, Institute for Research on Women and Gender
July 9, 2007
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Organic farming can feed the world
In developing countries, food production could double or triple
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En español
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Ivette Perfecto, School of Natural Resources and Environment
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Michigan economy
U-M economist talks about what Michigan must do to turn things around economically
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June 04, 2007
Donald Grimes, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations |
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Immigration and higher education
U-M leads national conversation
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June 04, 2007
John Burkhardt , School of Education
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Forced rankings
Systems requiring managers to evaluate the performance of an employee against other employees can hurt productivity
Stephen Garcia,
Ross School of Business, Ford School of Public Policy and Institute for Social Research
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May 7, 2007
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Substance abuse among Chilean teens
A new University of Michigan project that will study substance
abuse among Chilean teens
during a five-year period
Jorge Delva, School of Social Work
Related release
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May 14th, 2007 |
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Mothers and Others
How having a child affects your well-being in later life
Amy Pienta,
Institute for Social Research
Related release
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April 30, 2007 |
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Asymmetric journalism
Changes in warfare have helped spawn changes in journalism
Mark McDonald,
Department of Communication Studies
Related release
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April 2, 2007
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TV and chubby children
Allowing preschool-age children to watch too much TV puts them at risk for being overweight
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Julie Lumeng,
Center for Human Growth and Development
March 5, 2007
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Not your father's addictions: today's teens compared with teens of the past 33 years
The differences between teens of the 70s, 80s, 90s and today
Lloyd Johnston, Monitoring the Future Study, Institute for Social Research
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February 19, 2007 |
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Is Black History Month still relevant today?
Percy Bates talks about Black History Month.
Percy Bates, School of Education
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Feb. 05, 2007
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Unprecedented response to Pfizer's closing
U-M, state of Michigan, Ann Arbor and SPARK seek solutions
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January 31, 2007 |
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Time, money and who does the laundry
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The ISR Panel Study of Income Dynamics studies how U.S. men, women and children spend their time
Frank Stafford,
Institute for Social Research
January 29, 2007 |
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Fortifying bridge from Ann Arbor to Detroit
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UM Deans explore outreach opportunities of Detroit Center office
January 28, 2007 |
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Disciplining children
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Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, School of Social Work
January 22, 2007
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Smoking rates higher among low-income African-Americans
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Jorge Delva,
School of Social Work
January 15, 2007 |
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The evolution of sexual selection
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Daniel J. Kruger, Institute for Social Research
December 13 , 2006 |
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An assessment of the Bankruptcy Reform Act at its one-year anniversary
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It's too early to celebrate a decline in bankruptcy filings
John Pottow, UM Law School
December 11, 2006 |
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International adoptions
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Leslie Hollingsworth, School of Social Work
November 16, 2006 |
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Post-traumatic stress syndrome after disasters
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Sandro Galea talks about post-traumatic stress syndrome occurrences among those who experience natural or man-made disasters
Sandro Galea, School of Public Health
November 3 , 2006 |
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Ford's children discuss father
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Ford School of Public Policy celebrates opening of Weill Hall
President Ford's prepared remarks
October 16, 2006 |
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Informal quotas
Stephen M. Garcia
Public Policy
September 25, 2006 |
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9/11, five years later
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How safe are we?
Juan Cole
Department of History
College of Literature, Science, & the Arts
September 11, 2006 |
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Who helps the poor?
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Poverty in the U.S.
Sheldon Danziger, Ford School of Public Policy
September 04, 2006 |
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H. Nejat Seyhun & M.P. Narayanan
Department of Finance
Ross School of Business
July 31, 2006 |
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Amanda D. Lotz,
Department of Communications Studies
July 24, 2006
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Michael Traugott
Institute for Social Research
Department of Communications Studies
July 10, 2006 |
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Oliver C. Schultheiss
April 09, 2007 |
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Growing up, gulping down
On average, people experience the highest level of alcohol consumption
when they are young adults
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