Michigan Minds

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Michigan Minds episodes

December 14, 2020 Using Transferable Skills to Navigate Educational and Professional Pursuits
In this episode of Michigan Minds, Center for the Education of Women+ social worker Courtney Reid discusses how she helps members of the U-M community identify meaningful goals and utilize transferable skills to refine educational and professional pursuits.
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13 min
December 07, 2020 Exploring Belief Superiority Around Climate Change and Environmental Behaviors
In this episode of Michigan Minds, assistant professor at the Ford School of Public Policy Kaitlin Raimi explains her research on how people compare their own beliefs and behaviors to those of others, specifically climate change and environmental behaviors.
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15 min
November 30, 2020 How the U-M Debate Team is Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this episode of Michigan Minds, U-M Director of Debate Aaron Kall discusses how the debate team adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights their recent success at what is considered the fall semester’s ‘national debate championship.’
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20 min
November 23, 2020 Exploring Possible Outcomes of the Affordable Care Act Case in the Supreme Court
In this episode of Michigan Minds, John Ayanian, MD, MPP, director of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, explains the details of the case and explores possible outcomes as the public waits for a ruling to come in 2021.
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16 min
November 19, 2020 Understanding the Importance of Transgender Awareness Week
In this episode of Michigan Minds, Rogério Meireles Pinto, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Social Work, discusses the significance of Transgender Awareness Week and explains his research to examine the health and structural challenges facing individuals in the transgender, and broader LBGTQ+ community.
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26 min
November 02, 2020 Discussing Rising Tensions Amid the 2020 Election
In this episode of Michigan Minds, Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of American Culture, History, and Women's Gender and Studies, discusses rising tensions amid the 2020 election.
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16 min
October 26, 2020 U-M Research Projects Aim to Confront and Combat Racism
In this episode of Michigan Minds, Earl Lewis, the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afro-American and African Studies, and Public Policy, and director of the Center for Social Solutions, discusses how the “Confronting and Combating Racism” grant program by the U-M Center for Social Solutions and Poverty Solutions was created and highlights some of the projects that received awards.
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12 min
October 08, 2020 Exploring How Technology Intersects with Race
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly apparent that technology plays a large role in everyday life. But how does technology touch all facets of life? How does it intersect with inequities in society?
H. V. Jagadish, director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, answers those questions and explains his research around information management and data equity systems.
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29 min
October 02, 2020 Exploring the Psychology of Following and Ignoring Public Health Guidelines
In this episode of Michigan Minds, Allison Earl, associate professor of psychology, explores the reasons why some people follow public health guidelines but others choose to ignore them.
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7 min
September 23, 2020 How a Mathematical Model is Helping Public Health Officials Battle COVID-19
In this episode of Michigan Minds, April Nellis, a doctoral candidate in the U-M Department of Mathematics, explains how she and a team of researchers have developed a mathematical model that allows public health officials to determine how various levels of lockdown affect both the economy and the mortality rate of COVID-19.
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14 min

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Michigan Minds brings to life the wide-ranging faculty expertise at the University of Michigan. This series features quick yet informative analysis that provides unique perspectives on today’s top…