Michigan News: Beyond the Headlines Mike Wood

Rebecca Hasson, an associate professor of movement science, has spent her entire academic career trying to level the playing field so all kids can get the exercise they need to live healthier lives. Learn more: https://www.kines.umich.edu/directory/rebecca-hasson

Shelie Miller is an associate professor of environment and sustainable systems and is also the director of Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan, but don't let her smile fool you, she's also know as "Mean Josie Green!"

Shelie Miller: https://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/shelie-miller
Misperceptions of Plastic story: http://myumi.ch/jxbjV

Growing up in metro Detroit, Javed Ali always knew his parents expected him to follow in their footsteps and become a doctor, but he heard a different calling. In his sophomore year at the University of Michigan, he made the brave move to break with family tradition and start a career that eventually led to a job at the White House.
Learn more: https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/javed-ali

Ruth Behar is a cultural anthropologist, poet, writer, teacher and public speaker. Her books, poems and lectures reflect the passion and compassion she brings to her quest to understand the depth of the human experience. She was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York City and has lived in Spain and Mexico. She returns often to Cuba to build bridges around culture, literature, art and Jewish life. In this episode, Ruth talks about how an experience she had as a 10-year-old girl changed her life.

She was the first Latina to win a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a “Great Immigrant” by the Carnegie Corporation. Ruth is the Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

More info on Ruth's work: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ruth-behar/

More info on Rolando Estévez's work: https://apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/show/main

As a doctor, Howard Markel knows how to save a life. As a medical historian and researcher, he knows how to save millions of them. Meet this renowned expert in global pandemics who helped the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shape the response to COVID-19.

Erik Gordon is one of the University of Michigan's most quoted professors in mainstream media, but his path to this status was not a traditional one. Hear how Erik's meandering career path has led him to a faculty position at one of the most prestigious business schools in the country.