The 
University 
Research 
Corridor — a partnership of 
the University of Michigan, 
Michigan 
State 
University 
and Wayne State University — 
released its 11th economic impact 
report last week. The report 
highlights 
the 
universities’ 
contributions 
to 
the 
state 
economy, which totaled $18.7 
billion in 2017.
This is a significant increase 
from 2015, when the URC 
added $16.5 billion to the state 
economy. 
Britany 
Affolter-
Caine, executive director of the 
URC, attributes this increase 
to federal funding and larger 

student populations.
“It is being successful — 
the three universities — and 
continuing 
to 
grow 
their 
operations in terms of research 
and education,” Affolter-Caine 
said. “They’ve grown enrollment 
over the last several years. 
They’ve been more successful in 
capturing federal grants to fund 
their research. … Continuing 
growth in those areas is why 
we can say we’ve had a bigger 
impact.”
In addition, the URC added 
78,845 jobs in 2017.
“I think it’s really important 
to think about the impact that’s 
non-monetary — the impact 
on individuals,” Affolter-Caine 
said. “There are many impacts 

“Empowerment.” 
That’s 
the word Public Policy senior 
Yvonne Navarrete used to 
describe 
her 
experience 
as a Latina woman at the 
University of Michigan. Last 
year, Navarrete worked as 
the lead director of La Casa, 
a student organization and 
advocacy group dedicated to 
uniting Latinx students at the 
University. She now works as 
an undergraduate adviser for 
the organization.
Tuesday night marked the 
beginning of Latinx Heritage 
Month at the University, and 
over 200 students, faculty and 
staff attended the opening 
ceremony in the Michigan 
League ballroom.
Navarrete was one of many 
volunteers 
from 
La 
Casa 
who attended the ceremony 
and described her personal 
process of become a student 
leader on campus.
“It’s all about coming into 
a space that’s not historically 
created for your people or 
those with similar identities 
as you and being able to 
bring your community in,” 
Navarrete said. “You do that 
not just for yourself, but the 
students coming after you. 
That’s really what La Casa has 
been doing since its creation 
and through Latinx Heritage 
Month: creating those spaces 
so that Latinx students can 

feel included and represented, 
feel at home, and not only 
that they belong on campus, 
but that they are a part of 
campus. They are what makes 
the University of Michigan 
great.”
The event included opening 
remarks 
from 
University 
President Mark Schlissel in 
which he emphasized the 
importance 
of 
protecting 

historically 
marginalized 
communities. He highlighted 
the need for communication 
and openness on campus.
“I assure that we will 
continue to work with all of 
you and your leaders this year 
and into the future, trying to 
understand how best to serve 
you as students,” he said.
The ceremony also featured 
Catalina Ormsby, managing 

director 
of 
the 
National 
Forum on Higher Education, 
Ethriam Brammer, assistant 
dean and DEI implementation 
lead at Rackham Graduate 
School, and LSA junior Alex 
Mullen, internal director of 
La Casa.
Mullen 
discussed 
how 
important Latinx Heritage 
Month 
is 
for 
students 

The 
U.S. 
Department 
of 
Commerce 
announced 
last 
Wednesday that the University 
of Michigan’s Great Lakes Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Center, 
which works with companies 
in 
Michigan, 
Indiana, 
and 
Ohio that have been hurt by 
foreign competition, has been 
awarded a $1.1 million Economic 
Development 
Administration 
grant.
A total of $13 million was 
issued to 11 different Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Centers 
nationwide, 
which 
“help 
American manufacturers hurt 
by imports adjust to increasing 
global competition.”
According 
to 
the 
U.S. 
Department of Commerce, the 
TAACs “support a wide range of 
technical, planning, and business 
recovery 
projects 
that 
help 
companies 
and 
communities 
adapt 
to 
international 
competition.”
Many of the center’s clients, 
frequently small manufacturers 
in the region, faced uncertainty 
in light of recent tariffs levied 

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Universities 
contribute 
$18.7 billion 
to economy

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks 
on refugee experiences, storytelling

See MOBILITY, Page 2A

RESEARCH

Report shows large increase in additions 
to state economy and 78,845 new jobs

RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter

The Pulitzer-prize winner detailed his journey from “refugee to bourgeoisie”

Pulitzer Prize-winning author 
Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor 
at the University of Southern 
California, 
spoke 
Tuesday 
to 
a 
packed 
Lydia 
Mendelssohn 
Theatre on the perceptions of 

refufees 
and 
the 
Vietnamese 
perspective of the Vietnam War. 
Using his own experiences and 
excerpts from his award-winning 
books, he also discussed the 
importance of storytelling.
This event was put together 
by 
over 
13 
organizations, 
including the Vietnamese Student 
Association, the United Asian 

American 
Organizations, 
the 
University of Michigan Helen Zell 
Writers’ program. Prof. Emily 
Lawsin, an organizer of the event, 
introduced Nguyen, highlighting 
the crucial perspective he offers in 
such a turbulent time.
“A refugee at a time of rising 
xenophobia, a survivor of war 
in an era of ceaseless violence, a 

transnational visionary in the face 
of borders and walls, a writer of 
color in an age of resurgent white 
supremacy and, last but not least, 
a teacher at a time when we are 
bombarded daily with ignorance 
wrapped 
in 
280-character 
spitwads,” Lawsin said.
Nguyen, who is a Vietnamese 

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Daily Staff Reporter

See TARIFFS, Page 3A

University 
to receive 
$1 million 
in grants

GOVERNMENT

Funds are intended to help 
manufacturers hurt by 
recent tarriffs on China

LEAH GRAHAM
Daily Staff Reporter

PRASHANTH PANICKER/Daily
Bryan Terrazas and Cristina Castillo dance at the LatinX Heritage Month Opning Ceremony Tuesday.

Latinx community celebrates, reflects 
at Heritage Month opening ceremony

Students and administrators emphasize importance of passing the torch

KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter

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See REFUGEE, Page 3A

In 1971, Philip Zimbardo, 
a 
psychology 
professor 
at 
Stanford 
University, 
constructed a fake jail in the 
basement of the university. 
He filled the prison with 21 
college-age male volunteers, 10 
designated “prisoners” and 11 
designated “guards.”
Zimbardo planned to run a 
jail simulation, acting as the 
warden of the prison, for two 
weeks to observe the impact 
of roles and labels in the 
environment. The experiment 
quickly deteriorated, however, 
and the mock prison descended 
into chaos. After only six 
days, 
the 
experiment 
was 
shut down when a visiting 
student reported the abusive 
behavior of the guards and the 
psychological distress of the 
prisoners.
Zimbardo’s 
investigation, 
dubbed the Stanford prison 
experiment, would come to be 
hailed as a classic psychology 
study revealing one dark facet 
of human nature.
However, 
in 
June 
2018, 
See PSYCH, Page 3A

Psychology 
professors 
reexamine 
curriculum

ACADEMICS

Debunking of formerly 
essential studies in 
field prompts questions 

ALICE TRACEY
Daily Staff Reporter

statement

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When the city 
decides to take 
your home

When the city 
takes your home

Amid a foreclosure crisis, 
Detroit residents fight to 
stay in their homes

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AARON BAKER/Daily
Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Than Nguyen speaks about his work and life at the Michigan League Tuesday. 

