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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

Lisa D. Cook, an associate
professor of economics and
international
relations
at
Michigan State University,
lead a lecture Wednesday
at
U-M
that
discussed
the
effectiveness
of
U.S.
sanctions
against
Russia
and
explored
U.S.-Russian
relations from an economic
standpoint. The event was
organized by the University
of
Michigan
Center
for
Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies amid a swirl
of news headlines around the
country’s interference in U.S.
elections.
CREES Director Geneviève
Zubrzycki
introduced
the
talk, which was one of over 10
events the center has planned
for fall semester, all with an
overarching theme of current
global relations.
“This year we prepared a
program that mixes lectures
that
engage
with
current
affairs,”
Zubrzycki
said.
“We strive to always bring
discussions of very recent
issues by specialists.”
Cook began her lecture
educating
the
audience
about the Russian economy,
examining the gradual fall in
gross domestic product per
capita and rising inflation,
with emphasis on the more
recent 20 percent fall of
the
ruble
in
relation
to

the U.S. dollar in the past
year. Cook also discussed
the
disadvantages
of
the
Russian economic structure,
outlining its dependence on
oil
as
its
main
export,
capital flight and corruption.
After providing information
on
Russia’s
previous
and
current economic troubles,
Cook detailed the history of
U.S. economic action against

Russia.
She
brought
to
attention the notable March
2014 sanctions in response to
Russia’s annexation of Crimea,
December 2016 sanctions in
response
to
Russian
interference in U.S elections
and August 2018 sanctions in
response to the poisoning of
ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal
and
his
daughter
Yulia.
These sanctions freeze assets

and
prohibit
transactions
with
specific
individuals,
which in many cases are
Putin’s associates, Russian
government
officials
and
Russian
oligarchs.
Cook
explained the effectiveness
of sanctions remains relative
but cited a 1.5 percent decline
of real GDP in Russia, solely
from
U.S.
and
European

LSA senior Haley Richardson
did
not
consider
herself
a
programmer before receiving an
email about a new computer science
class. But the introductory-level
course released at the University of
Michigan this semester, EECS 198:
Discover Computer Science, moved
her to see new opportunities
coming her way.
“I
was
immediately
really
interested for multiple reasons,
one (being) that I have zero
experience with computer science
— I know absolutely nothing about
it, and that’s one of the things
that I’ve always been very aware
of,” Richardson said.
The one-credit course is led by
EECS Professor Rada Mihalcea
and
doctoral
student
Laura
Wendlandt. It focuses on exposing
all students – particularly freshmen
women – who have not had formal
programming
experience
to
the world of computer science.
Throughout the semester, students
will have the opportunity to
learn essential computer science
concepts, begin to write code, visit
local computer science companies

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

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INDEX
Vol. CXXVII, No. 134
©2018 The Michigan Daily

N E WS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ARTS...........................1B

S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CL A S S I F I E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Nurses sue
hospital for
violating fair
labor rights

Lead Flint water crisis doctor talks
new book to sold-out auditorium

See SUIT, Page 2A

HOSPITALS

Michigan Medicine nurses will decide
Sunday on large-scale work stoppage

MAEVE O’BRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter

Hanna-Attisha weaves identity as an Iraqi immigrant and pediatrician, looks to recovery

Renowned
pediatrician
Mona
Hanna-Attisha
spoke
Wednesday
to
a
sold-out
Rackham Auditorium about her
first-hand account of exposing
the dangerous levels of lead in

Flint. This is the second part
of the two-day event called
Environmental Justice Focus:
Flint Water Crisis, co-sponsored
by the School for Environment
and Sustainability and Literati
Bookstore.
Hanna-Attisha’s
book,
titled “What the Eyes Don’t
See,”
reviews
her
journey

acting as a whistleblower in
the Flint water crisis and
how her identity as an Arab-
American shaped her career as
a pediatrician.
Hanna-Attisha, a University
alum, began explaining her
book title has two meanings: on
a literal level, it represents how
the effects of lead poisoning

aren’t visible or immediately
apparent inpatients and water;
figuratively, it represents how
Hanna-Attisha had her own
eyes closed to the Flint water
crisis.
“It is about people, it is about
places and it is about problems
that we choose not to see,”

JULIA FANZERES
Daily Staff Reporter

See CODING, Page 3A

No coding
experience
needed in
new course

ACADEMICS

EECS class for freshmen
women and other new
coders makes its debut

AMARA SHAIKH
Daily Staff Reporter

RUCHITA IYER/Daily
Michigan State University Professor Lisa D. Cook addresses current US-Russia relations and their implications on
future sanctions in Weiser Hall Wednesday afternoon.

MSU prof discusses U.S. sanctions on
Russia, possible economic offensives

Though effectiveness of sanctions is relative, Cook cites Russian political unrest

KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter

michigandaily.com

For more stories and coverage, visit

See RUSSIA, Page 3A

See FLINT, Page 3A

The Ann Arbor Transportation
Commission
met
Wednesday
evening to discuss the presence
of Bird scooters in the city,
among other agenda items. Ann
Arbor residents and University of
Michigan students have used the
motorized scooters around the city
since their deployment Friday. The
commission weighed allowing the
scooters on city streets in the near
future.
Bird dropped the scooters in
Ann Arbor without notice to the
city, a practice that the company
has become known for at many
of its locations all over the United
States. City officials were caught
off guard and forced to deal with
the presence of the scooters the
following day.
The
commission
meeting
followed a response from the city
publicly warning residents that
use of the scooters could merit
a ticket. However, the response
of the commission was more
measured
and
Commissioner
Linda Diane Feldt characterized
the city’s response as “short and
threatening.”
See SCOOTERS, Page 3A

Scooters
could stay
on streets,
city says

ANN ARBOR

Ann Arbor commission
on transportation weighs
regulation optimistically

RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter

b-side
memes are like genes:
packets of information
carried through
communicative vehicles

» Page 1B

CARTER FOX/Daily
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha discusses her book, “What The Eyes Don’t See” with politician Chris Kolb at Rackham Auditorium Wednesday night.

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