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News for faculty, staff and retirees |
September 15, 2014 |
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The U-M Office of the Chief Information Officer kicks off a series of articles on information technology services, projects and ideas that are playing a role in the university’s delivery of world-class computing and digital resources. Today’s article focuses on the Michigan IT Symposium and MiWorkspace.
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Ann Arbor campus faculty and staff are invited to attend “MHealthy’s Big Tailgates” on Tuesday and Thursday. The outdoor events feature games, healthy tailgate snacks, tailgate activities, information booths, giveaways and more.
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The College of Pharmacy, the Yellow Jug Old Drugs program, and the Village Apothecary Pharmacy are sponsoring a drug disposal event to help faculty, staff and students dispose of unused medications at Ingalls Mall from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday.
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Moving targets
 A traveling exhibit currently at the Dana Building commemorates the 100th anniversary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon, which once filled the skies over North America. In this video, Sara Adlerstein-Gonzalez, research scientist in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, discusses the exhibit and the once-abundant bird it honors. Read more about the exhibit and related events.
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8:45 p.m. Friday, Central Campus Diag
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COMING EVENTS
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Sept. 15
Services for Students with Disabilities 40th Anniversary Event, 10-11:30 a.m., Hatcher Graduate Library
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IN THE NEWS
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Dr. Kelvin Chou, associate professor of neurology and neurosurgery, was quoted in a story about Google’s purchase of Lift Labs, which makes a high-tech spoon designed to make it easier for people with neurodegenerative tremors to eat.
The New York Times
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“If we look at the greenhouse gas emissions associated with that food waste, it is equivalent to adding an additional 33 million average passenger vehicles to our roads every year,” said Martin Heller, research specialist at the Center for Sustainable Systems.
Michigan Radio
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A new report by policy analyst Rachel Hampton and Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, found that state taxes on thousands of new oil and gas wells have remained the same or even fallen during the past decade.
U.S. News & World Report
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VICTORS FOR MICHIGAN
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Departments across the U-M Health System have been engaging in friendly competition and weekend shopping to donate school supplies for area homeless youth. This is the third year that UMHS has participated in the event through the Education Project for Homeless Youth in Washtenaw County.
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