Rehabilitation research awardee named; apply for spring 2016 grants
Deema Totah, a doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering, is the first recipient of the $10,000 Small Grants for the Development of Technology to Support Health Management and Independence. Her project, Next Generation Ankle-Foot Orthosis for the Next Generation: Quantified Performance for Enhanced Efficacy and Customized Design, will be funded by U-M’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center. Totah’s project is a collaboration between the College of Engineering and the Orthotics and Prosthetics Center. Spring 2016 grant proposals are sought for apps, games or other innovative technology to improve the lives of people with disabilities. For more information, go to cthi.medicine.umich.edu.
U-M to digitize 19th-century sheet music collection
In the early 20th century, the Edison Phonograph Company amassed a large collection of 19th century American sheet music to select from it works to record for the American public. Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, over the next two years the U-M Library will catalog and digitize one-third of this collection, or more than 30,000 of its some 100,000 titles. The grant is part of CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives program, funded by the Mellon Foundation. The digitization project will result in the largest online collection of pre-1870 sheet music.
Investigating ways to reduce waste in school clinics
A second-year dental student at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry with a keen interest in sustainability, particularly in health care, has received a fellowship from the Dow Chemical Co. to make health care delivery more sustainable. Shivani Kamodia is among 40 U-M students awarded $20,000 by the Midland, Michigan-based company to help her pay for her education. The one-time awards are given annually to students pursing a professional degree or a master’s degree. Fellows in the program will participate in a range of interdisciplinary activities and monthly seminars focusing on ways to enhance sustainability.
