Sports Coliseum offers drop-in recreation during IMSB renovation
Because of the closing of the Intramural Sports Building for renovation, Recreational Sports has opened the Sports Coliseum for drop-in recreational activity to currently enrolled U-M students and Recreational Sports members. This will be a temporary location for drop-in recreation until fall 2016 when the IMSB is scheduled to reopen. Two basketball courts and 58 pieces of cardio and strength equipment are available. The facility has restrooms and daily-use locker cubbies. There are not full locker rooms with showers or changing areas. It is open from noon-9 p.m. Monday through Friday for fall and winter semesters, at 721 S. Fifth Ave.
NIH grant boosts U-M multidrug-resistant tuberculosis research
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that do not respond to first-line anti-TB drugs. Resistance to treatment is a major public health problem worldwide. George A. Garcia, professor and chair of medicinal chemistry, and director of the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, and collaborators recognized a critically unmet need for the development of new antibiotics against MDR-TB to overcome resistance to current therapeutics. Their efforts have resulted in a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Collaborators include Hollis Showalter, research professor of medicinal chemistry and co-director of the Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Core, and Paul Kirchhoff, associate research scientist at Vahlteich Medicinal.
Lane closures announced for football game days
Lane closures are in effect around Michigan Stadium during home football games to enhance security and improve pedestrian safety. They are in effect for the remaining games Sept. 26, Oct. 10 and 17, and Nov. 7 and Nov. 28. They include: East Keech between South Main Street and Greene Street, limiting access to parking permit holders on Greene Street from East Hoover Avenue and East Keech; The westbound right-turn lane on East Stadium Boulevard (onto South Main Street) just south of Michigan Stadium; and South Main Street between Pauline Boulevard and East Stadium Boulevard. The closures are three hours before each game until the end of the game, with the exception of southbound South Main Street, closed one hour prior to the beginning of each game until the end of the game. More information is at a2gov.org/news/pages/article.aspx?i=179.
Reminder: Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award nominations sought
Share stories of individual staff or work teams who demonstrate extraordinary commitment and dedication to diversity at U-M by nominating them for the Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award. It is intended to celebrate those who embrace the value of diversity. As many as 10 individual and five team awards are made each year. Winners receive written recognition and money to use for professional development activities and-or training — $1,000 for individual recipients, $2,500 for teams to share. The award is made possible by the Office of the Provost and University Human Resources. Direct questions to Jennifer Wade at the Office for Institutional Equity, 734-763-0235.
Apply now for the 2016 CHRT Policy Fellowship
U-M researchers can learn how to translate their research into policy impact by applying for the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Policy Fellowship at U-M. The fellowship joins selected health services researchers and state policymakers over four months to learn from health care experts and each other about policymaking, health services research and the intersection between the two. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 2. To apply or for more information, go to chrt.org/fellowship or email Leah Corneail at leahhv@med.umich.edu.
