Camp Explorations taking registrations for spring-summer
The Museum of Natural History’s Camp Explorations celebrates its 19th year of summer science fun for ages 6-12 by presenting sessions June 20-Aug. 19. All Camp Explorations programs include daily experiments, hands-on activities, related games, journaling and fun. Session topics include archaeology, paleontology, astronomy, forensic science and zoology. Morning sessions are 8 a.m.-noon and afternoon sessions are from 1-4 p.m. Aftercare is offered for a fee. New this year is Little Explorers Camp for ages 4-5, with three morning sessions from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Go to the UMMNH website for more on camp sessions and registration. For more information, call 734-647-6421 or email camp.explorations@umich.edu.
34th Women of Color Task Force career conference set for March 4
The Women of Color Task Force will host its 34th annual career conference March 4. This is the largest staff development event at the University of Michigan. The theme is Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: A Staff Perspective. Ruth Simmons, the 18th president of Brown University, will speak to the role of staff in creating a diverse and inclusive campus climate in her keynote address, “The Dilemma of Inclusivity: How Can We Make It Work?” The talk, which begins at 8:30 a.m. March 4 in Hill Auditorium, is free and is open to the public. For more information about the conference, including fees and workshops, go to tinyurl.com/2016WCTF.
U-M awarded $3M to bring health intervention program to Chicago
A proven University of Michigan program to strengthen the father-son bond, with a goal to reduce risky youth behaviors, will now be conducted in Chicago. The U-M School of Public Health has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health for research to determine if the Fathers and Sons Program, successfully developed and implemented in Flint, can make an impact on African-American fathers and sons in the country’s third largest city. Originally funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Fathers and Sons program is designed to prevent substance use, violence and early sexual initiation among African-American boys ages 8-12 who do not live with their fathers.
First-ever UMHS Annual Report released
The U-M Health System has released for the first time a high-level annual report to share and highlight a sampling of stories and major achievements by its talented faculty and staff. Go to tinyurl.com/zr7dyjx to read the entire 2015 report.
MIDAS announces second round of data science project funding
The Michigan Institute for Data Science has announced the second round of competition for MIDAS Challenge Thrust awards, intended to stimulate research in key areas identified at the MIDAS inaugural symposium last fall. Requests for proposals are available for awards in Data Science for Health Science and Social Science. Up to two projects will be funded at approximately $1.25 million each in both of the Challenge Thrust areas. Successful research projects will cut across disciplines, have the potential for disruptive impact in the field, and hold promise for advancing the methodological foundations of data science. For more information, go to midas.umich.edu/rfp or email midas-rfp@umich.edu.
