Medication disposal events planned for April 5
The College of Pharmacy, Advanced Care Pharmacy Services and the Great Lakes Clean Water Organization present the “Yellow Jug Old Drugs” program, a medication disposal event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday. Bring unused, unneeded or expired medications for environmentally responsible and secure disposal to a white tent located on the south side of North University Avenue, across from the Michigan League and next to the Chemistry Building on Central Campus. There also is a medication disposal event, for members of the U-M community only, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the North Campus Research Complex, Room G064, Building 10. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/zthkj8u.
Wolverine Pathways program accepting applications for fall
The University of Michigan has opened the application process through April 24 for the 2016 fall session of its Wolverine Pathways supplemental education program. It is offered to middle school and high school students living within the Southfield and Ypsilanti public school districts. The free Saturday program offers eight-week sessions during the fall and winter, and four- to six-week sessions in the summer. Each student who completes the program and is admitted to U-M will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship for four years. For more information and to apply, go to wolverinepathways.umich.edu.
U-M anthropologist receives grant to study forensics of migrant bodies
The Undocumented Migration Project of Jason De Leon, assistant professor of anthropology, is an anthropological study of clandestine crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border and the southern Mexico/Guatemala border. Thanks to an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $234,000 New Directions Fellowship, De Leon will receive forensic science education and training to study how governments deal with the bodies of migrants who die while crossing borders.
UMHS Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit wins Beacon Award
The U-M Health System’s Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit recently received the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) silver Beacon Award for Excellence. The award recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s healthy work environment standards. Units that achieve this three-year, three-level award with a gold, silver or bronze designation meet national criteria consistent with Magnet Recognition, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award.
Great Lakes shoreline potentially vulnerable to oil spills
More than 700 miles of shoreline in lakes Huron and Michigan are potentially vulnerable to oil spills if the pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac ruptures, according to a new U-M computer-modeling study. Supported by the National Wildlife Federation, it pinpoints areas of highest risk. When 840 simulated spills are plotted on a map, 720 miles of shoreline in the U.S. and Canada are considered potentially vulnerable to spills that would require cleanup. The study was released by the U-M Water Center.
