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November 9, 2009
Free health screenings and presentations will be offered to help prevent and manage diabetes at the third annual U-M World Diabetes Day Health Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday at Four Points by Sheraton-Ann Arbor, 3200 Boardwalk. An estimated 24 million children and adults in the U.S. live with diabetes (about 8 percent of the…
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November 9, 2009
Holding on to hope may not make patients happier as they deal with chronic illness or diseases, according to a new study by U-M Health System researchers. “Hope is an important part of happiness,” says Dr. Peter Ubel, director of the Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine and one of the authors of…
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November 9, 2009
Staff members who have made an enduring career commitment to the university are honored each year through a series of celebrations. The Service Award Program, which recognizes those who have achieved career milestones, involved two banquet events this year to honor close to 1,300 staff members with 10 years or more of service. The campus…
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November 9, 2009
November marks the celebrated rivalry between U-M and Ohio State — not just on the football field but also in donating blood through Nov. 20 during the 28th annual Blood Battle. Mary Ann Stahl, a registered nurse with the American Red Cross, prepares to take blood from Tony Martus, a senior and chemical engineering major…
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November 9, 2009
The elderly are less likely to feel depressed if their relatives keep them updated about important family matters, a new study indicates. Researchers at U-M and Kyungpook National University looked at how stress and depression affected elders over age 85. Changes in positive life events — such as a new baby in the family, a…
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November 9, 2009
Police officers from the Southfield Police Department will have the opportunity to further their education at a reduced cost thanks to a new scholarship program at UM-Dearborn. Officers who wish to pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees at UM-Dearborn will be eligible for a special scholarship that will provide a credit for 20 percent of their…
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November 9, 2009
Virtuoso pipa artist Yang Wei helped celebrate Thursday’s opening of the Confucius Institute at U-M (CI-UM) by performing the national anthems of the United States and the People’s Republic of China. President Mary Sue Coleman shakes hands with Chen Yulu, vice president for international affairs at Renmin University of China, after establishing the partnership between…
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November 9, 2009
Ideas are bubbling up across campus as part of MPowered Entrepreneurship’s second annual 1,000 Pitches competition. Smartphone applications, greener living schemes and proposals to bolster the state’s economy are just a few of the categories in which students are brainstorming. Open to all majors, the 1,000 Pitches contest awards $1,000 in prize money to the…
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November 9, 2009
Michael Dubin, left, director of development and alumni relations at the School of Education, meets actor Michael J. Fox at the 23.5 mile mark of the ING New York City Marathon. Dubin told Fox that the actor and Dubin’s father — who both have Parkinson’s disease — inspired him to run in the Nov. 1…
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November 9, 2009
More on Global Language Monitor and the study > U-M has topped Harvard and all other U.S. universities for the amount of public interest measured by media coverage, Internet traffic and social media mentions, according to an independent national analysis recently released. U-M (previously ranked fourth) was followed by MIT, Harvard (previously No. 1), Columbia…
