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November 9, 2009
The national and state economies, the U.S. housing market, health care reform, the future of the American auto industry, the stock market and more are all topics of discussion at the 57th annual Economic Outlook Conference Nov. 19-20 at the Rackham Building Amphitheater. “More than ever before, the economy is a front-burner issue,” says George…
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November 9, 2009
A U-M physician was selected for the Era of Hope Scholar Award from the U.S. Department of Defense to further studies of breast cancer prevention. (Photo by Mary Greene) Dr. Xiaochun Yu, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics at the Medical School, was awarded $3.7 million to expand research on new mechanisms associated with…
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November 9, 2009
The ballroom in the historic Michigan Union celebrated a new name and a refurbishing in a Nov. 6 dedication and naming ceremony as part of the university’s Presidential Societies Weekend events. To officially honor the contributions of alumnus Rich Rogel and his wife Susan, the Union Ballroom will now be called the Rogel Ballroom. Built…
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November 9, 2009
People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows. The U-M study looked at a latent virus called CMV in young people, and the body’s ability to control the…
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November 9, 2009
During the current flu season, and until further notice, the U-M Health System (UMHS) and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) now are putting in place temporary visitor guidelines designed to slow the spread of all types of flu. These new guidelines apply to all UMHS hospitals, health centers and other treatment locations throughout Southeast…
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November 9, 2009
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the vote approving Proposal 2, the state constitutional amendment that eased restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research in Michigan. The amendment permits Michigan scientists to derive new human embryonic stem cell lines. While no such projects have begun at U-M, researchers here have taken several significant steps…
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November 9, 2009
U-M officially opened the new William E. Upjohn Wing of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology on Sunday. Cutting the ceremonial ribbon to open the wing are, from left, Terrence McDonald, dean of LSA; Sharon Herbert, director of the Kelsey Museum; and Teresa Sullivan, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Below, visitors tour exhibits…
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November 9, 2009
Ford Motor Co. and U-M are working together to discover the next frontier of in-car-communications. In a Winter Semester class called “Cloud Computing in the Commute,” students will test and program new applications to help model the future of in-car communications and potential new capabilities of Ford SYNC. SYNC, co-developed with Microsoft, integrates a variety…
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November 9, 2009
A change in the way the federal government will report race and ethnicity data for educational institutions is making it necessary for the university to collect new information from students, faculty and staff. Beginning in 2010, the U.S. Department of Education is moving away from the practice of classifying individuals by one racial category, and…
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November 9, 2009
Dancers from the Chung School of Praying Mantis Kung Fu of Midland perform a Lion Dance before the opening ceremonies for the Confucius Institute at U-M. The dance brings joy, luck and unity and chases away bad luck and bad spirits. See story here >. (Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services)
