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November 2, 2009
The exhibit REDUX/The Berlin Wall. 1989/2009, is presented 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday Nov. 12-Dec. 11 in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery, Room 1010 Thayer Building, with photos by Piotr Michalowski, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilization and Languages and professor of Near Eastern studies. (Photo by Piotr Michalowski)
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November 2, 2009
Claude Monet’s “Hotel des Roches Noires, Trouville, 1870,” oil on canvas is among paintings featured in the exhibit The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874. The exhibit showcases artwork inspired by the scenic Normandy coast of France. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday…
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November 2, 2009
News in red and blue: Messages about social factors and health can backfire Here’s a health idea that Democrats and Republicans agree on: when given information on the genetic factors that cause diabetes, both parties equally supported public health policies to prevent the disease. But a study designed by U-M showed Republicans were less supportive…
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November 2, 2009
Immunity to whooping cough lasts at least 30 years on average, much longer than previously thought, an analysis by researchers at U-M and the University of New Mexico shows. The research, by professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Pejman Rohani and his former postdoctoral fellow Helen Wearing, who is now an assistant professor at the…
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November 2, 2009
Lonely people may use television characters to cope with solitude and to feel a sense of belonging, a new study shows. The study examines how social and emotional tendencies — social inclusion needs and solitude experiences — are related to people’s imagined intimacy with media characters and emotional connection with television programs. “Our study does…
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November 2, 2009
For the fourth time in the U-M Solar Car Team’s history, the students placed third in a biennial 1,880-mile race across Australia. Members of the U-M Solar Car Team take part in a mock race while preparing for the Global Green Challenge. (Photo courtesy College Of Engineering) Infinium crossed the finish line in Adelaide last…
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November 2, 2009
Seeing other people sneeze and cough affects how people view the U.S. health care system and how likely they are to support federal spending to develop a flu vaccine, a U-M study shows. Being exposed to another person’s sneezing or coughing also leads people to think it’s more likely that the average American will contract…
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November 2, 2009
President Mary Sue Coleman presented the first “fireside chat” this semester at the Trotter House. Coleman has held these informal gatherings with students since becoming president in 2002. Issues discussed at this Oct. 28 gathering included diversity, the bus system, the Michigan economy, tuition and the state budget, and the hiring of a new athletic…
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November 2, 2009
This fall the Institute for Social Research (ISR) will conduct the second online Survey of Investigator Experiences in Human Research. The results from the first survey, conducted in fall 2007, established a set of empirically based benchmarks describing experience with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) review and approval process, the usability of the eResearch system,…
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November 2, 2009
The U-M Health & Retirement Study, conducted by the Institute for Social Research (ISR), has been awarded four grants totaling more than $19 million over the next two years, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has announced. The awards are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, and will supplement the cooperative agreement…
