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October 19, 2009
Modern tissue engineering developed at the U-M Health System (UMHS) could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch after severe hand injuries. Researchers presented their updated findings last week at the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. The research, which was funded by the Department…
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October 19, 2009
Standing out in a crowd is better than blending in, at least if you’re a paper wasp in a colony where fights between nest-mates determine social status. That’s the conclusion of a study by U-M researchers published online last week in the journal Evolution. In nests with multiple queens, wasps fight to sort out the…
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October 19, 2009
Alexey Morozov, a master’s student in aerospace engineering, College of Engineering, has received a 2009 Graduate Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The scholarship, presented worldwide to 49 new graduate students, provides up to $50,000 per year for up to six years to help high-achieving, low-income students pursuing graduate or professional degrees. “These students…
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October 19, 2009
Dozens of students already have expressed interest or signed up for the university’s new International Studies concentration to help prepare them for living and working in a global economy. Ken Kollman, director of the Center for International Studies, describes the interdisciplinary concentration as “rigorous, relevant and innovative in a Michigan way,” leading to careers involving…
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October 19, 2009
Studying 80 forest “commons” in more than a dozen developing nations, a U-M researcher and his University of Illinois colleague have found links between local ownership and control of those forests and the fight against climate change. They found that greater local ownership and input into forest management appear to keep these areas, also called…
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October 19, 2009
When cancer spreads to the bone, radiation treatments can help relieve the pain caused by the tumor. But how best to deliver the radiation may vary widely from one oncologist to the next. A new analysis from researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center shows cost also varies widely from one delivery method to the next.…
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October 19, 2009
Institute for Social Research (ISR) Director James Jackson has appointed George Alter as acting director of the ISR Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world’s largest digital social science data archive. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) “This decision has the full support of the ICPSR Council, the senior leadership in…
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October 19, 2009
The U-M Burn Center, which has been a leader in the treatment and prevention of burns for the past half century, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. More than 125 people attended a celebration at Towsley Center, including current and former members of the U-M burn team, former patients, fire fighters, volunteers, donors, friends and other…
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October 19, 2009
The university is reviewing findings from the National Transportation Safety Board, which were discussed at an NTSB hearing Oct. 14, regarding the June 4, 2007, U-M Survival Flight plane crash that resulted in the death of four members of the U-M Transplant team and both pilots. The NTSB investigation suggests that a combination of pilot…
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October 19, 2009
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced that the 2010 World Stem Cell Summit will be in Detroit and will be co-hosted by U-M, Michigan State University and Wayne State University. The conference will take place Oct. 4-6, 2010, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. “We have been working to grow Michigan’s life sciences sector as…
