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October 12, 2009
“Credentials and Competencies for Child Welfare Best Practice: A Topic for Serious Debate, Discussion, and Timely Decisions” will be examined during the Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture. This lecture will address the transformation of Michigan’s child welfare workforce. Presenters will speak to the national debate about whether a social work degree is…
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October 12, 2009
Women often begin exercising to lose weight or to improve their health. This, however, can be unproductive because they won’t be motivated to continue the routine permanently, an Institute for Research on Women and Gender expert says. “These messages lead women in midlife to feel like exercise is a chore to accomplish rather than a…
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October 12, 2009
Caldwell The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President has named six professors as fellows in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program for the 2009-10 academic year. The selected professors are: • Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, associate professor of health behavior and health education, School of Public Health • Myron Campbell, professor of…
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October 12, 2009
As part of the yearlong celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Institute for Social Research (ISR), Provost Teresa Sullivan, third from right, joined ISR Director James Jackson, right, for a ceremony to mark the burial of a vacuum-sealed, stainless steel time capsule containing examples of the institute’s scientific work and day-to-day work life. The…
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October 12, 2009
Global engagement efforts have more than doubled at several U-M schools and departments this decade, and university leaders attending the Provost’s Forum on Internationalization on Thursday offered even more ideas to promote these contacts — the theme of the ongoing Accreditation 2010 effort. Leaders of Accreditation Working Groups appointed by Provost Teresa Sullivan were on…
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October 12, 2009
See a complete list of Investing in Ability Week events > Investing in Abilities Week this year has grown to 13 days because of an impressive increase in events, organizers say. The sessions, which begin Oct. 19 and are designed to raise consciousness about disability issues, include an art exhibit and several creative activities, numerous…
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October 12, 2009
Scientists from U-M and Minnesota show that gene therapy may be used to improve an ailing heart’s ability to contract properly. In addition to showing gene therapy’s potential for reversing the course of heart failure, it also offers a glimpse of a day when “closed heart surgery” via gene therapy is as commonly prescribed as…
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October 12, 2009
Related stories:Coleman outlines opportunities, challenges for upcoming year >President launches sustainability initiative > U-M researchers disclosed 350 new inventions in fiscal year 2009, setting a new record. Royalties from university-developed technologies increased by 20 percent during that period, another all-time high. And despite the state’s economic woes, the university licensed eight new startups in the…
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October 12, 2009
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the way it conducts business, the university has launched a benchmarking study at its Ann Arbor campus to examine a number of its administrative functions, including finance, human resources/payroll, procurement, information technology, student services, development, communications and sponsored research administration. The study, which is jointly sponsored by…
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October 12, 2009
Related stories:Coleman outlines opportunities, challenges for upcoming year >Record number of U-M inventions reported last year > President Mary Sue Coleman announced she will lead a multifaceted initiative to elevate the university’s commitment to sustainability in teaching, research and operations. President Mary Sue Coleman answers questions from the audience during her State of the University…
