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September 14, 2009
Elected Douglas Strong, director and chief executive officer, U-M Hospitals & Health Centers, has been elected treasurer of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association board of trustees. Sean Joe, associate professor of social work and assistant professor of psychiatry, is a new member of the Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section, Center for Scientific…
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September 14, 2009
Now in its second year, the University-Community Social and Environmental Justice Film and Discussion Series brings together U-M with the greater Ann Arbor community and its diverse economic, race, class and religious backgrounds. “We live next door to each other but are rarely engaged with substantive discussions with one another,” says David Schoem, director of…
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September 14, 2009
Secrets of the Garden: Scanner Art by Phyllis Ponvert presents images taken without a camera. Ponvert places her subjects directly on a digital scanner and then alters them in Photoshop. The images were taken in her Ann Arbor garden, part of the Ann Arbor Women’s Farm and Garden Walk in 2008. The exhibit is presented…
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September 14, 2009
Indie art-rockers Grizzly Bear, with opening artists Beach House, perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Michigan Theater, in a University Musical Society-sponsored show. The Brooklyn-based band, whose May release debuted in the Billboard Top 10, employs traditional and electronic instruments, ranging from a recorder to a laptop. For more information, go to UMS.org.…
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September 14, 2009
Police officers in the city of Detroit 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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September 14, 2009
Ford Motor Co., $2.75 million. Grainger Inc., $5 million. Boeing Co., $10 million. These are the amounts that these companies could save each year if they implement the recommendations made by teams of students at the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. Twenty-five Tauber Institute teams of business and engineering students, including those who worked on…
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September 14, 2009
Actress Drew Barrymore speaks to more than 400 students at the Natural Science Auditorium after a preview of her directorial debut, “Whip It,” which was filmed partly in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Barrymore answered questions Thursday about the film industry, how she chose music for her movie and lessons from her career. She also said…
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September 14, 2009
The growth of cancerous tumors is fueled, at least in part, by the buildup of free radicals — highly reactive oxygen-containing molecules. It stands to reason, then, that cancer should respond to treatment with antioxidants, which inhibit the rogue radicals, or with pro-oxidants, which go the opposite direction, increasing “oxidative stress” on cancer cells to…
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September 14, 2009
As Congress and the White House explore ways to encourage Americans to conserve energy, a new U-M study shows the average individual energy demand for heating and cooling has decreased over the past 50 years. The reason? The country’s population shift to the more moderate and warm climates of the American West and Southwest, says…
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September 14, 2009
Generations of women enjoyed the gracious, comfortable community of Stockwell Hall. After 16 months of major renovation, the distinctive residence hall is ready for the next generations of students — with new spaces and a somewhat different community. Stockwell Hall’s Tudor Revival architecture, above, features diamond-pane windows, fireplaces and paneled lounges that articulate a gracious…
