September 14, 2009
Laptop computers and other portable electronic devices are easy targets for theft. In addition to the cost of replacement, they often have personal information and intellectual property that can be difficult or impossible to recover and protect. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is offering a free Laptop Registration Program to members of the campus…
September 14, 2009
Dr. Lysle Johnston Jr., who chaired the School of Dentistry‘s Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, directed the graduate orthodontics program from 1991-2004 and who was the Robert W. Browne Professor of Dentistry, has been honored by the Ohio Dental Association for 50 years of contributions to the field of orthodontics. Johnston recently received the…
September 14, 2009
Arab and Muslim Americans continue to experience an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a U-M researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation’s most visible Arab and Chaldean communities. “The post-9/11 backlash against Detroit area Arab and Muslim Americans was strong and immediate,” says Wayne Baker, co-author of “Citizenship and…
September 14, 2009
It’s well known that measures such as exercise, a healthy diet and not smoking can help reduce high blood pressure, but researchers at the U-M Health System (UMHS) have determined the very air we breathe can be an invisible catalyst to heart disease. Inhaling air pollution over just two hours caused a significant increase in…
September 14, 2009
Julia Hlavac, an international business major from Chicago, poses for a photo with President Mary Sue Coleman during her open house. The annual event gave hundreds of students an opportunity to chat with Coleman and tour the president’s campus home on South University Avenue. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services)
September 14, 2009
U-M budget pruning efforts will result in fewer blooms on the Ann Arbor campus this fall and next spring and summer. The number of annuals — everything from marigolds and petunias to snapdragons — will be reduced on parts of the campus supported by the general fund budget. The reduction of 12,000 square feet of…
September 14, 2009
Leaders from Architecture, Engineering and Construction, and Occupational Safety and Environmental Health are fine-tuning processes to ensure construction site safety is one of the highest responsibilities for all outside contractors working on U-M projects, no matter how large or small. “The primary objective of these proposed changes is to highlight the university’s commitment to construction…
September 14, 2009
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts Jr., third from left, attends a groundbreaking for the Law School’s new academic building and Law School Commons, the first classroom expansion of the school’s iconic buildings since 1933. Also taking part are Regent Kathy White, Chair of the school’s building campaign Bruce Bickner, President Mary…
September 14, 2009
Amnesty period to be offered Plans are underway for a benefits audit designed to ensure that the individuals enrolled in U-M medical plans as dependents are qualified for coverage. The audit will begin in February 2010 and will be preceded by an amnesty period to run from now until Dec. 18. The audit includes all…
September 14, 2009
Engineers from General Motors and the university have joined forces to reinvent the automobile, and the Detroit automaker also hopes to enlist future U-M graduates in the ambitious effort, a top GM official said during a recent visit to the Ann Arbor campus. Inspiring U-M students to pursue careers in automotive engineering is one of…
