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July 13, 2009
College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows. However, the research also indicates lower grade-point averages depended upon a student’s type of depression, says Daniel Eisenberg, assistant professor of health management and policy and principal investigator of the study. There are two core symptoms…
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July 13, 2009
Watch a video describing TechArb > A group of student entrepreneurs has opened a small-business incubator in the basement of a downtown Ann Arbor building. They’ll spend the summer sharing space, equipment and ideas. The incubator, called the TechArb, hosts 30 students running 10 different start-ups. The space came together with the help of Ann…
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July 13, 2009
For the second year, U-M has made the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the Great Colleges to Work For. The second annual survey by the publication this year recognized 150 colleges and universities for best workplace practices and policies. “We are pleased once again to be recognized as a strong employer. Just as we…
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July 13, 2009
Since late 2007 average fuel economy of new vehicles purchased has increased by more than 5 percent, thanks in large part to unemployment and gas prices, a U-M study suggests. The average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, minivans and SUVs) improved from 20.2 mpg in October 2007 to 21.3 mpg…
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July 13, 2009
Find out more about the Digital Media Commons > The Digital Media Commons on North Campus was created as a place where new learning technologies can be launched and nurtured. The University Library was created to facilitate research and learning with a prominent physical presence on campus and a mission to serve the entire university…
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July 13, 2009
U-M aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” could be one of the largest on record, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a half-billion-dollar fishery. The scientists’ latest forecast, released in June, calls for a gulf dead zone of between 7,450 and 8,456 square…
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July 13, 2009
Short-term sick-time pay now is available for faculty and staff members who need time off because of a new parental role, whether they are caring for their own or their partner’s newborn child, a newly adopted child, or a foster child newly placed in their home. “We know that the first few weeks of bonding…
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July 13, 2009
This summer, Parking & Transportation Services (PTS) is assessing ways to encourage and accommodate faculty, staff and student cyclists, as part of an overall strategy to promote alternatives to bringing autos to campus. Parking and Transportation Services this summer is reviewing covered bike shelters among other items to serve bike commuters including Rebecca Price, Jonathan…
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July 13, 2009
It’s summertime, and the living — if not driving to work — should be easy. Campus commuters, however, may have a hard time finding a parking spot, particularly this summer, as several parking structures are being spruced up or expanded. “Summer is the best time to renovate U-M’s aging parking structures because the weather generally…
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July 13, 2009
An improving Michigan economy may be on the horizon, but the outlook still is grim for the rest of this year and into 2010, U-M economists say. “The light at the end of Michigan’s long economic tunnel, which residents have been yearning to see, eludes us still as we encounter yet another bend in the…
