June 22, 2009
Amateur athletes ages 5 and older planning to participate in football, ice hockey, basketball, soccer or other sports are invited to participate in the School of Dentistry‘s mouth guard program. Children who wear braces also are invited. From 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 11, dental and dental hygiene students supervised by faculty volunteers will make the…
June 22, 2009
(Photo by Cecily Donnelly)
June 22, 2009
This report is an overview of a report presented to but not voted on by Senate Assembly on Jan. 26. Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of the faculty governance monthly report to the Board of Regents. Portions may have been edited for space by members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.…
June 22, 2009
The faces in this book are worth preserving on paper, even as Web communications and social media surge in popularity. That’s the assessment of those who oversee and produce the Michiganensian yearbook, as they start to plan the 2010 edition this spring and summer. Recent Michiganensian staff members Eileen Hengel and Peter Andrews work on…
June 22, 2009
Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new U-M study suggests. The study extends previous research on the long-run impact of extreme environmental conditions in the critical first year of life…
June 22, 2009
Students going away to college experience substantially more stress and responsibility resulting from increased independence and accountability. New social and physical surroundings, the influence of popular media and the change in their support systems create vulnerable transition periods for incoming students. The university is taking steps to better prepare new students for their transition to…
June 22, 2009
More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide, stony ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, U-M researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes. A possible stone hunting blind, approximately 3.5 meters in diameter, beneath Lake Huron. (Photo courtesy Of John O’Shea)…
June 22, 2009
WorkConnections, the university’s integrated disability services program designed to assist employees — and their supervisors — when a health condition prevents employees from working, is discontinuing disability management services for uncomplicated pregnancies, effective July 1. Disability management services provided by WorkConnections for uncomplicated pregnancies haven’t widely been used by the university community in recent years…
June 22, 2009
The Frankel Commercialization Fund, a student-managed venture capital seed fund at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, is investing $80,000 in Accio Energy, an Ann Arbor-based developer of an innovative wind energy system. This marks the fund’s fourth investment and the first in a renewable-energy company. Accio Energy, founded by entrepreneurs Dawn White and…
June 22, 2009
Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman’s mood? A U-M study has identified a likely reason: Feeling emotionally close to a friend increases levels of the hormone progesterone, helping to boost well-being and reduce anxiety and stress. “This study establishes progesterone as a likely part of the neuroendocrine basis of social…
