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April 27, 2009
Awards John Vandermeer, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Margaret Davis Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and professor of natural resources and environment, LSA, will receive the 2009 Imes and Moore Faculty Award for exceptional contributions toward recruiting and mentoring graduate students in the natural sciences who come from disadvantaged and non-traditional backgrounds. He will…
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April 27, 2009
From the Record Update All faculty and staff: Because the constantly changing nature of the worldwide swine flu outbreak can create confusion, we want to offer you this update on the university’s response. While it is prudent for each of us to know our role in the university’s pandemic influenza response plan, it’s equally important…
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April 27, 2009
Ricardo Montalbán was one of the best-known, Mexican-born Hollywood actors of all time. He is remembered in several key roles: mysterious Mr. Roarke of “Fantasy Island,” epic tyrant Khan Noonien Singh of “Star Trek,” the quintessential Latin lover, and the elegant pitchman with charming Spanish cadences for the Chrysler Cordoba’s “soft Corinthian leather.” (Photo by…
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April 27, 2009
Watch a video on self-healing concrete > A concrete material developed at U-M can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary — just water and carbon dioxide. Victor Li and civil and environmental engineering undergraduate Julie Tibbitts examine a slab of self-healing concrete. (Photo by Nicole Casal Moore) A handful of drizzly…
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April 27, 2009
Climate Savers Computing Initiative, in conjunction with local partners at all three campuses, is hosting free e-waste recycling events to help area residents, small businesses and non-profits responsibly recycle electronics. Hours at all three campuses are 9 a.m.-2 p.m. In Ann Arbor, e-waste events, sponsored by Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Washtenaw Intermediate School…
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April 27, 2009
“Fold,” by London-born, Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty, is presented at the U-M Museum of Art. Beshty’s photograms are created by folding large sheets of unexposed photo paper into three-dimensional forms and exposing them to variously-colored lights, to produce geometric fields in which areas of color are interwoven with passages of luminosity. (Photo courtesy the…
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April 27, 2009
Could eating blueberries help get rid of belly fat? And could a blueberry-enriched diet stem the conditions that lead to diabetes? A Cardiovascular Center study suggests so. The new research, presented recently at the Experimental Biology convention in New Orleans, gives tantalizing clues to the potential of blueberries in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease…
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April 27, 2009
For more information about:• The program, go to www.its.dot.gov/ivbss >• UMTRI, go to www.umtri.umich.edu > The U-M Transportation Research Institute has begun field testing an integrated crash-warning system in passenger cars. The testing is part of UMTRI’s Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program, a cooperative agreement with the U. S. Department of Transportation. The advanced…
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April 27, 2009
Paleontologist helps tell tale of baby mammoth Extensive studies of a 40,000-year-old baby mammoth carcass discovered in Siberia two years ago validate techniques developed by U-M paleontologist Daniel Fisher for extracting information about prehistoric pachyderms from their teeth and tusks. Daniel Fisher collects sediment samples from the site where the baby mammoth Lyuba was found.…
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April 27, 2009
Why talk about it when you can just do it? When Stephen Garcia’s Organizational Studies class “Inside Organizations” began a unit early this month on fundraising, students decided instead of reading about the topic they would toss out the lesson plan and learn about it firsthand. Stephen Garcia, left, discusses his class’ fundraiser with Brother…
