February 16, 2009
Does a crisis have to occur in order for colleges and universities to allocate funding for detecting and treating students’ depression? That’s one of the fundamental questions that will be addressed during the seventh annual national Depression on College Campuses Conference, on March 18-19. The annual two-day event at Rackham Graduate School explores the ways…
February 16, 2009
Students planning to take summer courses and those who need a required course just caught a break. LSA is expanding spring and summer course offerings and scheduling them at convenient times. Twenty-five courses that have not been available in more than four years will be offered in the spring term and 37 in the summer…
February 16, 2009
Parents of students considering college now are struggling with a federal form that is longer and more grueling than the IRS Form 1040, but that could soon change, thanks to the work of a U-M researcher. Susan Dynarski, associate professor of public policy and education, and colleagues came up with a proposal to replace the…
February 16, 2009
How to measure what students have learned by the time they graduate is something colleges and universities have wrestled with for some time. This complex issue was the topic of a Provost’s Forum on the Campus Learning Environment. The aim of this forum and those in the coming year is to promote campus discussion on…
February 16, 2009
Going global is now part of the curriculum. The School of Art & Design (A&D) will require students admitted beginning fall 2010 to participate in at least one international study experience. About half of the 500 undergraduate students in the school currently study abroad. The school is the only unit at U-M to mandate study…
February 16, 2009
With millions of Americans uninsured and health care costs escalating, health care is a priority for the new Congress and Obama administration. Most health care reform discussions focus on rising medical costs. Yet value — the clinical benefit achieved for the money spent — is not always part of the debate. Responding to the need…
February 16, 2009
Last week U-M launched the Record Update, a new online companion to the weekly University Record that provides a brief and informative look at the news and issues that affect our campus on a daily basis. In its first week, the Update delivered an in-depth look at a new interdisciplinary course called Creative Process and…
February 16, 2009
A new report on healthcare coverage in Michigan shows the state losing ground in several critical areas, including the number of children and adults who are uninsured and the percentage of the population covered by private insurance. The report, called Cover Michigan, was released by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT), a think-tank…
February 16, 2009
Jonathan St. Clair, a.k.a. Super InLight, breakdances in the halls of Michigan Union during the Midwest Hip Hop Summit. The fifth annual event, hosted for the second year at U-M, featured workshops on graffiti art and DJ mixing along with panel discussions about higher education and hip-hop. The Feb. 6-7 MLK Symposium event was sponsored…
February 16, 2009
Ghez (Photo courtesy All Photos LSA) Black holes, pulsars and the future of the universe are topics of talks in the Winter 2009 Theme Semester “The Universe: Yours to Discover” distinguished speakers series. On Feb. 20 Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California Los Angeles and 2008 MacArthur genius award…
