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October 20, 2008
Plug-in hybrid vehicles and the Smart Grid power network will be the focus of TechKnow Forum 2008, from 2-7 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. The event is presented in partnership with MPowered, a student-led entrepreneurship organization, which funds student internships at Michigan-based alternative energy companies. This year’s keynote speaker…
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October 20, 2008
Pianist Jason Moran joins saxophonist Joe Lovano and his Us Five Quintet as they perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater, in a University Musical Society concert. For tickets go to ums.org. (Photo by John Abbott)
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October 20, 2008
As the Vietnam War raged on, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, and protest seethed on university campuses. In this 40th anniversary of the year 1968, an exhibit titled The Whole World Was Watching: Protest and Revolution in 1968 provides a snapshot of a complex and pivotal time in American history.…
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October 20, 2008
Information Technology Central Services (ITCS) has launched a new way to access its campus e-mail service. Called Maize, it provides a more attractive webmail interface than the one ITCS has offered since 2002. It and the older system can be accessed at webmail.umich.edu. Some campus users had concerns about the original interface, now named Blue,…
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October 20, 2008
Faculty member Gilbert Omenn received the Walsh McDermott Medal for distinguished service Oct. 13 from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the organization’s annual meeting. Since his election to the IOM in 1979, Omenn has been an enthusiastic and outgoing contributor to the institute’s work on multiple levels, IOM officials say. He has served as…
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October 20, 2008
The nation’s largest research libraries are collaborating to create a repository of their vast digital collections, including millions of books, organizers recently announced. These holdings will be archived and preserved in a single repository called the HathiTrust. Materials in the public domain will be available for reading online. Launched jointly by the 12-university consortium known…
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October 20, 2008
At the intersection of two U.S. health epidemics — obesity and chronic pain — researchers from the U-M Health System found black patients with chronic pain were less likely to have their weight or body mass index (BMI) recorded, even though they are at higher risk for having obesity when compared with their white counterparts.…
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October 20, 2008
University Human Resources has launched a new U-M Career Development Services Web site at hr.umich.edu/career. “Conceived by the Voices of the Staff Career Development Network, this site is a practical tool to help support the staff community in building a wonderful career at Michigan,” says Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for Human Resources. “It offers…
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October 20, 2008
The VOICES of the Staff network shared the success of its volunteer-based initiative at a national conference, and in the process caught the eyes of several universities, including one nearby. After giving a presentation at the Oct. 14 annual meeting of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources in St. Louis, several attendees…
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October 20, 2008
Jane Evelyn Atwood often does not leave a photo assignment until she completely understands the subject. Whether it’s photographing the first person in France with AIDS for nearly five months until his death, or spending 10 years visiting 40 women’s prisons in nine countries, photojournalist Atwood describes her work method as “obsessive.” Photographer Jane Evelyn…
