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October 20, 2008
Rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and poverty are high among Native Americans, compared to other minority and ethnic populations, and the community needs help to address the problem, Native health care providers told U-M staff gathered Oct. 15 for a Tribal Health Summit on campus. Phyllis Davis, co-chair of the Michigan Tribal Health Directors Association,…
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October 20, 2008
The United Nation’s International Labor Organization (ILO) has released its report “Evaluation Mission Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia.” “The assessment was a thorough, independent evaluation,” Greg Tewksbury, interim associate vice president for finance and University treasurer, says of the report released Oct. 13. “Among the conclusions was recognition of The Coca-Cola Company’s efforts to prohibit…
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October 20, 2008
Members of the Griot Ensemble, top, perform during a reception for the new African Studies Center. President Mary Sue Coleman, below left, and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Lester Monts, below right, welcome faculty, staff and students to the center, which provides support for teaching and research and serves as a focal point for…
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October 20, 2008
Moving into a new facility earlier this fall was only one of the big changes this year for the U-M-Dearborn Child Development Center. The program also has officially changed its name to the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), which more closely reflects its mission, says Professor Mary Trepanier Street, director of the ECEC and associate…
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October 20, 2008
When Sheilagh Saenz learned she was pregnant and needed help understanding the guidelines on maternity leave, she turned to the U-M Work/Life Resource Center for assistance. “I was anxious about becoming both a mother and a professional. I was faced with a dilemma of quitting a job that I loved because I wasn’t sure if…
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October 20, 2008
After securing an internationally recognized speaker on resiliency, Work/Life Connecting the Dots conference organizers found themselves drawing upon that life-skill when they responded to the nation’s current economic troubles with the addition of a special luncheon speaker. As conference participants ate, Robert Cassel, director of TIAA-CREF asset management in Chicago, discussed ways to manage retirement…
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October 20, 2008
Related story:New links found between stem cells, aging, cancer > Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. Yamashita (Photo courtesy Life Sciences Institute) The alarm bell halts the process of cell…
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October 20, 2008
Related story:Stem-cell sentry sounds alarm to halt tumors > Four genes previously implicated in the control of cancer have been shown by University scientists to play key roles in the aging process and stem-cell regulation. Morrison (Photo courtesy Life Sciences Institute) It’s a case of genetic multiple personalities: Four genes that suppress tumor formation also…
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October 20, 2008
John Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., has made a number of contributions to civil rights throughout his career as a lawyer. As U-M’s lead counsel in the Supreme Court case Gratz v. Bollinger, Payton defended the University’s use of race in the admissions process as a way…
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October 20, 2008
Enrollment on the University’s Ann Arbor campus remained constant in fall 2008 with 41,028 students, 14 fewer students than last year, according to the Office of the Registrar. The number of graduate/professional students increased by 0.5 percent. Undergraduates decreased by 0.3 percent. Overall enrollment of underrepresented minority students fell in relatively small numbers in this…
