August 11, 2008
With Michigan’s game seasons approaching, consider that hunters have been known to die unexpectedly from heart attacks brought on by the strenuous exercise and bursts of activity related to the sport. U-M doctors, nurses and nutritionists will offer free health screenings and information from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 23 and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 24…
August 11, 2008
Lighthouses of Michigan: Photographs on Cotton Paper by Steven Huyser-Honig celebrates the beauty of the Great Lakes region. The artist captures his images with a digital camera and prints them with archival pigment inks on environmentally friendly cotton paper. A portion of each sale supports nonprofits working to preserve the Great Lakes. The exhibit is…
August 11, 2008
Researchers develop next-generation antivirus system Antivirus software on personal computers could become a thing of the past thanks to a new “cloud computing” approach to malicious software detection developed at U-M. Cloud computing refers to applications and services provided seamlessly on the Internet. Traditional antivirus software is installed on millions of individual computers around the…
August 11, 2008
Rising fuel prices, resulting in less driving, may very well be a reason for the decline in traffic deaths, as recent reports have suggested. But a new report shows that something more may be at play — a major shift in driving behavior. Changes in gasoline sales and miles driven cannot fully explain the reduction…
August 11, 2008
People at high risk for dementia who took cholesterol-lowering statins are half as likely to develop dementia as those who do not take statins, a new study shows. The study consisted of older Mexican-Americans in Sacramento, Calif., who suffered from metabolic conditions that put them at risk for developing dementia, Alzheimer’s or cognitive impairment without…
August 11, 2008
An enhanced moped parking program provides 25 new spots in 11 locations throughout the four Ann Arbor campuses. The program is a collaboration between Architecture, Engineering & Construction, Parking & Transportation Services (PTS), the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the University Planner’s Office. “The objective is to provide expanded capacity on all Ann Arbor…
August 11, 2008
Parkinson’s is a disease that causes the progressive decline of physical and cognitive function, but recent research suggests that regular exercise may impede the disease’s progression. Eric Breitenbeck, wellness coordinator with MFit, has witnessed how beneficial exercise can be for those with Parkinson’s. He has seen people with various stages of the disease improve joint…
August 11, 2008
Professor Antonia Villarruel has been named associate dean for research and scholarship at the School of Nursing. An expert on national and international health policy, Villarruel widely is known for her studies of HIV prevention among adolescents in the United States and Mexico. (Photo courtesy School Of Nursing) Villarruel is the Nola J. Pender Collegiate…
August 11, 2008
A new video service on campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format. The goal of the Campus Automated Rich Media Archiving (CARMA) project is to record noteworthy happenings at the University and preserve them for posterity. “We think it’s…
August 11, 2008
The dean of the School of Education is in the center of a horseshoe of tables surrounded by 27 incoming Ypsilanti fifth-graders. Deborah Ball, one of the nation’s leading math education experts, spends two weeks each summer at the helm of U-M’s Elementary Mathematics Laboratory (EML). While the fifth-graders study math, more than 20 faculty…
