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July 14, 2008
Graduate student Rebecca Veeneman discusses her research with state Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, at the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) exhibition in Washington, D.C. The annual event brings in researchers and their students to display their work, all of which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In 2007 U-M received more…
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July 14, 2008
Michigan Radio, the U-M public radio service, has been recognized for excellence in broadcast journalism with a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Radio News Documentary. The award, presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association, was for the news series “Ashes to Hope: Overcoming the Detroit Riots,” which examined how the 1967 riots affected…
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July 14, 2008
See a demonstration of the parachutist’s landing style > Senior citizens could reduce their risk of hip fracture by nearly 70 percent if they learn to fall like skydivers, research suggests. In the first study to examine the effectiveness of different sideways fall strategies, computer simulations showed that the parachutist’s landing method best reduces hip…
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July 14, 2008
The Risk Science Center has announced a $5 million gift that will position the University to become the nation’s premier comprehensive resource for assessing, quantifying and communicating risks to public health. “There is a serious and growing need to answer questions about environmental risk and its impact on human health,” says Kenneth Warner, dean of…
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July 14, 2008
U.S. firms that offshore customer service may save money on labor costs, but they also pay the price in terms of unhappy customers, researchers say. “Firms are increasingly offshoring front-office functions such as customer service call centers and back-office functions such as information technology to manage their operations and achieve their strategic objectives, including expansion…
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July 14, 2008
A $4 million resolution of the buyout dispute between West Virginia University and Rich Rodriguez, the new head coach of the U-M football team, was announced July 9 by Athletic Director Bill Martin. “We are tremendously pleased to have been able to hire Rich Rodriguez as head coach of the University of Michigan football team,”…
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July 14, 2008
Tim Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer, prepares to get wet while participating in a dunk tank at a Health and Wellness Expo at Wolverine Tower. Employees paid $1 per ticket for the chance to dunk Slottow and several other employees from Business & Finance. The ticket sales, along with a silent auction,…
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July 14, 2008
While opponents contend that dropping the minimum legal drinking age from 21 to 18 or 19 will lead to more alcohol-related teen traffic deaths in those affected states, research shows lowering the age requirement will cause fatal crash rates to increase in neighboring states, as well. Eighteen- and 19-year-old drivers who live in another state…
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July 14, 2008
A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, waterspouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth’s surface. The new equation, developed by atmospheric and planetary scientist Nilton Renno, could allow scientists to more accurately calculate the maximum expected intensity of a spiraling…
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July 14, 2008
Michigan Law alumnus signed Jackie Robinson Branch Rickey, the man who helped break the Major League Baseball color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a big league contract, will be honored this week by establishment of a collegiate professorship at the Law School, the institution from which Rickey graduated in 1911. The professorship will be…
