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June 9, 2008
The University received 29,794 applications from prospective freshmen for 2008, an 8.5-percent increase over last year and the highest number in University history. At the same time, applications from underrepresented minorities dropped slightly in what U-M officials predict is a temporary decline. As of June 5, 12,533 students were offered admission to the University’s Ann…
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June 9, 2008
Students from Whittier Classical Academy in Flint visit Dr. Stephen Gruber’s cancer genetics lab at the Biomedical Science Research Building to view and practice techniques used in biotechnology. The campus visit May 30 was a part of a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) to the School of Education and the Center for Public Health and…
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June 9, 2008
Watch U-M scientists simulate the effects of blowing Mars dust on NASA’s Phoenix lander > U-M simulations correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down. Photos of the area beneath the craft revealed a hard surface that…
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June 9, 2008
Is your UMICH Kerberos password “GoBlue”? Some members of the University community will receive a notice today (June 9) from Information Technology Central Services (ITCS) Accounts Office with the message that their UMICH Kerberos password is guessed easily and should be changed. ITCS, in collaboration with IT Security Services, performs a bi-annual audit of UMICH…
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June 9, 2008
A 2008 Golden Paintbrush award was presented to Karim Motawi & Nawal Motawi of Motawi Tileworks and to Anne Parker of the U-M Hospitals’ Interior Design Division for Tile Quilts — tile murals in the University Hospital elevator lobbies. In creating the work, Motawi designers mixed glazed field tile with decorative multi-colored polychrome tile, producing…
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June 9, 2008
Shakespeare arrives at Arb with ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ performances For the eighth spring-summer, Shakespeare in the Arb featuring the Residential College Players has returned with “Two Gentlemen of Verona” through June 22 at the Nichols Arboretum. The Residential College Players perform at 6:30 p.m. June 12-15 and 19-22 at Nichols Arboretum and at noon…
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June 9, 2008
Read more about the archaeological team and link to a Web site and blog about the dig > Conservators from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology have joined archaeological team members in Israel for the 2008 season of the excavations at Tel Kedesh. During the expedition, which runs through July 17, Kelsey Museum conservators Suzanne Davis…
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June 9, 2008
The U-M Biological Station celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. See how things have changed over the last century > Shifting scientific and world views. Conservationists urging wise use of increasingly scarce natural resources. Pleas for policies based on solid science. Tom Aepelbacher, from left, Lauren Koch, Elizabeth Lash, Philip Schettenhelm, students in the 2007…
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June 9, 2008
By 2025 more than two-thirds of the planet will live in city regions. The implications of this transformation for urban transportation — and for business — are the impetus for an international conclave and public panel June 11-12 at the Rackham School of Graduate Studies. “The challenge is that the most commonly pursued solutions don’t…
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June 9, 2008
Eight-bed center to explore links between sleep, biological rhythms, mental health One of the world’s first laboratories solely devoted to research on how sleep and biological rhythms influence depression, substance abuse and other aspects of mental well-being has opened at the U-M Health System. The Sleep & Chronophysiology Laboratory will research the connection between sleep…
