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April 14, 2008
Tart cherries — frequently sold dried, frozen or in juice — may have more than just good taste and bright red color going for them, according to new animal research from the Cardiovascular Center. Rats that received whole tart cherry powder mixed into a high-fat diet didn’t gain as much weight or build up as…
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April 14, 2008
Norman Andresen, left, president of the U-M Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, presents an honorary lifetime membership to Professor Hyman Bass, the University’s Roger Lyndon Collegiate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. Bass presented the keynote address “Value and Values” during the newly reorganized honor society’s initiation ceremony at the Michigan League, where 185 new…
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April 14, 2008
An international team of researchers that includes U-M biologist Ronald Nussbaum has developed a remarkable new road map for finding and protecting thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar, considered one of the most significant biodiversity hot spots in the world. The plan and the methods used to develop it are described in…
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April 14, 2008
Philippine households used money from migrant relatives to keep their children in school and to start their own businesses, a U-M study shows. The findings contradict other studies about international migration, which showed families used remittances for consumption needs, not investment opportunities. “The findings shed light on how developed countries’ policies affecting migrant workers can…
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April 14, 2008
Pamela McAuslan, associate professor of health psychology and director of the graduate psychology studies program at U-M-Dearborn, received the campus’s 30th annual Susan B. Anthony Award during a ceremony April 3 at the Fairlane Center. McAuslan (Photo courtesy U-M-Dearborn) Laura Callow, of the League of Women Voters (LWV) Northwest Wayne County, received the campus’s fifth…
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April 14, 2008
A substantial number of students at the University have directly experienced trauma, according to Phase II of a student mental health study. Of the students surveyed, 15.5 percent experienced traumatic events such as violent physical attack, auto accident, near drowning or sexual assault. Altogether, 40 percent of those surveyed had some experience with trauma, including…
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April 14, 2008
Bob Woodruff, former ABC News anchor, a Michigan native and 1987 Law School alumnus, will address undergraduates during Spring Commencement at 10 a.m. April 26. The annual ceremonies for the first time have been moved to the Diag on Central Campus, to accommodate construction at Michigan Stadium, the traditional commencement setting. Also scheduled to address…
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April 14, 2008
By revealing the inner workings of a common cell-to-cell signaling system, U-M biologists have uncovered new clues about mysterious and contentious creatures called cancer stem cells. The findings also have implications for a high-profile breast-cancer drug trial getting underway at the Medical School and two other institutions. Dr. Max Wicha says new stem cell developments…
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April 14, 2008
The state’s top energy researchers, policy-makers and business innovators will come together on Earth Day April 22 to review plans for making Michigan a national leader in emerging green energy technologies. Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) and WWJ Newsradio 950 will bring together the state’s key go-to people in energy innovation, including leading researchers from…
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April 14, 2008
If you’re walking on campus today (April 14), you might be asked to take note — literally. A clarinetist from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra won’t ask those passing by about a particular composition, just a particular musical note. (Likely places for the clarinetist include the Diag and North Campus near the School of Music.) After…
