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April 7, 2008
Elizabeth Klemperer as Julie Jordan and Garen McRoberts as Billy Bigelow perform in the Department of Musical Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” a treatise on the saving power of hope. Called The Best Musical of the 20th Century by Time Magazine, “Carousel” plays April 10-13 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts.…
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April 7, 2008
The exhibit rEVOLUTION: Making Art for Change, in support of protests against sexualized violence, is presented April 11-16 in the Duderstadt Center Gallery, North Campus. This collaboration between the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) and Washtenaw County’s SAFEhouse provides space for artists to express themselves on issues of sexual violence, sexism, gender and…
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April 7, 2008
China Town Hall: Local Connection, National Reflections, is the culminating event for the LSA China Theme Year, featuring a live Web cast and on-site panel discussion from 7-9 p.m. April 17 in the Alumni Center Founders Room. Organized by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, China Town Hall features noted political analysts and specialists. From…
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April 7, 2008
The pool of cornea transplant donors — often limited to those 65 years of age and younger — should be expanded to include donors up to 75 years of age. This finding emerged in a nationwide study that included the Kellogg Eye Center as a study site. The five-year transplant success rate was 86 percent…
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April 7, 2008
An international blood pressure study comparing two single-pill drug combinations has yielded results so significant that the study has been stopped early — and U-M researchers say their findings might alter the way high blood pressure is treated worldwide. The randomized study showed that both drug combinations helped people who had high blood pressure and…
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April 7, 2008
U-M alumnus Bernard Rosenthal’s “Endover” sculpture, situated in Regent’s Plaza, gains new currency as a not-likely-to-be-solved jumbo Rubik’s Cube. The work was a gift from the artist and the Class of 1965; the cube’s colorful amendment April 1 is unattributed and subsequently was removed. (Photo by Todd McKinney)
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April 7, 2008
President Mary Sue Coleman helped lead a delegation of higher education leaders and researchers to Washington, D.C., last week, urging senators to find the resources to fund critical health and other scientific research despite a tight federal budget. At a meeting of the Democratic Steering Committee chaired by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Coleman and others…
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April 7, 2008
Eco-friendly inhalers will cost kids with asthma more green For the 6.5 million American children with asthma, newly mandated environmentally friendly inhalers will come at a greater cost to low- and middle-income families. Most will see a significant increase in their prescription co-payments or out-of-pocket costs, especially since a generic version of the medication will…
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April 7, 2008
Why do some people deserve protection from discrimination through the law while we don’t think it’s appropriate for others? That’s the question raised about “fat” discrimination, says Anna Kirkland, an assistant professor in the departments of women’s studies and political science. Kirkland says she uses the word fat in her research because people she interviewed…
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April 7, 2008
Learn about Kimberly Williams-Guillén’s bat research > By Jim Erickson News Service If you get a chance to sip some shade-grown Mexican organic coffee, please pause a moment to thank the bats that helped make it possible. A sword-nosed bat of the genus Lonchorhina. Bats of this genus are found in Mexican coffee plantations, where…
