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March 31, 2008
Lang Lang, 8 p.m. April 2 at Hill Auditorium. The Chinese pianist received his big break at age 17, with his dramatic last-minute substitution for André Watts at the Ravinia Festival, where he performed the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Chicago Symphony. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. (Photo by Felix Broede)
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March 31, 2008
The Freshman Touring Company from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance performs at 12:10 p.m. April 10 in the University Hospital main lobby. Under the direction of guest faculty members Jason Dietz Marchant and Lindsey Dietz Marchant, the company will perform a collection of dance theater works created by the students, New York-based choreographers…
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March 31, 2008
Alena Ledeneva, lecturer in Russian politics and society, University College, London, will deliver the lecture, “How Russia Really Works: Informal Practices in Politics and Business,” at noon April 2 in Room 1636, International Institute, 1080 S. University. Ledeneva’s lecture is sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies. The event is free and…
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March 31, 2008
A suspect was arrested March 21 at an Ann Arbor jewelry store as he tried to sell many of the gemstones that had been stolen from the C.C. Little Building the previous weekend. Michael Sherer, 27, of Saline remains in jail awaiting a preliminary exam on April 2 for charges of breaking and entering as…
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March 31, 2008
Concerns about safety are the main reason that less than 13 percent of U.S. children walked or biked to school in 2004, compared to more than 50 percent who did so in 1969, U-M research shows. “These concerns are strongly linked to the kind of physical environment children navigate between home and school,” says Byoung-Suk…
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March 31, 2008
U-M profs call Pew study ‘alarming,’ national debate urgently needed Nearly a month after a published study on the increasing U.S. prison population revealed more than 1-in-100 American adults are behind bars, two U-M professors are aiming to elevate the public debate on prison reform. The timing, they say, should coincide with the intensely debated…
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March 31, 2008
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. A team of U-M scientists has discovered mutations in one key gene (neuropathy target esterase) that cause a previously unknown type of inherited motor neuron disease. This discovery paves the way for better diagnosis…
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March 31, 2008
Consumers perceive non-traditional Internet sources as less credible than other news sources, a new study indicates. The implications are that the Internet can be a haven for divergent, even racist, beliefs, says lead author Debra Burns Melican. “The Internet offers an opportunity for people to reinforce existing beliefs in a way that is different from…
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March 31, 2008
Learn more about U-M’s ballast-free ship testing program > University researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments that enable non-native creatures to sneak into the Great Lakes from overseas. Professor Michael Parsons, above, of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering leans against a scale model…
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March 31, 2008
Colon cancer largely can be prevented through proper screening. Researchers, including those at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, are working to make colorectal screening a little easier through a combination of more choices and less-invasive procedures. Colorectal cancer is the second-biggest cancer killer in both men and women, surpassed only by lung cancer. Some 148,810 Americans…
