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February 4, 2008
Wu Man, above, and the Hua Family Shawm Band play traditional Chinese and contemporary pipa music at 4 p.m. Feb. 10 at Rackham Auditorium. Christian Tetzlaff, below, performs on violin at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 at Hill Auditorium. He recently garnered the headline “Serious German Violinist Gets a Rock Star Ovation” in The New York…
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February 4, 2008
The Students of Color of Rackham Graduate School (SCOR) will host its 18th annual conference on Feb.15-16 at the Horace A. Rackham Graduate School. In addition to a series of seminars, attendees will hear the keynote address “Beyond Black and White: New Paradigms for Race Research.” Frank Wu, renowned legal scholar from Wayne State University,…
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February 4, 2008
Waiving informed consent could expand newborn screening study Informed consent has long been the cornerstone of ethical and safe medical research involving patients and healthy volunteers. But for the testing of certain new screening techniques for newborn babies, individual patient consent may limit study groups, and even create a barrier to the implementation of techniques…
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February 4, 2008
The Depression Center will host the nation’s leading conference on college mental health issues March 18-19, bringing together psychologists, doctors, nurses, counselors, researchers, administrators and students. In the wake of the April 2007 tragedy on the campus of Virginia Tech, the conference has taken on a heightened significance. Now more than ever, colleges and universities…
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February 4, 2008
Dr. Lynn Johnson, director of Dental Informatics and Information Technology and professor at the School of Dentistry, is among 10 people nationwide selected to receive a new award from Apple Computer. The Apple Award for Innovation in Science recognizes a select and distinguished group of people in academia who have developed new ways to use…
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February 4, 2008
For the first time in four years, the U-M chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society will have an initiation ceremony April 1. The chapter, which has a new slate of officers, also will grant chapter scholarships and awards to its members. The University was granted a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s…
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February 4, 2008
U-M public policy expert Sheldon Danziger discusses why some children are 25 and still living at home > Young adults are sometimes called “lazy” or “slackers” if they continue to live in their parents’ home. But a greater acceptance of delayed independence and a struggling economy with limited opportunities for college graduates have contributed to…
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February 4, 2008
Ever since a forward-thinking trio of physicists identified the phenomenon known as self-organized criticality — a mechanism by which complexity arises in nature — scientists have been applying its concepts to everything from economics to avalanches. U-M researchers are exploring spatial distribution patterns by studying coffee plantation ants, such as this Azteca ant. (Photo courtesy…
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February 4, 2008
The Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) will host its 26th annual career conference 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Michigan League, Mendelssohn Theatre and the Modern Languages Building. The 26th Annual Career Conference theme is “Work, Lead & Succeed in a Global Economy” and will focus on preparing and positioning conference attendees to…
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February 4, 2008
Two teams of U-M researchers have tracked down the cells responsible for neurofibromatosis type1, a disfiguring, incurable condition and one of the most common hereditary disorders. This microscope image shows mouse Schwann cells, dotted with cell nuclei. (Photo by Nancy Joseph) “We now know what cells to target. And that’s a big step toward new…
