April 7, 2003
Aging in Asia: Lessons to learn from looking East America and Western Europe may find themselves looking East for innovative ideas about public policies that support older individuals and their family connections. That’s the prediction of U-M sociologist Albert Hermalin, an expert on the demography of aging who has spent the last decade conducting research…
April 7, 2003
A generation of U.S. military personnel, who grew up playing complex video games while talking on the phone or surfing the Web, now is fighting a war where many life-and-death decisions must be made simultaneously and instantaneously. U-M research is helping U.S. troops get an edge by minimizing multitasking errors and improving efficiency. The U.S.…
April 7, 2003
Ken Wise faced a tall order during the April 2 William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professorship lecture: making a highly complex topic entertaining and educational–for an audience of technical and non-technical people. Wise, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, rose to the challenge with a lecture titled “Integrated Sensors, MEMS, and Microsystems: Interfacing…
April 7, 2003
The soft song of a sparrow, the quiet hum of a cricket, the wind whistling through the trees and freight trains rumbling past are among the many sounds in the Nichols Arboretum that allow Greg Laman to compose his unique music. “I have been making sound recordings for use in a variety of musical compositions…
April 7, 2003
As the desire and need for higher education increases in the United States, many students are not prepared to succeed in college and are misinformed about the role of college in their future. That trend indicates the importance of reform at all levels of education, two university presidents and several educators and administrators said at…
April 7, 2003
A rat in a U-M lab is on the hot seat–literally–for the study of diabetes. Researchers are looking at rodents with and without diabetes, as rats with the disease are unable to respond to heat on their tails because diabetes can affect their nerves. Eva Feldman, director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for…
April 7, 2003
In U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools, the University continues to rank as a top leader. The U.S. News editors gave U-M top 10 rankings in many disciplines and gave its No. 1 ranking to Health Service Administration and Higher Education Administration programs. The University remained among the…
April 7, 2003
The Bentley Historical Library will preserve important pieces of the state’s architectural history through a gift of original construction drawings, photography and writings from Albert Kahn Associates Inc. (AKA). “Albert Kahn is considered one of the world’s most influential industrial architects, whose work transformed the skylines of Detroit and the University of Michigan and inspired…
April 7, 2003
For the past several months, the U-M Health System (UMHS) has been preparing some 20,000 people across campus for new national regulations set to take effect next week governing the privacy of patients and M-CARE members. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996, and privacy regulations passed pursuant to the…
April 7, 2003
Jeff Scott, left, and Jeff Sielaff perform a magic trick April 3 in the lobby of the University Hospital. Scott and other magicians from the Ann Arbor Magic Club–including Marvin Mathina and Jim Placido, on the couch in the background–performed at the Gifts of Art event. (Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services)
