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June 5, 2000
By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News and Information Services Using engineered skin and gingiva (gum tissue) cells, researchers at the School of Dentistry have produced complete bones with the same hard outer coating, spongy interior and marrow core as naturally produced bone. The researchers used the method to replace large areas of missing bone in living rats,…
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June 5, 2000
By Wanda Monroe Office of the Chief Information Officer The University has received nearly $117,000 in computing equipment from the IBM Corp. The new equipment replaces older machines in classrooms and training areas, and provides equipment for the new Faculty Studio located in the Media Union. The Faculty Studio is designed to help faculty with…
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June 5, 2000
By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services Illustration courtesy Hatcher Graduate Library Not even the predicted unusually hot and dry summer will keep these flowers from blooming. They are indoors as part of the University’s “Flowers: Rare Books and Prints” exhibition in the Special Collections Room on the 7th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.…
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June 5, 2000
By Amy Reyes News and Information Services A reproductive health project in Latin America recently received a much-needed boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that pledged $5 million to expand family planning and reproductive health services to women, men and adolescents in Brazil, Bolivia and possibly several other countries. The project, whose principal…
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June 5, 2000
By Wono Lee News and Information Services Twenty-one faculty members were given the emeritus title by the Regents at their May meeting. Those retiring are William J. Anderson, professor of aerospace engineering; Spencer L. BeMent, professor of electrical engineering and computer science; William R. Dunham, senior distinguished research biophysicist; Sheila C. Feld, professor of social…
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June 5, 2000
By Wanda Monroe Office of the Chief Information Officer The first steps of the University’s plan to upgrade its campus “backbone” network have been completed, increasing the capacity (bandwidth) that is available for carrying electronic information to and from computers. The backbone connects all data networks on campus and enables the University community to access…
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June 5, 2000
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Workers installed a tank in this hole that will hold 10,000 gallons of E85, an alternative fuel that is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent unleaded gasoline. The U-M has 100 new ‘flexi-fuel’ vehicles that will run on either gasoline or ethanol and will use the new fueling station…
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June 5, 2000
Groundskeeper Fred Voss cuts a lock off one of the many abandoned bicycles left in racks around the U-M campus and tagged by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for removal. Officer Matt Kaplan, known to many as ‘the bicycle man,’ says that the University usually collects 300–400 abandoned bicycles each summer, but he expects…
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May 22, 2000
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Fredrickson The pursuit of happiness and other positive emotions has benefits that the founding fathers may not have imagined, according to a U-M psychologist who has just been awarded $100,000—the largest psychology prize in history—by the Templeton Foundation. “Cultivating positive emotions produces an upward spiral that not only…
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May 22, 2000
From the Business School, Center for the Education of Women and Catalyst Ninety-five percent of women and men graduates from 12 of the nation’s top business schools report being satisfied with the business school experience and their post-MBA studies, according to a study released May 12. However, despite high satisfaction among women who have earned…
