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September 4, 2015
The road less traveled: Americans cutting down on daily trips
Americans spend 10 percent less time making trips for daily activities than they did a decade ago, a University of Michigan researcher says.
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September 4, 2015
Do you have passion for your job? If not, it’s attainable
People who have not found their perfect fit in a career can take heart: There is more than one way to attain passion for work.
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September 4, 2015
Study examines how to combat obesity as a market failure
The obesity epidemic is growing and becoming ever more costly in the U.S. and other industrialized countries. Generally, that is where agreement ends on the subject.
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September 4, 2015
Bitter pill: Monarchs, milkweed and self-medication in a changing world
The milkweed plants growing in 40 cube-shaped chambers on a hilltop at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan, provide a glimpse into the future that allows researchers to ask a question: How will monarch butterflies fare?
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September 4, 2015
Healthy Choices program for middle schoolers helps reduce obesity
An interdisciplinary school program designed to promote healthy behaviors reduced the percentage of seventh-graders who were overweight or obese and helped more than 20,000 middle school students cut back on TV viewing, increase their physical activity and make healthier food choices.
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September 4, 2015
Kids are prescribed, abusing controlled drugs earlier in life
A new University of Michigan study of Detroit-area middle and high school students showed that the number of children prescribed controlled medications before age 12 roughly doubled over a 10-year period.
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September 4, 2015
CRIME ALERT: Aggravated assault
1:40 a.m., Friday, between houses in the 1000 block of East University Avenue, south of Tappan and Greenwood streets, off-campus.
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September 3, 2015
UMS, George Shirley to receive National Medal of Arts
The University Musical Society and George Shirley, professor emeritus at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, will each receive a 2014 National Medal of Arts.
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September 2, 2015
Orientation engages excited new faculty and mentors
New faculty members got a head start on their U-M teaching and research careers at the New Faculty Orientation and information fair.
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September 2, 2015
Hovey lecture to explore emerging epidemics in a globalized world
Jason Beaubien, global health and development correspondent for National Public Radio, will deliver the 30th Graham Hovey lecture Sept. 10.
