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July 23, 2012
Regents approve Institute for Social Research addition
The Board of Regents approved moving forward with construction of a $29 million addition to the Institute for Social Research at its July meeting. The five-level addition, which will be located on the Division Street side of ISR’s Thompson Street building, will add approximately 56,700 square feet to the existing ISR-Thompson building. The regents previously… -
July 23, 2012
Don’t miss: Gifts of Art presents traditional, world and avant-garde jazz performance
Mark Hershberger, leader of Global Jazz Project and jazz performer and composer for more than 40 years, leads his group in a noon-1 p.m. performance Thursday at the University Hospital Courtyard. Hershberger was mentored and has performed with top local musicians including Harold McKinney, Jimmy Allen, Marcus Belgrave and Ed Sarath. His history also includes… -
July 23, 2012
ISR summer internship program celebrates 10th anniversary
ISR internship symposium • Noon July 31 at ISR-Thompson Room 6050 • Free and open to the public • More information about the ISR Survey Research Center Summer Internship program > An internship program that provides students with hands-on experience designing, conducting and analyzing surveys is celebrating its 10th anniversary July 31 with a symposium… -
July 23, 2012
Accolades
Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs, and Louis Yen, professor with the U-M Confucius Institute, recently were named honorary professors of the University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China, by its president Qiubo Sun, who said he expected future collaboration between U-M and USTL. Monts and Yen also were both named honorary professor… -
July 23, 2012
California Digital Library joins U-M’s copyright review project
The U-M Library recently announced that the California Digital Library (CDL), one of the world’s largest digital research libraries, is joining its grant-funded effort to identify public domain volumes from among the more than 10 million volumes that reside in HathiTrust. The library’s copyright determination work first began in 2008 with a National Leadership Grant… -
July 9, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
President returns
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July 9, 2012
U-M solar car gets home field advantage in upcoming race
Across eight states in eight days, the nation’s winningest solar car team from U-M will defend its title this month in the American Solar Challenge that includes an overnight stop in its hometown. The student team is vying for its seventh first-place finish and fourth consecutive championship. The North American contest has been held roughly… -
July 9, 2012
$53M grant renews support for U-M clinical, translational research
A $53 million grant will renew U-M’s ability to support medical research. The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research has again secured a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year grant renewal will provide U-M researchers with training, tools and services necessary to speed their search for new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease — and to involve even more research volunteers in their work.
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July 9, 2012
Michigan researchers help find Higgs-like particle, win bet with Stephen Hawking
An international group of scientists including U-M researchers have found a particle that is likely the Higgs boson, the long-sought missing piece of physics’ Standard Model, officials announced last week in Switzerland. More than a dozen U-M researchers and graduate students are currently involved in the search for Higgs, a heavy particle that is theorized… -
July 9, 2012
Ann Arbor Art Fairs return July 18-21
Get ready to welcome a half million guests to town — the Ann Arbor Art Fairs are nearly here. The 53rd annual event made up of four independent fairs will draw more than 1,000 artists from July 18-21, and is expected to draw the customary 500,000-plus visitors to take in a wide range of art offerings.
