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June 25, 2012
Henry Russel lecturer, awardees named for 2013
James S. House, a world-renowned scholar who has been a leader in recognizing and demonstrating that health and illness are influenced by psychosocial processes, has been selected as the Henry Russel Lecturer for 2013 — one of the university’s highest honors for a senior member of its active faculty.
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June 25, 2012
Carbon emissions: U.S. fares better when considering climate
The U.S. has long been among the world’s worst emitters of carbon dioxide, but when accounting for climate in addition to GDP, it is nowhere near the bottom of that list, U-M researchers say. “Increased concern about carbon dioxide emissions has resulted in efforts to create methods for ranking countries according to their emissions,” says… -
June 25, 2012
Ann Arbor company wins innovation grant to aid U-M research
The Ann Arbor-based company PicoCal will receive a $40,000 Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP) grant to support research at U-M to improve the manufacturing process of nano-structured materials and nano devices.
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June 25, 2012
Many poor pregnant women with HIV go untreated for depression
It seems logical that programs to screen and manage depression in pregnant, HIV-positive Medicaid patients should already be in place, but they aren’t. It’s the kind of glaring oversight that Rajesh Balkrishnan, associate professor at the College of Pharmacy, said he finds all the time in his research on health disparities. Balkrishnan also has an… -
June 25, 2012
U-M has one of slowest rates of growth in cost nationwide
A new college affordability ranking shows U-M has one of the nation’s slowest rates of growth in costs among the nation’s four-year public universities.
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June 25, 2012
New method generates cardiac muscle patches from stem cells
A cutting-edge method developed at the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research successfully uses stem cells to create heart cells capable of mimicking the heart’s crucial squeezing action. The cells displayed activity similar to most people’s resting heart rate. At 60 beats per minute, the rhythmic electrical impulse transmission of the engineered cells in the U-M… -
June 11, 2012
Deadline extended for MHealthy screening
MHealthy has extended the deadline to complete the MHealthy Rewards Wellness Screening to June 19.
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June 11, 2012
Non-union staff election for DPS Oversight Committee through June 22
The election for the non-union staff member on the Department of Public Safety Oversight Committee now is under way. Online voting is available through 4 p.m. June 22. The six-member oversight committee consists of two student members, two faculty members (one Senate and one non-Senate faculty), and two staff members (one union and one non-union),… -
June 11, 2012
Renovations help enhance services at Orthotics and Prosthetics Center
Coinciding with its 100th year anniversary this year, the Orthotics and Prosthetics Center has undergone $1.2 million in renovations that have nearly doubled the facility’s patient care space, and enhanced waiting rooms, provided accommodations for the U-M amputee support network and therapy capacity among other improvements. The public is invited to an open house June 19.
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June 11, 2012
White House petition seeks action on open access
A petition on the White House website We the People urging the Obama administration “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” continues the growing effort to expand unfettered access to research and scholarship. The petition, which has gathered more than the 25,000 that will trigger a…
