September 9, 2013
Crain’s Detroit Business in its recent Health Care Heroes issue presented Dr. Jack Billi with an honorable mention for his Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) trustee role. Billi led the creation of the CHRT, which aims to improve health care delivery to Michigan residents. He has served as either chairman or vice chairman…
September 9, 2013
Inés Ibáñez, a forest ecologist and assistant professor at U-M, has received a $750,000 award from the National Science Foundation to study forest dynamics under global change. Results of her five-year study of forests in northern and southern Michigan may help land managers and policy makers maintain stable tree populations as they adapt to environmental…
September 9, 2013
Liz McMillen, editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education and alumna of the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, will deliver the 28th Graham Hovey Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Sept.19 in the Wallace House Gardens. Her lecture “What is College For, Anyway?” will examine the changes in higher education over the past two decades and the worth…
September 9, 2013
Dr. Renee Duff, clinical associate professor in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences and Division of Prosthodontics at the School of Dentistry, has been named assistant dean for student services. The announcement of her appointment, effective Sept. 15, was made by outgoing Dean Peter Polverini. “Her rich background and broad experience are major assets…
September 9, 2013
The hospital IT networks and medical devices that doctors rely on to treat patients are susceptible to their own maladies — computer viruses and other malware. Whether a bug accidentally finds its way into a system, or an attacker intentionally injects one, researchers believe such breaches are happening more often with the growth of technology…
September 9, 2013
Marvin Parnes, who has been serving as associate vice president for research in the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at U-M, has been appointed managing director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR). “Marvin brings over 25 years of academic management and research experience to this new position,” said ISR Director James…
September 9, 2013
When the tiny roundworm C. elegans reaches middle age — at about 2 weeks old — it can’t quite move like it did in the bloom of youth. But rather than imposing an exercise regimen to rebuild the worm’s body-wall muscles, researchers can bring the wriggle back by stimulating the animal’s neurons. And, they say,…
September 9, 2013
Coal soot shrank the Alpine glaciers in mid-19th-century Europe, according to new findings that show how black carbon alone — even without warmer temperatures — can affect ice and snow cover. The research, which involved a U-M atmospheric scientist, provides insights into when the so-called Little Ice Age ended and why European glaciers began to…
September 9, 2013
Moonless nights outside the Cerro Tololoastronomical observatory in Chile are so dark that when you look down, you can’t see your feet. “You can’t see your hands,” said David Gerdes, U-M physics professor. “But you can hold them up to the sky and see a hand-shaped hole with no stars in it. It’s really incredible.”…
