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April 23, 2012
More information Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund > Four substantial, student-led sustainability projects are gaining momentum on campus, thanks to financial support from the new Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund. Announced by President Mary Sue Coleman last fall as part of her larger campus sustainability address, the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund offers grants of…
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April 23, 2012
More information • Course description for College Affordability: Financing the University > • More information about the U-M budget > The architects of the university’s general fund budget will teach a one-credit class in the fall designed to demystify U-M finances for students. Phil Hanlon, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Martha…
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April 23, 2012
The Graham Sustainability Institute has selected six faculty-led research projects to join with Focus: HOPE, a nationally recognized civil and human rights organization, on a Detroit community development initiative. The university-funded projects will incorporate social, economic and environmental strategies to help develop a comprehensive plan for advancing the HOPE Village Initiative, a 100-block area immediately…
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April 23, 2012
Researchers from the Institute for Social Research are conducting an innovative field experiment designed to improve the lives of older, lower-income people. The study is funded with an $886,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation. “We’re adapting a program called Masterpiece Living for use in affordable housing communities. Two communities in the Los Angeles area will…
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April 23, 2012
The university will move ahead with plans to accommodate its employment growth and build a new parking structure on Wall Street that will provide an additional 500 permit parking spaces near the U-M medical campus. The structure will be built upon an existing 200-spot surface lot, bringing the total number of permit parking spaces in…
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April 23, 2012
Changes in the epigenome, a structure that controls the function of genes, were found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. These epigenetic changes can be caused by exposure to environmental toxicants or lifestyle behaviors, according to a study out of the School of Public Health. If researchers can establish a causal link between epigenetic changes…
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April 23, 2012
More online • View a complete listing of RecycleMania standings throughout the competition > • View a full listing of buildings participating in Recycling Champions and their results > • Learn more about U-M recycling > Students, faculty and staff collected nearly 750,000 pounds of recyclables during the 2012 RecycleMania competition, Jan. 22-March 31. The…
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April 23, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its April 19 meeting. Renovations planned at the Law School The Board of Regents approved the $7 million Law School Renovation Phase II project that will renovate approximately 30,000 gross square feet of space within Hutchins Hall and the William W. Cook Legal Research…
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April 23, 2012
The Medical School greatly will expand and improve its space and technology for training future physicians, with a $55 million project approved April 19 by the Board of Regents. The project, which will convert and renovate 137,000 square feet of space in the Taubman Health Sciences Library, will allow U-M to better meet the evolving…
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April 23, 2012
Why do many people report knee problems and backaches? And why do many crave sweet and fatty foods? A new exhibit explores these and other questions about human health. Evolution & Health, presented through Jan. 13, 2013 at the Museum of Natural History, explores how the ways in which humans evolved has promoted survival, but…
