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April 16, 2012
MHealthy wellness screening appointments still available; participation numbers given
At least 41 percent of benefits-eligible employees have completed the annual health questionnaire and thousands have completed or made an appointment for a wellness screening for MHealthy Rewards. More than 7,000 employees have earned their $100 incentive for completing both steps of the program.
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April 16, 2012
Students’ Fetchnotes startup launches note-taking system
Fetchnotes, a U-M student-founded startup, launched a public version of its cloud-based system for jotting and organizing quick notes to oneself.
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April 16, 2012
U-M professor serves as consultant to Disneynature movie ‘Chimpanzee’
More online • View a slideshow > • See the movie trailer > Most Fridays, U-M anthropologist John Mitani is in Ann Arbor lecturing to the 200 or so undergraduates signed up for Introduction to Biological Anthropology. But on April 13, Mitani and his wife Sally were in Orlando, walking down the red carpet at… -
April 16, 2012
Musical theatre chair guides students into show biz
Like many of his students, Brent Wagner fell in love with theatre music at a young age. “I really loved the combination of text and music in the telling of a story, because music speaks to our emotions and the words carry the meaning,” he says. ”The combination, I found, was very powerful.” Photo by… -
April 16, 2012
U-M police issue warning to secure belongings
Thefts of unattended belongings on the U-M campus significantly have increased in the first three months of 2012 compared with 2011. The Department of Public Safety reminds students, faculty and staff to secure their valuables at all times. “We’ve had a significant increase in larceny reports in 2012,” says Interim Police Chief Joe Piersante. “We… -
April 9, 2012
U-M researcher involved in $10 million project to advance computer programming
Making computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive is the goal of a new $10 million National Science Foundation project that involves a U-M researcher and is based at the University of Pennsylvania.
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April 9, 2012
Don’t miss: ‘Afflictions’ films open Culture, Mind and Brain conference
Ethnographic filmmaker and anthropologist Robert Lemelson, who combines scholarship and cinema artistry in his film series “Afflictions,” will screen two of the films to open the annual conference of the Center for Culture, Mind and the Brain. The screening, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a Q-and-A session with… -
April 9, 2012
U-M Museum of Zoology receives shipment of rare seabirds for study
The U-M Museum of Zoology recently received the carcasses of 15 rare Hawaiian birds called Newell’s shearwaters. The specimens were processed at the museum, and tissue samples from the salvaged birds will be used to study foraging habits, genetic differentiation and former population size.
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April 9, 2012
U-M project seeks to relieve hunger in West Africa
How to help More information about the project, including how you can help > Last fall’s harvest in the Sahel region of West Africa was the worst in nearly 30 years, and now a U-M anthropologist who has studied the region for decades is working to save the people from starvation. “Children and older women… -
April 9, 2012
Groundbreaking programs prepare next UM-Flint leadership
A major issue among many well-run organizations or businesses is to find an answer to the question; where will the next generation of leadership be found? Will recruiters and national searches be needed to fill important roles? UM-Flint believes leadership begins at home, and has developed unique programs to make it happen. Chancellor Ruth J.…
