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April 9, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Diag in spring
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April 9, 2012
State funding incentives foster collaboration but also raise concerns
A new policy in Michigan that encourages local governments to collaborate and combine operations appears to be working, but it also carries a risk of producing unintended consequences, a new U-M survey reports. For years, many local governments in Michigan received state funding in the form of statutory revenue sharing. But in 2011 Gov. Rick… -
April 9, 2012
Nadarajan named dean of School of Art & Design
Gunalan Nadarajan, who works at the intersection of the arts, science and technology, has been selected as dean of the School of Art & Design.
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April 9, 2012
U-M shares in $5 million grant to train global health researchers
As the health needs of people worldwide become ever more linked with our own, a new program will train researchers to study those needs and find new ways to address them, from AIDS and malaria to the health of mothers and children. The program, funded by a new $5 million, five-year grant from the National… -
April 9, 2012
Conforth urges audience to ‘heed the call’ in Golden Apple lecture
Bruce Conforth, a lecturer II in American studies, LSA, on April 4 accepted the 22nd Annual Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching, the only student-selected teaching award on campus. As part of the honor Conforth delivered a "last lecture" that he called "Heeding the Call," in which he told audience members it's “possible to do what you need to do to pay the bills without giving up on your passion.”
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April 9, 2012
Art therapist uses craft to ease cancer treatments
Margaret Nowak used to often meet with a chemotherapy patient who loved to paint using watercolors in the infusion room of the Comprehensive Cancer Center The patient had requested that Nowak, an art therapist, come sit with her before receiving treatment. “She told me that she was always so scared before getting her chemo, and… -
April 9, 2012
What my startup did last semester: TechArb spring showcase
In one of the largest entrepreneurial events of the year on U-M’s campus, more than 50 student-founded startups will pitch their ideas to potential investors and report on the their progress at the TechArb Spring Showcase.
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April 9, 2012
Gay students experiencing discrimination may be at risk for drinking problems
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students who experience subtle discrimination are at increased risk of having a problem with alcohol compared to heterosexual students, a new U-M study finds. The study also found that how students’ peers were treated matters as well. Compared to heterosexual students, sexual minority students who knew others who were subjected… -
April 9, 2012
M+Box accounts now available
M+Box, U-M’s enterprise version of Box, a commercial data storage solution, is now available to Ann Arbor faculty and staff. U-M is the first university officially to introduce the service, which is a result of an agreement between Box and Internet2, a consortium of leading U.S. research and educational organizations.
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April 9, 2012
Stand Up To Cancer and Prostate Cancer Foundation announce new ‘dream team’
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), along with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), SU2C’s scientific partner, announced the formation of a new Dream Team dedicated to prostate cancer research. Dr. Arul M. Chinnaiyan of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dr. Charles L. Sawyers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center…
