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April 2, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Turn-of-century sportswear
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April 2, 2012
SNRE dean Miranda discusses ways to address risks to children’s health
The research tool of spatial-data analysis is key to discovering and addressing environmental risks to children’s health, Marie Lynn Miranda said March 26 in giving the 11th Annual Wege Lecture on Sustainability. Miranda, the new dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, said such tools give both scientists and policy makers the ability… -
April 2, 2012
Students named Truman and Goldwater scholars
U-M juniors Noel Gordon (right) and Tyler Jones aspire to make the world a better place through public service. They are one step closer to becoming “change agents” as the newest Truman Scholars.
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March 26, 2012
Senate Assembly elects three to fill seats on SACUA
The Senate Assembly on March 19 elected faculty members from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, LSA and the School of Dentistry to three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The faculty governance body elected: Masten. Oey. Holland. • Scott Masten, professor of business economics and public policy. • Sally… -
March 26, 2012
Graham Institute welcomes students as Sustainability Scholars
The Graham Sustainability Institute recently accepted 25 undergraduate students into its 11-credit Sustainability Scholars Program. The exclusive, interdisciplinary program allows participants to receive special access and funding for field-based experiences, participate in sustainability leadership skills building activities as a cohort, and earn a “Sustainability Scholars Certificate” from the Graham Institute upon completion. The new scholars,… -
March 26, 2012
U-M seeks Planet Blue Student Ambassadors
The Planet Blue Student Ambassador Program is seeking new recruits for the 2012-13 academic year. Now it its second year, this unique program trains and empowers undergraduate students who will be living in a residence hall or campus apartment to serve as environmental stewards and sustainability leaders on campus. Applications from rising sophomore, junior and… -
March 26, 2012
Weekend MBA capstone challenges soon-to-be-graduates
During their two years in the Part-time MBA Program at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, weekend format students have learned core business disciplines and examined complex problems through multiple lenses. But have they channeled their inner CEO? C-Level Thinking is a unique capstone course that asks MBAs to take all they’ve learned and… -
March 26, 2012
Dust tornados, icy mountain winds don’t stop U-M student and his tent
Disaster struck on the first day of Andrew McCarthy’s expedition to climb Aconcagua — the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. The graduate student in architecture had just pitched the tent that he made himself when a 40-foot-tall dust tornado kicked up a rock and sent it flying into the dwelling, puncturing a fist-sized hole… -
March 26, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Draft protest
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March 26, 2012
Teachers, parents trump peers in keeping teens engaged in school
Teachers and parents matter more than peers in keeping adolescents engaged in school, according to a new study that counters the widespread belief that peers matter most in the lives of adolescents. “We were surprised to find that most adolescents continue to be influenced greatly by their teachers and parents when it comes to school…
