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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… -
March 26, 2012
NextGen Michigan and IT Rationalization advance U-M’s mission
NextGen Michigan and IT Rationalization are two ideas designed to move U-M information technology into the future. But what do these terms mean to the university and its community members? Laura Patterson, associate vice president and chief information officer, talked with The University Record about NextGen Michigan in this second installment in a series of stories on the future of information technology at U-M.
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March 26, 2012
Lab technician is a pilot, amateur radio operator
Whether it’s building radios in his free time or flying a small airplane around the state of Michigan, Dave Boprie’s personal interests have enhanced his career. An amateur pilot and self-described “radio enthusiast,” Boprie, a senior electronics technician at the Space Physics Research Laboratory on North Campus, uses his skills to build components for space… -
March 26, 2012
Rackham Centennial continues with talk by author Jonathan Cole
The American research university has provided society with everything from lasers to the toothbrush to the origins of computer science, yet it is misunderstood and in danger of losing its capacity to drive economic progress.
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March 26, 2012
Tone is different in YouTube campaign videos
YouTube campaign videos are more positive than ads aired on television, a new U-M study indicates. YouTube videos are more positive because they are targeted narrowly to the well-informed and highly motivated, usually supportive people who view a candidate’s online video, says Rob Salmond, the study’s author and assistant professor of political science. “Informing and…
