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March 19, 2012
Weinberg symposium to examine bilingualism, cognition
While many people in the world are bilingual or multilingual, most research on language and the brain historically has investigated language processing, learning and use in monolinguals. Researchers now are broadening their scope as more neurolinguists and psycholinguists are studying the organization of language in the bilingual brain and sociolinguists are studying bilingual language use.… -
March 12, 2012
Accolade
Honored Ralph Lydic, the Bert N. LaDu Professor of Anesthesiology Research, professor of anesthesiology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology and co-director of U-M’s Center for Sleep Science, will be recognized as a Texas Tech University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences distinguished alumni for his career work related to sleep research. The recognition honors Lydic’s… -
March 12, 2012
Don’t miss: Conference explores portrayal of war through the ages
The Battle of Thermopylae, Achilles and Hector, and Alexander the Great. Ancient stories and figures of war still capture the imagination, even today when technology appears to dominate modern warfare. The conference Our Ancient Wars: Rethinking War Through the Classics, presented March 22-24 in 3222 Angell Hall, brings together scholars to consider ancient representations of… -
March 12, 2012
Photo: ‘To the Lake’ painting, part of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business Art Collection
The woodcut painting “To the Lake” by Jim Dine is part of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business Art Collection, displayed throughout the school. Photographs of the complete collection are at www.bus.umich.edu/RossArt. Photo by Jim Dine. -
March 12, 2012
Effort launched to craft new process for handling student sexual misconduct allegations
The university has launched a process to develop an appropriate approach for responding to allegations of sexual misconduct among students.
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March 12, 2012
Assistant director in Rec Sports officiates to help guide students
Nicole Green-Valentine knows the key to being a good official. “You need field presence. You need to be confident in yourself, confident that you know the rules and know how to apply them, and that you communicate well with the players, coaches, parents your partner officials,” says Green-Valentine, assistant director in the Department of Recreational… -
March 12, 2012
Faced with job loss? Perception is everything
When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually do, a U-M business professor says. “Social networks help explain people’s outcomes in the labor market by determining how people seek help,” says Ned Smith, assistant professor of strategy at… -
March 12, 2012
U-M honored for campus internationalization
U-M is one of five U.S. colleges and universities honored with a 2012 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, NAFSA: Association of International Educators has announced.
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March 12, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
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March 12, 2012
Need to learn Punjabi, Swahili or dozens of other languages? U-M is the place
Seth Soderborg got interested in Indonesia two years ago when he was looking at a list of the world’s most populous nations and noticed it was ranked No. 4, just behind the United States. The political science major really got intrigued when he found out the U.S. government considers Indonesian to be a “critical language”…
