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March 5, 2012
Google email now in effect for those new to Ann Arbor campus
Related story:University begins move to Google > Starting today (March 5) Information and Technology Services (ITS) no longer will provide IMAP email accounts to new faculty, staff, students and sponsored affiliates on the Ann Arbor campus. Instead, those new to campus will get Google Apps UMICH accounts. This will happen automatically — departments do not… -
March 5, 2012
SPH students creating blogs in new course
It’s not enough for new public health professionals to know the science that drives the field. To make a difference, they need to talk to the public and policy makers in clear, jargon-free language. That notion is behind the inaugural graduate course Communicating Science through Social Media. It was created by Andrew Maynard, Charles and Rita Gelman Risk Science Professor, professor of environmental health sciences at the School of Public Health and director of the Risk Science Center.
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March 5, 2012
U-M representatives visit White House to discuss Great Lakes restoration
More online • White House Council on Environmental Quality > • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative > • Environmental Protection Agency > • Healing Our Waters Coalition > • Great Lakes Jobs 2011 Report > • Don Scavia > • Knute Nadelhoffer > More than 80 environmental, sustainability and academic leaders dealing with Great Lakes issues… -
March 5, 2012
Researchers and provosts make the case for open access
The many real and prospective constraints on broad and affordable access to published scholarship recently spurred a grassroots effort to push back against the business practices of the world’s largest scientific journal publisher, and prompted a strong statement by a group of chief academic officers. The grassroots effort, The Cost of Knowledge, has obtained a commitment from 7,642 researchers around the world — including 28 U-M faculty members and graduate students — to refrain from publishing, refereeing, and/or doing editorial work for Elsevier journals.
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March 5, 2012
Don’t miss: Wolves, climate and biodiversity studied in ecology series
The Second Annual Conservation Ecology Seminar Series will feature leading international scientists discussing topics ranging from wolf predation in Yellowstone National Park to the effects of climate change on biodiversity. The series opening Friday is organized by the Conservation Ecology field of study at the School of Natural Resources and Environment. All lectures begin at… -
March 5, 2012
Ergonomics Awards now accepting nominations
MHealthy now is accepting nominations for its sixth annual Ergonomics Awards, given to university units and employees that have implemented ergonomic solutions in the workplace. Nominations for the Department Level Ergo Awards can be submitted through March 31, while Ergo Hero Individual Award nominations are accepted year-round.
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March 5, 2012
Accolades
Named Kai Zhang, research fellow in the departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, is among 10 scientists recently named an Environmental Health Sciences 2012 Science Communication Fellow. His research includes a study of the human health effects associated with more frequent and intense heat waves predicted to occur… -
March 5, 2012
U-M honors sustainable transportation entrepreneurship with new ‘Mobi’ Prize
U-M, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, has launched a prize competition for entrepreneurial ventures in sustainable transportation.
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March 5, 2012
Investment funds update
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March 5, 2012
Gardens’ 50th anniversary celebrated in exhibit
More online More information > On a winter morning seven miles east of Central Campus, reddish-gold koi fish glide below sunlit water lilies in a tranquil mangrove pond, as warm mist settles on the green leaves of an 18-foot tamarind tree by a waterfall. The setting is the Conservatory, the diverse greenhouse and centerpiece of…
