August 12, 2013
The United States uses more energy for air conditioning than all other countries combined, but its status as the world’s largest AC energy hog may soon be in jeopardy, said a U-M researcher. A new study by Michael Sivak, research professor and director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, shows that…
August 12, 2013
Teacher turnover negatively affects student learning in math and English, a researcher from the School of Education and colleagues found. The impact is particularly strong in low-performing schools and among black students, they say. Matthew Ronfeldt, U-M assistant professor of educational studies, and colleagues Susanna Loeb of Stanford University and James Wyckoff of the University…
August 12, 2013
Stewart Thornhill has been appointed executive director of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business’ Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Eugene Appelbaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, pending approval of the Board of Regents. In this role, which he will assume Sept. 1, Thornhill is charged with maintaining the…
August 12, 2013
More online Learn more about the Center for Entrepreneurship. A California startup executive who says the Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem is at a breakthrough point has signed on as the new executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Engineering. Tom Frank, who has spent more than 25 years building top-tier companies in…
August 12, 2013
Smart people are just as racist as their less intelligent peers — they’re just better at concealing their prejudice, according to a U-M study. “High-ability whites are less likely to report prejudiced attitudes and more likely to say they support racial integration in principle,” said Geoffrey Wodtke, a doctoral candidate in sociology. “But they are…
August 12, 2013
Treating a cancerous tumor is like watering a houseplant with a fire hose — too much water kills the plant, just as too much chemotherapy and radiation kills the patient before it kills the tumor. However, if the patient’s gastrointestinal tract remains healthy and functioning, the patient’s chances of survival increase exponentially, said Jian-Guo Geng,…
August 12, 2013
Being a self-proclaimed contrarian has caused Allan Stam to find himself in tight spots on occasion, but it also has helped develop his intellectual interests and studies. “My basic personal instinct is to say, ‘OK, this is what everyone believes but it can’t always be true. Say these people are wrong, then what would that…
August 12, 2013
Miles driven by U.S. motorists in light-duty vehicles are down about 5 percent since its peak in 2006, a U-M researcher says. Following up his recent research that showed that the number of registered vehicles reached a maximum five years ago, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute analyzed recent trends in distances driven…
August 12, 2013
Philbert Martin A. Philbert, professor of toxicology and dean of the School of Public Health, has been admitted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in Cambridge, England. The designation is granted to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the chemical sciences. Philbert’s research focuses on the early…
