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January 30, 2012
Digital Signage Service seeks to reduce cost, share technology and information
Walking into the Shapiro Library, students are confronted with a question posted on a large video wall: Which of your classes is the hardest? Within seconds their responses relayed via text message are posted on four large-screen television monitors arranged in one large rectangle. The library is among a growing number of units across campus using digital signs as a way to communicate and engage with the community.
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January 30, 2012
Don’t miss: Correspondent Roger Cohen examines ‘Israeli Spring’
New York Times Correspondent Roger Cohen asks how close has Israel conformed to its founding ideals, in his talk “Israeli Spring? The Enduring Jewish Question,” at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom. Cohen says that 63 years after its founding, Israel was supposed to create what David Ben-Gurion called “a self-sufficient… -
January 30, 2012
Student experiences historic changes in Burma on mission to deliver award
Dominic Nardi recently was on a special mission for U-M to deliver the Wallenberg Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, a dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner in Burma. When Suu Kyi was given the Wallenberg last year, she could not attend the ceremony in Ann Arbor because she feared if she left Burma, the government wouldn't allow her to return.
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January 30, 2012
Accolades
Chosen Kathleen Miller, accreditation coordinator and project manager for the University Health Service, has been selected by the American Business Women’s Association as one of the Top Ten Business Women of the Year. The honorees were selected in 2011 on the basis of career accomplishments, the meeting of professional and personal goals, ABWA involvement, continuing… -
January 30, 2012
Pairing masks, hand washing could slow pandemic flu
Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a U-M study found.
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January 30, 2012
Plans for campus bicycle use discussed at town hall meeting
More than 80 faculty, staff and students gathered last week to learn of the future plans for improving bicycle transit on campus at U-M’s Bike Town Hall.
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January 30, 2012
Ross School names semi-finalists in annual Michigan Business Challenge
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business recently announced that eight teams will advance to the semi-finals of the annual Michigan Business Challenge.
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January 30, 2012
U-M again among top five in Peace Corps volunteers
U-M has maintained its top-five ranking among colleges and universities producing the highest numbers of Peace Corps volunteers, according to the organization’s national rankings released Jan. 25.
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January 30, 2012
Painful egos: Narcissism may be harmful for men
The personality trait narcissism may have an especially negative effect on the health of men, according to a new study. “Narcissistic men may be paying a high price in terms of their physical health, in addition to the psychological cost to their relationships,” says Sara Konrath, a U-M psychologist who co-authored the study published in… -
January 30, 2012
Fenstermaker named to lead IRWG
Sarah Fenstermaker of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been appointed director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), effective July 1. IRWG, an interdisciplinary research unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research, was established in 1995 and is one of the most influential centers in the field.…
