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January 23, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Snowball fight
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January 23, 2012
New indicator may help identify patients with increased risk from throat cancer
Researchers at the U-M Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to other parts of their bodies. Patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who had “matted” lymph nodes — nodes that are connected together — had… -
January 23, 2012
NPR’s Norris describes her personal experience with activism
National Public Radio reporter Michele Norris told hundreds gathered Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that in this time of renewed protest — evidenced by the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement — she also appreciates the effectiveness of quiet activism.
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January 23, 2012
Solar car, Big House recycling to be featured on new BTN weekly series
U-M’s Solar Car Team and recycling efforts at Michigan Stadium will be profiled on a new Big Ten Network original series, “Impact the World,” which shifts the focus from the playing field to the world stage, where Big Ten universities continue to make their presence known. “Impact the World” debuted Jan. 10, and will air… -
January 23, 2012
Talk to explore link between math, psychology
In his inaugural lecture as the Clyde H. Coombs and J. E. Keith Smith Distinguished University Professor of Mathematical Psychology and Cognitive Science in LSA, David E. Meyer will discuss how math enhances the study of psychology. He will deliver the lecture “Mind, Mathematics and Machines: A Tribute to The Intellectual Legacy of Clyde H. Coombs and J. E. Keith Smith” at 4 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Rackham Amphitheatre.
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January 23, 2012
Dr. Paul Lee named chair of ophthalmology, director of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
Dr. Paul P. Lee, whose appointment as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences was approved Jan. 19 by the Board of Regents, recalls the advice he received from a legislative staff member in 1980 when he was a Congressional intern in Washington, D.C. “He suggested that if I wanted to have a… -
January 23, 2012
Coleman: U growing ‘culture of entrepreneurship’
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman told a Washington, D.C., conference that the university is constantly expanding its “campus culture of entrepreneurship.”
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January 23, 2012
First chair appointed for new Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
U-M has chosen a nationally renowned leader in computational medicine and bioinformatics as the first chair of its newly created department in this emerging field. Brian Athey, is the inaugural chair of the new Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics. The Board of Regents approved the appointment at its Jan. 19 meeting. “In addition to… -
January 23, 2012
Education Department recognizes SAPAC’s approach to sexual violence prevention
U-M was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for its outstanding violence prevention efforts. The university was featured in January as one of five institutions with promising approaches to primary sexual violence prevention.
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January 23, 2012
Regents appoint pediatric cardiac surgeon to lead cardiac surgery department
Dr. Edward Bove, a world-renowned pediatric cardiac surgeon, was appointed chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery following action by the Board of Regents at its Jan. 19 meeting. Bove is the Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh professor of cardiac surgery and will be the first chair of the newly created Department of Cardiac…
