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July 22, 2013
Coleman to recognize Detroit interns at event
Mariama Nagbe started an empowerment dance program for at-risk youth in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. She is among 200 U-M Detroit interns who have accepted President Mary Sue Coleman’s invitation to a 5:30-7:30 p.m. reception Tuesday, at the m@dison building, 1555 Broadway St., off of Grand Circus Park in Detroit. The purpose is to recognize the work of U-M interns in Detroit.
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July 22, 2013
Electronic health records slow the rise of healthcare costs
Use of electronic health records can reduce the costs of outpatient care by roughly 3 percent, compared to relying on traditional paper records. That’s according to a new study from U-M that examined more than four years of healthcare cost data in nine communities. The “outpatient care” category in the study included the costs of… -
July 22, 2013
Ross professor, course encourage students to be world changers
Ask Michael Gordon what he’s trying to accomplish by exposing undergraduates to an up-and-coming focus in business curriculum called social entrepreneurship and the answer probably will go something like this: “Each of us has the opportunity and potential to nudge the planet in the direction we want to see it move,” Gordon writes in his blog, profmichaelgordon.com.
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July 22, 2013
Faculty Perspectives: Scholarly communication — archives and presses
From my perspective as a faculty member in the humanities, one of the most disturbing aspects of current discussions of the dissemination of knowledge is the tendency to blur the distinction between archives and publishers. The distinction used to be clear: presses produced new scholarship, libraries preserved it. Digital repositories such as Deep Blue performed… -
July 22, 2013
Michigan agrees to extend Beilein’s contract through 2018-19
U-M Director of Athletics Dave Brandon announced July 17 a contract extension that will keep John Beilein as the men’s basketball coach through the 2018-19 season. Beilein led the Wolverines to the national championship game this spring and to four NCAA Tournament appearances in the past five years.
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July 22, 2013
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its July 18 meeting. Regents approve design for G. G. Brown renovation The Board of Regents approved the design for a renovation of the George Granger Brown Memorial Laboratories building for the College of Engineering. The renovation will update infrastructure, including the entire building’s… -
July 22, 2013
Regents appoint advisory committee to assist with presidential search
The Board of Regents has appointed an advisory committee to assist with the search for the next president of the university. Regent Laurence B. Deitch, speaking on behalf of all of his colleagues, made the announcement at the start of the July 18 meeting on the Ann Arbor campus.
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July 22, 2013
Buying behavior can be swayed by cultural mindset
There are some combinations that just go well together: Milk and cookies, eggs and bacon, pancakes and syrup. But new research reveals that people with individualistic mindsets differ from their collectivist counterparts in ascribing value to those perfect combinations. The collection of new studies, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological… -
July 22, 2013
Added benefits coverage in 2014; co-pays increase
More U-M employees will receive greater university contributions toward health care next year, and their disability coverage will get a boost, according to University Human Resources, but co-pay increases also are needed.
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July 22, 2013
Police Beat
June 2013 crime map> Employee reports assault by co-workers An employee at the North Campus Research Complex told police June 19 that he had been assaulted by co-workers on multiple occasions since April 2013. One of the assaults reportedly involved a suspect using a pocket knife or key to cut some of the victim’s hair.…
