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October 24, 2011
Women like casual sex just as much as men do
Women like casual sex as much as men if the stigma is removed from accepting the offer and the experience involves a “great lover,” a U-M study notes. “Men are clearly not universally driven to accept casual sex more frequently than are women,” says Terri Conley, an assistant professor of psychology and women’s studies. For… -
October 24, 2011
U-M Solar Car Team places third in the world
More online • U-M Solar Car Team website > • World Solar Challenge > • Photos and videos from the race > • College of Engineering’s Solar Control Panel > Through a smoldering brush fire, past wind-shearing road trains, across the Australian continent, U-M’s Quantum was the first American car to finish the World Solar… -
October 24, 2011
Students compete in U-M’s China Business Challenge
More than 140 students on 80 teams are competing in the first annual China Business Challenge at U-M, organizers say. A total $6,000 in prize money is offered to the top four teams with the best business models for booming China, which many economists believe soon will overtake the United States as the world’s biggest… -
October 24, 2011
Poll: Most local leaders in Michigan report ongoing financial woes
Nearly half of Michigan’s local governments say they are somewhat or significantly less able to meet their financial needs in 2011, though some negative trends eased this year, a new U-M survey reports. Although 48 percent of the local leaders reported having fiscal struggles, the percentage was lower than those reported during the past two… -
October 24, 2011
Accolades
Award Ctirad Uher, C. Wilbur Peters Collegiate Professor of Physics, LSA, recently was presented The People’s Republic of China Friendship Award by Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang of the State Council at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China. Uher for years has trained Chinese post-doctoral students and graduate students in… -
October 24, 2011
Great speeches: How to know one if we hear one
With the season for political oratory hard upon us, how does the rhetoric of this year’s crop of presidential contenders measure up? “So far none of the Republicans stands out as a great orator,” says Sara Forsdyke, an associate professor of classical studies and history at LSA. “And while President Obama has delivered some great… -
October 17, 2011
Four to receive honorary degrees at Winter Commencement
One of the nation’s foremost journalists, a world-renowned scientist who specializes in pharmaceutical chemistry, a former U-M provost and the current chancellor of Syracuse University, and a Harvard professor and author whose work focuses on community, diversity, religion and politics in modern society are to receive honorary degrees at the U-M Winter Commencement 2011.
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October 17, 2011
Police Beat
September 2011 crime map > Suspect interviewed for home invasions A male, not affiliated with the university, has been interviewed in connection with two home invasions that were reported at West Quad on Oct. 8. Some property has been recovered. Additional investigation is pending. In one incident, a fourth-floor resident told university police that when… -
October 17, 2011
U-M endowment grows to $7.8 billion with 24.3 percent annual return
The university’s endowment grew to its highest level ever — $7.8 billion — at the end of fiscal year 2011, fueled by a 24.3 percent investment return for the year ended June 30.
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October 17, 2011
Don’t miss: Indigenous culture celebrated in exhibit
In what is called the highest coastal mountain region in the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, women of the indigenous Arhuaco community are known for knitting small, colorful, ancestral bags made of lamb’s wool or cotton that celebrate the origin of the world. “The bags have the meaning of the womb and…
