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September 12, 2011
Desmond Howard urges students to ‘stay in the blue’
Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard stars in a student-produced video that urges Michigan students to moderate their alcohol intake so they can “stay in the blue.”
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September 12, 2011
NSF center to explore ways to manipulate light at the nanoscale
A new $13 million National Science Foundation center based at U-M will develop high-tech materials that manipulate light in new ways. The research could enable advances such as invisibility cloaks, nanoscale lasers, high-efficiency lighting, and quantum computers. The Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials, dubbed C-PHOM, involves engineering and physics researchers from the College of… -
September 12, 2011
Important U-M travel abroad health insurance policy and plan update
More online • University Health Service Travel Abroad Health Insurance plan > • U-M Travel Registry > • Trip Summary mobile site > All faculty and staff traveling on university-related business now automatically are covered by a blanket health insurance plan that is provided by U-M at no cost to the individual or department. The… -
September 12, 2011
‘Go Blue Challenge’ encourages participation in run/walk event
Go Blue Challenge When: Oct. 9Where: Starts at Michigan StadiumRegister by Oct. 7 > In support of this year’s annual Big House Big Heart Run/Walk (BHBH), U-M leadership has issued a “Go Blue Challenge” to every U-M department, school and college. U-M areas are asked to form a BHBH team and participate in any of… -
September 12, 2011
Driving a gas-guzzler? You can still cut fuel costs by nearly half
While driving a fuel-efficient vehicle is the best way to save gas, motorists still can cut fuel consumption nearly in half by driving slower and less aggressively, properly maintaining their vehicles and avoiding congested roads, U-M researchers say. “Driving a light-duty vehicle in the United States is currently more energy-intensive than using a bus or… -
September 12, 2011
Motives matter: Why we volunteer has an impact on our health
People who give, live longer, studies have shown. Now, a new study shows that why people volunteer — not whether they volunteer — is what really counts. People who volunteer because they want to help others, live longer than people who don’t volunteer at all, U-M researchers found. But those who volunteer mainly for some sort of… -
September 12, 2011
Field work inspires LSA ecology and evolutionary biology chair
Growing up on Long Island, N.Y., Deborah Goldberg never thought of becoming a scientist. As a freshman at Barnard College, she took a biology class just to fulfill a science requirement and later a course on the natural history of New York. But in those classes in the early-1970s she encountered “amazing women scientists,” just… -
September 12, 2011
Police Beat
August 2011 crime map > Arrests made in two robberies University police arrested two individuals in separate street robberies in August. An 18-year-old visitor was arrested Aug. 7 and released pending warrant authorization for unarmed robbery. A student told police that he and a friend were walking near the West Hall arch around 1:30 a.m.… -
September 12, 2011
Don’t miss: White House use of technology, media examined
Steven Thomma, White House correspondent for the McClatchy Newspapers Washington Bureau, offers perspective on the changing ways the White House uses technology and media to tell its story in his talk “The White House Message Machine: How it Spins Faster Than Ever.” The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential… -
September 12, 2011
Old school: U-M in History
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