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August 15, 2011
accolades
Awards Dr. Kevin Flaherty, associate professor of internal medicine, Medical School, has been chosen by The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis to receive the Marvin I. Schwarz Research Award, which recognizes a researcher’s commitment to finding a cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF). As part of the award, the CPF will make a $15,000 grant to Flaherty’s… -
July 25, 2011
New directory eases profile and group management
The MCommunity Directory now is online and is designed to ease the process of finding people, updating profiles and managing groups.
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July 25, 2011
People often talk about politics on blogs geared toward other topics
A full 25 percent of blog posts about politics occur on sites that are primarily about something else, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Information. And when authors post about politics, their readers reply and engage with the political content of the posts. The researchers say they have uncovered a… -
July 25, 2011
Two schools to offer new entrepreneurship master’s degree
Two top-ranked U-M schools are teaming up to establish a unique professional master’s degree in entrepreneurship. The Board of Regents on July 21 approved a proposal by the College of Engineering and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business to offer a joint program that specializes in training students to turn ideas into inventions and inventions into successful businesses.
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July 25, 2011
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its July 21 meeting. Infrastructure improvements planned for North Hall An infrastructure improvement project planned for North Hall will update the building’s fire alarm and detection systems, improve building egress, provide an accessible entrance and unisex restroom, update the mechanical systems, and add storm… -
July 25, 2011
Study: Conservatives top tweeters in 2010
The results of a study on candidates’ use of Twitter in the 2010 midterm elections suggest that Republicans and Tea Party members used the social medium more effectively than their Democratic rivals.
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July 25, 2011
Police Beat
June 2011 crime map > Several street attacks reported Police continue to receive reports of attacks on streets near campus, including three sexual assaults. The Ann Arbor Police, with assistance from the Department of Public Safety, are investigating these incidents. Additionally both police departments have increased uniformed police patrols throughout the night hours on and… -
July 25, 2011
Cancer stem cells recruit normal stem cells to fuel ovarian cancer, U-M study finds
Researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that a type of normal stem cell fuels ovarian cancer by encouraging cancer stem cells to grow. Cancer stem cells are the small number of cells in a tumor that drive its growth and spread. Traditional cancer treatments do not kill these cells, which is why cancer… -
July 25, 2011
Don’t miss: Talk showcases contemporary Chinese art
Guest curator Xiaobing Tang offers a look at the U-M Museum of Art’s new exhibit “Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints” at 3 p.m. July 31 in A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I. Trained as a literary scholar in China and the United States, Tang developed the exhibit from experiences as Mellon fellow in 2008. That’s… -
July 25, 2011
U-M applications outpace all previous records
For the fifth consecutive year, U-M received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen. Overall, there were 39,570 freshman applications for academic year 2011-12, an increase of 25 percent compared with the previous year’s record of 31,613. “The steady increase in the number of students who apply to Michigan underscores the strength of Michigan’s…
