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July 11, 2011
Fuligni named MM&D creative director
Kelly Fuligni has been named creative director for Michigan Marketing & Design (MM&D), U-M’s in-house advertising agency. A seasoned professional with more than 20 years of design and advertising experience, Fuligni is the first creative director in the department’s history. Part of the Office of the Vice President for Communications, MM&D handles marketing communications, website… -
July 11, 2011
Marie Lynn Miranda named new SNRE dean
One of the nation’s leading researchers in children’s environmental health, Marie Lynn Miranda, will be the new dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, effective Jan. 1, 2012, pending approval from the Board of Regents.
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July 11, 2011
Don’t miss: Jazz Series continues with Los Gatos
Los Gatos began in 1997 as a hip, salsa quintet in the mode of cool-jazz master Cal Tjader. The group, which has morphed into a top salsa and Afro-Cuban dance band, performs from 8-10 p.m. July 20 at the U-M Museum of Art Forum. Los Gatos features Pete Siers on timbales, coro and percussion; Cary… -
July 11, 2011
U-M Prescription Drug Plan selects new mail service pharmacy
Beginning Sept. 1 the U-M Prescription Drug Plan will provide prescription drug mail order service through NoviXus Pharmacy Services, replacing Walgreens mail service.
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July 11, 2011
Scholarship & Creative Work
Non-invasive brain implant could someday translate thoughts into movement A brain implant developed at U-M uses the body’s skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit the brain’s neural signals to control a computer, and eventually may be used to reactivate paralyzed limbs. The implant is called the BioBolt, and unlike other neural interface technologies… -
July 11, 2011
U-M launches mobile version of the Gateway
More online For more information about mobile web technology in higher education, go to: • chronicle.com/article/As-Mobile-Devices-Multiply/128060/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en • collegewebeditor.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/04/05/the-state-of-mobile-web-in-higher-ed-survey-report U-M launched a mobile version of its website, www.umich.edu, today. The mobile version of the Gateway will include access to news, events, maps and wayfinding tools, and other campus information, and also will provide access to other… -
July 11, 2011
Accolades
Appointment President Barack Obama recently announced his intent to appoint Hyman Bass to the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. Bass is the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. He has served as the President of the American Mathematical Society and the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction and as… -
July 11, 2011
Hospitals to add 500 new employees by November opening
The new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital will add 500 new employees by the time it opens in November. The women’s and children’s hospitals, which currently employ around 4,000 people, already have added 150 new staff employees in many different areas and another 63 job openings currently are posted. In addition,… -
July 11, 2011
U-M Library to share HathiTrust orphan works
U-M Library users soon will have access to digital versions of some of the thousands of orphan works held in common by the U-M Library and the HathiTrust Digital Library. Making these works available in HathiTrust will render them fully searchable, viewable and accessible to U-M researchers wherever there is a connection to the Internet.… -
July 11, 2011
Coleman joins Obama’s new manufacturing partnership
More stories online • U-M and other universities outline plan for partnership > • GM, CoE create technology to maximize Volt’s battery weld quality > Responding to President Obama’s call to action, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman joins representatives from five other universities as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a national effort bringing together…
