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March 28, 2011
Public nuisance? Cell phone use spurs conversations with strangers
Next time a cell phone user talks loudly into the mobile device, oblivious to his or her surroundings, it just might open dialog with a stranger. A new U-M study examined how mobile communication influences the extent to which one engages with new people in public settings.
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March 28, 2011
U-M recognizes initial Safety First program award recipients
Construction safety has taken center stage on campus with the first awards under U-M’s Safety First program going to a host of contractors and their employees. The Safety First program — jointly sponsored by Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) and Occupational, Safety & Environmental Health (OSEH) — formally recognizes safe behavior by rewarding contractor employees… -
March 28, 2011
Former U-M coach Lloyd Carr to discuss head injury prevention
Lloyd Carr, former Michigan head football coach, believes that the publicity surrounding traumatic brain injuries in professional sports affords the perfect opportunity to educate administrators, coaches and parents at all levels about athletic injury prevention. To that end, Carr will join two other panelists to discuss sports and traumatic brain injuries and prevention during an… -
March 28, 2011
Lampe taking new OVPR communications position
David Lampe has been appointed to the newly created position of executive director of research communications in the Office of the Vice President for Research. For more than three years, Lampe has served as the university’s vice president for communications. He will move into his new role April 4. Kallie Bila Michels, associate vice president… -
March 28, 2011
University, graduate employee union reach tentative agreement
U-M and the Graduate Employee Organization have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. Agreement was reached March 19 at the end of a 12-hour bargaining session that began the day before, the last day of a two-week contract extension. GEO represents about 1,800 graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants on… -
March 28, 2011
Researchers gain new insight into the brain’s ability to reorganize itself
When Geoffrey Murphy talks about plastic structures, he’s not talking about the same thing Mr. McGuire referred to in “The Graduate.” To Murphy, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the Medical School, plasticity refers to the brain’s ability to change as we learn. Murphy’s lab, in collaboration with the U-M Neurodevelopment and Regeneration… -
March 28, 2011
Single-molecule science is focus of new SMART Center
What does it mean to be alive? Surely science has a succinct answer to such a fundamental question. “Actually, no,” says chemistry professor Nils Walter. “In spite of impressive advances in our knowledge of basic biological processes, some major gaps exist in understanding how all the pieces fit together.” A new center opening soon on… -
March 28, 2011
Researchers connect a specific protein to head, neck cancers
The discovery that a certain protein is over-expressed in patients with oral cancer may give new treatment hope to people suffering from the particularly aggressive, localized forms of head and neck cancer. Researchers at the School of Dentistry found that when they inhibited the expression of that protein, called SIRT3 or Sirtuin-3, in oral cancer… -
March 28, 2011
Study looks at biodiversity conservation, forest-based households
More online Watch an audio slide show > When local residents are allowed to make rules about managing nearby forests, the forests are more likely to provide greater economic benefits to households and contain more biodiversity, two U-M researchers and a colleague conclude from an analysis of forest practices in tropical developing countries of East… -
March 28, 2011
Old school: U-M in History
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