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January 17, 2011
Football coach Hoke says it will be ‘always be about the team’
Brady Hoke fielded a lot of questions last week during a press conference introducing him as U-M’s new football coach. His answers contained the themes of accountability, character, toughness and — above all — team.
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January 17, 2011
Nine university scientists, engineers named AAAS fellows
Nine U-M faculty members are among 503 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) who are honored for their distinguished efforts in advancing science, AAAS announced.
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January 17, 2011
Halperin to address HIV prevention for gay men
David Halperin, the W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality, will present his DUP lecture “Are Homosexuals Still Sick?” at 4 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Rackham Ampitheatre.
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January 17, 2011
Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize rewards faculty, benefits students
2011 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prizes of $5,000 will be presented to up to five faculty members this spring, with a current call for proposals due Jan. 27
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January 17, 2011
Report: Campus growth up, energy use down
While U-M grew last year at a rapid 8-percent clip — including the campus’ largest physical expansion in 60 years — its aggressive sustainability efforts simultaneously have cut normalized energy use by 4 percent, water use by 3 percent and resulted in a decrease in per-person trash levels of nearly 5 percent, according to the institution’s Sustainability Annual Report.
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January 17, 2011
Ceccanese to receive Johnson staff award
Praised for facilitating high-quality connections among U-M employees, Mary Ceccanese has been named the 2010 recipient of the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence.
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January 17, 2011
Stress, substance abuse linked to some fathers spanking their kids
Biological fathers are more likely to spank their children when they are unable to cope with stress from parenting or they use abuse alcohol and drugs, a new study indicates.
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January 17, 2011
Police Beat
December 2010 crime map > Student reports sexual assault A student told university police Dec. 13 that she had been sexually assaulted earlier that morning in an East Quad room. She said that as she walked across campus from an off-campus party, she encountered a classmate, who she said forced her into the residence hall… -
January 17, 2011
UMTRI collaborates with Toyota on new safety research center
The U-M Transportation Research Institute is one of three charter partners of a new advanced safety research center that will help reduce the number of traffic fatalities and injuries on America’s roads. The Collaborative Safety Research Center will be based at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor and will involve Toyota researchers and engineers… -
January 17, 2011
Flu cases appearing; vaccination still effective, available
With the first few cases of influenza starting to appear locally, U-M Chief Health Officer Dr. Robert Winfield stresses that it still is not too late to get vaccinated against the flu. Washtenaw County Public Health Department officials in the past week have reported 10 positive cases in Washtenaw residents. All of the cases but…
