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November 22, 2010
Thompson Street Parking Structure offices to open
Two U-M offices will move to a new location on Central Campus in the coming weeks as work is completed on the expanded Thompson Street Parking Structure and the adjacent two-story office building along South Division Street. Parking Customer Services will relocate today (Nov. 22) and Tuesday. Parking Services manages the university permit parking system… -
November 22, 2010
Shortest-pulse X-ray beams could illuminate atomic, molecular interactions
Ultrashort X-ray beams produced at U-M could one day serve as more sensitive medical diagnostic tools, and they could work like strobe lights to allow researchers to observe chemical reactions that happen in quadrillionths of a second. The researchers used the HERCULES high-intensity, table-top laser to create X-ray beams that rival those made in expensive… -
November 22, 2010
U-M Library adopts new Creative Commons license
The U-M Library has adopted a new Creative Commons license for its website content. This new license, Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY), allows others to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt MLibrary website content as long as they attribute the library, but not in any way that suggests that MLibrary endorses users or their use of the… -
November 22, 2010
Events coordinator knits her way around town
Karen Holland learned how to knit when she was a child, but she mastered the art of simple crocheting this past summer by watching videos on YouTube. She uses these combined skills to contribute mittens, hats and blankets for volunteer projects throughout the community. Holland has been part of the MLK Community Service Day planning… -
November 22, 2010
World economist to talk on U.S. recovery in Citibank lecture
A leading world economist, who will lecture here next week, says the United States’ economy can recover by implementing five strategies, including upgrading its infrastructure and cutting defense spending by two percent. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, says government leaders must work together on creating effective long-term strategies to reverse… -
November 22, 2010
Don’t miss: LSA Inaugural Lecture explores church influence on European politics
In her research, Anna Grzymala-Busse, professor of political science and newly appointed Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies, examines how churches influence politics, and why some have been so successful in framing policy debates and shaping policy outcomes. She will discuss this in the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professorship of European… -
November 22, 2010
Old school: U-M in History
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November 22, 2010
Accolades
Awards Dr. Martin G. Myers Jr., the Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research, associate professor of internal medicine and associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology, U-M Health System, is the winner of the 2011 Ernst Oppenheimer Award presented by The Endocrine Society. Myers’ work researching leptin, a protein hormone that plays a key… -
November 15, 2010
Door-to-balloon time drops for heart attack patients; mortality rates unchanged
Door-to-balloon time has dropped dramatically as hospitals rush heart attack patients into treatment, but a five-year study released last week shows quicker hospital care has not saved more lives.
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November 15, 2010
School of Social Work to celebrate 90th anniversary
The School of Social Work will kick off a yearlong celebration of its 90th anniversary on Friday with a full-day event that will include a keynote address by social activist Michael Sherraden.
