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October 25, 2010
Regent candidates to appear at forum
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has invited the 10 candidates running for two eight-year terms on the Board of Regents to participate in a public forum at 4 p.m. today (Oct. 25).
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October 25, 2010
Program assistant orients parents of new students
James Rocker, program assistant at the Office of New Student Programs, likes to immerse himself in music. When he’s not at work, Rocker volunteers as music director at U-M radio station 88.3 WCBN and plays the bass for his band, Looking for Mammoths. “I get great exposure to all kinds of music because I go… -
October 25, 2010
Program recycles pacemakers for global use
Millions worldwide die each year because they can’t afford a pacemaker. Meanwhile heart patients in the United States say they’d be willing to donate theirs after death to someone in need. Experts at the Cardiovascular Center are examining the legality and logistics of collecting pacemakers, after they are removed for burial or cremation, for sterilization and reuse across the globe.
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October 25, 2010
Scary chupacabras monster is as much victim as villain
As Halloween approaches, tales of monsters and creepy crawlies abound. Among the most fearsome is the legendary beast known as the chupacabras. But the real fiend is not the hairless, fanged animal purported to attack and drink the blood of livestock; it’s a tiny, eight-legged creature that turns a healthy, wild animal into a chupacabras,… -
October 25, 2010
II symposium to address future of area studies
The International Institute will hold a daylong symposium on Friday to examine the future of area studies, an interdisciplinary field of scholarship focused on the study of specific world regions.
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October 25, 2010
Accolades
Two honored Nancy McGovern, digital preservation officer at the Institute for Social Research’s Inter-University Consortium for Social and Political Research, and Margaret Hedstrom, associate professor at the School of Information, have been named Digital Preservation Pioneers by the U.S. Library of Congress for exemplary work in collecting and preserving the nation’s digital heritage. -
October 25, 2010
Computing site to be dedicated in memory of disability advocate
U-M will honor the memory and service of Jim Knox by dedicating in his name the James Edward Knox Adaptive Technology Computing Center. The dedication ceremony will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. today (Oct. 25) at the Knox Center, which is located on the first floor of the Harold Shapiro Undergraduate Library.
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October 25, 2010
Photo: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan at Hill
With a history that dates to the late 1890s, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan is credited with inventing the modern mariachi, and five generations later the group still plays. They perform from 8-11 p.m. Nov. 5 at Hill Auditorium. Sponsored by the University Musical Society. Photo courtesy Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. -
October 25, 2010
Nominations sought for staff diversity award
Nominations now are being accepted for the third annual Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost and University Human Resources, the award recognizes individual staff members and teams that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in supporting diversity at the university.
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October 25, 2010
Don’t miss: Byzantine church art celebrated in exhibit
“Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium,” presented at the Kelsey Museum, is an exhibition that focuses on photographs of select Byzantine churches in Turkey by the critically acclaimed photographer Ahmet Ertug. Photos presented in the exhibit explore some of the Christian themes in Byzantine art from the sixth though the 14th centuries. Often executed on…
