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July 19, 2010
Art fairs return Wednesday through Saturday
In 1960 an inaugural Ann Arbor Street Art Fair was presented in collaboration with U-M and local artists and business groups. This year, four art fair groups and the community celebrate the anniversary of a fair considered one of the most prestigious and most popular in the country, traditionally drawing a half-million art lovers.
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July 19, 2010
Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans
Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do. But a new U-M study finds that even though Russians tend to brood, they are less likely than Americans to feel as depressed as a result. “Among… -
July 5, 2010
LSA to use i>clicker audience response tool
Students and faculty in LSA will find learning much easier this fall, with the adoption of the i>clicker. The new “clicker” tool is replacing Qwizdom as LSA’s audience response tool and includes many user-friendly features.
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July 5, 2010
Dolen named new executive director for Parking & Transportation Services
Stephen Dolen has been appointed executive director of Parking & Transportation Services, effective July 12.
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July 5, 2010
U-M, Chinese university provide $1.2M for energy, tech projects
U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University officials last week announced the first six research teams to win funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in a new joint program that teams up investigators from both schools. The first-round winners were announced at a ceremony in Shanghai. At the same event, officials from both universities… -
July 5, 2010
Dentistry appoints associate dean for academic affairs
Dr. Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch has been named associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Dentistry. Dean Peter Polverini, who announced the appointment, says Murdoch-Kinch “is a highly regarded teacher by the students she instructs in the dental hygiene, predoctoral dental, and graduate and specialty programs.” Photo courtesy School of Dentistry. Board certified in… -
July 5, 2010
Chimpanzee gangs kill for land, new study shows
Bands of chimpanzees violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first definitive evidence for this long-suspected function of this behavior. U-M primate behavioral ecologist John Mitani’s findings are published in the June 22 issue of… -
July 5, 2010
U-M, Traverse City Film Fest form educational partnership
Faculty members from U-M will serve as moderators, panelists and jurors in the first formal step toward a broader participation in the international Traverse City Film Festival. The sixth annual documentary and narrative film competition will be held July 27-Aug. 1. “Since its inception, the Traverse City Film Festival has been a force in showing… -
July 5, 2010
Brain’s computer has separate keyboard to control powerful emotions
Can’t control yourself? U-M psychology research shows one reason people have difficulty controlling powerful emotional reactions is because the brain’s computer has a “separate keyboard” controlling feelings within extreme emotions like desire and dread. The research, detailed in the peer-reviewed scientific and biomedical research journal PloS One, was conducted by psychology researchers Kent Berridge, Alexis… -
July 5, 2010
Varied spaces provide welcome challenge to interior designer
As a girl, Sandy Richter was more into fixing up the shoebox houses her Barbie dolls lived in, rather than their hair or clothes. Today, she relishes the challenge of reinventing the university’s range of interior spaces, from offices to public areas and more. Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. “We maintain millions of…
