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June 7, 2010
Chinese delegation, U-M officials lay groundwork for future partnerships
U-M officials have completed two weeks of high-level exchanges with 33 counterparts from top Chinese universities. Joan Keiser, right, managing director of the North Campus Research Complex, talks to Chinese officials who recently toured the facility. Photo by Joe Serwach. More than 130 years after U-M President James Angell visited China to forge two major… -
June 7, 2010
Don’t miss: Top of the Park summer festival returns
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival Top of the Park season is back June 18 with three weeks of live open-air music, dance, outdoor movies and more entertainment. Highlights include Global Parties, KidZone, Grassrootz Stage, After Dark DJ sessions, Body Masterpiece Face Painters, Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team, Planet Rock Climbing Wall and Acoustic Café Live @ Top… -
June 7, 2010
Researchers developing tomorrow’s technologies
Next-generation nuclear technologies are being developed by four U-M engineering professors who have received a total of $4.3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program. “We are taking action to restart the nuclear industry as part of a broad approach to cut carbon pollution and create new clean energy… -
June 7, 2010
Scholarship & Creative Work
Chinese lunar calendar method of predicting a baby’s sex not accurate If you’re among the parents-to-be who’ve used one of the increasingly popular online Chinese calendar charts to predict your baby’s sex, a U-M epidemiologist recommends that you hold off on painting the nursery pink or blue. Dr. Eduardo Villamor of the School of Public… -
May 24, 2010
University room and board rates approved for 2010-11
The Board of Regents at its meeting Thursday approved rates for residence hall room and board and University Housing apartment rentals for the 2010-11 academic year.
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May 24, 2010
Don’t miss : Tea ceremony celebrates Japanese culture, tradition
The public is invited to join a Japanese tea ceremony to be presented in the renovated and expanded U-M Museum of Art. It is scheduled for noon and 2:30 p.m. June 5. Kazu Ogoshi and Mitsuko Yoshida, two revered tea masters who have been practicing the Sekishu-style of tea for 65 years, will travel from… -
May 24, 2010
How laptops can enhance learning in college classrooms
Despite the distraction potential of laptops in college classrooms, new research shows that they actually can increase students’ engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning.
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May 24, 2010
Unusual weather patterns should soon normalize
The strong El Nino climate pattern that contributed to our unusually early spring weather is waning, suggesting that temperatures and precipitation should return to normal levels later this summer and fall. That is based on the indicators currently used by scientists to predict coming weather patterns, says Frank Marsik, an assistant research scientist and meteorologist… -
May 24, 2010
MHealthy exhibit addresses mental illness and family
The National Institute of Health reports that one in four adults — approximately 57.7 million Americans — will experience a mental health disorder in a given year, and one in 17 adults lives with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder. May is National Mental Health Month, and in support… -
May 24, 2010
Good results of bad habits? U-M research explains paradox
When people are under chronic stress, they tend to smoke, drink, use drugs and overeat to help cope with stress. These behaviors trigger a biological cascade that helps prevent depression, but they also contribute to a host of physical problems that eventually contribute to early death. That is the claim of U-M social scientist James…
