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April 12, 2010
Old school: U-M in history
President delivers war news
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April 12, 2010
Police Beat
March 2010 crime map > Off-campus fires result in one death, other injuries Four off-campus fires were reported within 12 hours on April 3. The most significant incident occurred at 928 S. State St., just north of Weidenbach Hall. One person died and two others were taken to the University Hospital Trauma Burn unit.… -
April 12, 2010
Student Life Subcommittee gathers input from many
More than 1,500 students across the Ann Arbor campus have given input to one of several subcommittees that will help the university determine how best to move to a smoke-free campus.
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April 12, 2010
Don’t miss: Latino Culture Show produced by students
The ninth edition of the Latino Culture Show, a celebration program produced by U-M students that marks the end of the academic cycle, is at 7 p.m. Friday at Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. The program will include dance, music, poetry and drama representing Latino/a culture in the United States and in the 22 Latin American countries.… -
April 12, 2010
Trees are green; trays not so much
A dining experiment recently had students going trayless at the East Quad Dining Hall. The project was spearheaded by students enrolled in Sustainability and the Campus, a class that required them to participate in projects to make the university a more environmentally sustainable place.
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April 12, 2010
Accolades
Awards Hannah Rosen, assistant research scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, recently was selected by the Organization of American Historians to receive the 2010 Avery O. Craven Award, given annually for the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the era of Reconstruction, with… -
April 12, 2010
Invasive fish, mussels transfer toxic substances into Great Lakes walleyes
Two notorious Great Lakes invaders — the zebra mussel and the round goby — now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, one of that region’s most popular sport fish.
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April 12, 2010
U-M gets $63 million NIH grant for SWOG cancer trials network
Noting that the organization’s research “has touched the lives of virtually every adult cancer patient in this nation,” the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the Southwest Oncology Group’s (SWOG) operating grants for six years, with a total funding package over that period expected to exceed $120 million. The principal grant, $63 million, will be administered by U-M, and is the largest single research award ever to the Medical School.
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April 12, 2010
Provost’s office awards five faculty projects the Teaching Innovation Prize
Nine faculty members will be honored for five projects May 3 with the second annual U-M Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, and the U-M Library.
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April 12, 2010
Campuses, units celebrate Spring Commencement 2010
In addition to Spring Commencement’s keynote speaker President Barack Obama, university schools and units also will celebrate graduation with their own speakers and festivities.
