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April 12, 2010
U-M historians receive NEH grant to preserve 1918-19 influenza records
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Center for the History of Medicine a two-year, $314,688 grant to create an original, open-access digital collection of archival, primary and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in the United States. The project, which the NEH has given a prestigious We… -
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 5, 2010
National Academy of Public Administration inducts Rabe as a fellow
Barry Rabe, professor of public policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, has been inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. The 600 individuals in the nation who hold this position include top leaders, policymakers and public managers in federal, state and local government; distinguished scholars of public… -
April 5, 2010
Home prices in metro Detroit act as canary in a coal mine
Real house prices in metropolitan Detroit have fallen to 1988 levels, says a professor at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. According to Dennis Capozza, professor of finance and real estate and the Dykema Professor of Business Administration, the last four years of declining home prices in the Detroit area wiped out real price… -
April 5, 2010
Census event on Diag, North Campus includes giveaways, information
University leaders involved in communicating about the U.S. Census are invoking the names of Ohio State and Michigan State, hoping U-M students will try to outpace these rival schools in responding to the decennial count of the nation’s population. “Student neighborhoods typically have low participation rates because students are not always aware that they are…
