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March 22, 2010
Golden Apple winner explains why other people matter
Christopher Peterson wondered how many U-M students were named “Victor” so he checked the online directory and found 23. “Wouldn’t it be fun to gather them all together and sing ‘Hail to the Victors?’” Peterson asks. “The happiest people of all have good relationships with others.” Photo courtesy Christopher Peterson. The U-M psychology professor, winner… -
March 22, 2010
College football programs appear recession-proof
A new study supports what college football fans and rabid tailgaters already knew: nothing can keep diehard fans away from tailgate parties on game day.
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March 22, 2010
Medical assistant sees the light
Seven years ago, Kimberly Green became fascinated with lighthouses. “Each and every one of them has a history of their own,” she says. “I love reading about them and watching history stories on them.” Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. Green, a medical assistant specialist at the U-M Health System, has seen lighthouses in… -
March 22, 2010
Prescribed burn planned on North Campus
The Plant Operations Grounds Services department, with the support of the University Planner’s Office and Occupational Safety & Environmental Health, is planning to conduct two controlled burns of areas of North Campus this month into April.
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March 22, 2010
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its March 18 meeting. Repairs approved at Duderstadt Center, Lorch Hall The regents approved two building repair projects at their March meeting. A $2.2 million project will improve the energy performance of the James and Anne Duderstadt Center by adding insulation and an air… -
March 22, 2010
Two AVPs named in Office of the Vice President and General Counsel
To fill two current vacancies, Margaret Marchak and David Masson have been appointed associate vice president and deputy general counsel in the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel, as approved by the Board of Regents at its March 18 meeting. Masson, who began his new role March 1, joined the OGC staff in… -
March 22, 2010
Faculty Governance: Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) 2010 Annual Meeting
Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of the faculty governance monthly report to the Board of Regents. Portions may have been edited for space by members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. The 2010 annual meeting of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA), an alliance of faculty governance bodies from 56 Division… -
March 22, 2010
Light twists rigid structures in unexpected nanotech finding
In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, U-M engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles. The results are published in the current edition of Science. Matter readily bends and twists light. That’s the mechanism behind optical lenses and polarizing 3-D movie glasses. But the opposite… -
March 22, 2010
Don’t miss: Flint alumnus play celebrates hope
“Bud, Not Buddy,” a novel by award-winning author and UM-Flint alumnus Christopher Paul Curtis, is presented at 7:30 p.m. March 26 and 27 and 2 p.m. March 28 at UM-Flint Theatre’s main stage in an adaptation by Reginald Andre Jackson. “When one door closes, don’t worry, because another door opens.” Armed with this philosophy, part… -
March 22, 2010
U-M donates blood in Big Ten challenge
U-M collected 1,356 units of blood from students, faculty and staff during the Big Ten Blood Drive challenge, meeting 105 percent of its goal. Penn State collected the largest amount of blood, with 1,536 units; U-M rival The Ohio State University collected 1,132 units of blood, according to the American Red Cross. “The Big Ten…
