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March 8, 2010
Campuswide IT rationalization project starts with unit assessments
As part of NextGen Michigan, the transformation of campus information technology, the university will conduct the first-ever comprehensive assessment of information technology at both the unit and campus levels.
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March 8, 2010
Don’t miss : Transportation Forum to explore opportunities
The university will host a public transportation technology forum that will bring vendors and experts together with state and local governments and the university. They will explore future transportation opportunities, including development of a more efficient system to connect the Central, Medical and North campuses. Possibilities include rail, monorail, dedicated road and other technologies. “In… -
March 8, 2010
Nominations sought for MHealthy Ergonomics Awards
MHealthy now is accepting nominations for its fourth annual MHealthy Ergonomics Awards program.
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March 8, 2010
Old school: U-M in history
Campus activities: Before March Madness
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March 8, 2010
New UMHS building expands eye care, research
On March 1, the first eye patients entered an innovative new $132 million facility that expands the U-M Health System’s capacity for eye care, research and education, and unites diabetes researchers as they work to accelerate the search for a cure and prevention of diabetes. The Brehm Tower at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex… -
March 8, 2010
Accolades
Awards Lynn Conway, professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, has been selected as the 2009 Computer Pioneer Award Recipient by the IEEE Computer Society. Conway was honored for contributions to superscalar architecture, including multiple-issue dynamic instruction scheduling, and for the innovation and widespread teaching of simplified VLSI design methods. William Fulton, Oscar Zariski… -
March 8, 2010
U-M, Korean partnership to push solar technology to market
A new international partnership positions two universities and a leading company to put low-cost solar cell technology on a fast track to market. U-M is joining with Dankook University in South Korea and the Korean government Ministry of Knowledge and Economy in a four-year research project to ramp up efficiency for organic photovoltaic technology (OPV)… -
March 8, 2010
2010 reaccreditation report excerpts
Related story:U-N prepares for reaccreditation team visit > The following are excerpts from the 2010 reaccreditation report: “The University of Michigan: An Institution of Global Learning, Knowledge and Engagement,” as prepared by Ben van der Pluijm, senior counselor to the provost for university accreditation and professor of geology. To read the full report, go to… -
March 8, 2010
Ann Arbor, U-M issue community ‘A2Fiber’ call to action
Leaders of the effort to convince Google to pick Ann Arbor for one of its ultrahigh-speed broadband networks have issued a “call to action” to get the community involved in the project. The city of Ann Arbor and U-M are teaming up to meet Google’s March 26 deadline to complete a Request for Information as… -
March 8, 2010
Reducing carbon emissions: High gas taxes equal low impact
Increasing the federal gasoline tax would have minimal effects in reducing vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, a U-M economist says. For example, a 10-cent increase in gas taxes would lower U.S. carbon emissions from the transportation sector by about 1.5 percent and decrease total U.S. carbon emissions (from all sectors) by about 0.5 percent, says Lutz…
