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January 11, 2010
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Great Britain’s poet laureate in residence at Zell Writers Series Carol Ann Duffy, the poet laureate of Great Britain, this week will be the Zell Visiting Writers Series’ writer in residence. Duffy’s residency is the opening event of the Winter 2010 Zell series. She will read her poetry today (Jan. 11) at 5:10 p.m. in… -
January 11, 2010
University releases annual salary report
U-M faculty and staff salary increases are at the lowest level since 2003-04, according to data released from the university’s salary record. The increases reflect the university’s emphasis on restraint and cost containment in light of the state’s economic crisis. While the merit programs are modest this year, faculty and staff remain one of the… -
January 11, 2010
Spotlight: Librarian helps others with some cuddly canines
Most people know that a dog is a person’s best friend. Anna Ercoli Schnitzer knows that a dog can also be a person’s lifesaver. Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services Schnitzer, a liaison and disabilities librarian at the Health Sciences Libraries, spends much of her spare time doing community outreach focused on raising awareness… -
January 11, 2010
U-M spinoff secures $11M to finance ultrasound technology
U-M inventors have secured $11 million in financing to launch Ann Arbor-based HistoSonics Inc., which will develop a novel medical device that uses tightly focused ultrasound pulses to treat prostate disease.
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January 11, 2010
MLK: ‘Push’ author Sapphire to speak on women, literacy
Award-winning poet, author and educator Sapphire will present “Push, Literacy, Women and African American Literature” at 2 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Michigan Union Ballroom. The event, presented by MLibrary, is free and open to the public. “Precious,” the film adaptation of Sapphire’s bestselling novel “Push,” recently won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience… -
January 11, 2010
Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common
Name all the venomous animals you can think of and you probably come up with snakes, spiders, bees, wasps and perhaps poisonous frogs. But catfish? A new study by graduate student Jeremy Wright finds that at least 1,250 and possibly more than 1,600 species of catfish may be venomous, far more than previously believed. Lest… -
January 11, 2010
Report: U provides second-most jobs in metro Detroit
U-M now is metro Detroit’s second-largest employer behind Ford Motor Co., according to the Crain’s Detroit Business 2010 Book of Lists. A year ago, Crain’s listed the university fourth behind the Big Three automakers.
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January 11, 2010
MLK: Journalist Gwen Ifill to address politics in Washington
Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and co-anchor for the “PBS NewsHour,” will deliver the keynote memorial lecture at the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 at Hill Auditorium. Ifill’s talk, “Politics, Policy & Reality: What’s Really Going On in Washington,” is free and open to… -
January 11, 2010
Accolades
Elected George Alter, acting director of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, has been elected vice president of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) for 2009-10. The SSHA vice president serves for one year and then becomes president. SSHA fosters interdisciplinary approaches to historical research, and its annual meetings bring together historians and… -
January 11, 2010
U-M to partner in statewide teaching fellowship
The university is a partner in a new statewide fellowship program to prepare teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as highlighted last week by President Barack Obama.
