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December 7, 2009
When men and women hit Kmart, the sex differences in shopping strategies illuminate like Blue Light Specials, and we can look to evolution for the answer. Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the School of Public Health, says it’s perfectly natural that so many men can’t distinguish a sage from a beige sock, or that just…
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December 7, 2009
Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, left, visits with and gives an autographed football to 14-year-old Todd Bonnici, a patient at the C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital. Woodson, a former U-M football standout and 1997 Heisman trophy winner, has made a gift of $2 million to the hospital, which is scheduled to…
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December 7, 2009
Report examines parents’ concern regarding Internet predators, privacy, porn A report released by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health shows that parents across the United States have a wide range of concerns about the safety of their children’s lives online. Eighty-one percent of parents report their children, ages 9-17, use the…
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December 7, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan and Vice Provost Phil Hanlon will host a town hall meeting 9-11 a.m. Dec. 14 in Rackham Auditorium to discuss the U-M general fund budget and answer questions from the audience. All staff and faculty are invited. The budget presentation is similar to what Sullivan and Hanlon have shared with faculty, staff…
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December 7, 2009
Called one of the great pianists of our time, Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 at Hill Auditorium, just a few days before his Carnegie Hall recital.”Every note he fashions as a pearl. The joy, brilliance and musicality of his performance could not be missed.” (The New York Times.) Sponsored by the…
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December 7, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan’s speech and slides from her Senate Assembly presentation are posted on the Office of the Provost’s Web site > The fundamental basis of what it means to be a public university extends well beyond a school’s funding source and includes its overall mission as well as how it is governed, Provost Teresa…
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December 7, 2009
The film “A Decent Factory: Nokia in China” by Thomas Balmes, is presented as part of the Center for Chinese Studies Chinese Documentary Film Series at 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at Angell Hall, Auditorium A. The film focuses on Nokia, the Finnish electronics firm, which sends a team led by two business ethics advisors to…
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November 23, 2009
States with high homicide rates also tend to have higher rates of traffic deaths than other states, a U-M researcher says. In a new study in the current issue of the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) found that the homicide rate per 100,000 was 5.7 for the…
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November 23, 2009
Subject: Abridged version of address to regents by Michael Thouless, SACUA chair The state of faculty governance at U-M is fairly healthy, and there are optimistic signs that it is continuing to improve in several areas. However, there are aspects where further improvement is still needed to ensure a healthy and dynamic institution. Faculty governance…
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November 23, 2009
Learn more about MHealthy > See how MHealthy has impacted various departments at U-M > Following a major report showing obesity left unchecked will cost U.S. companies $344 billion by 2018, the university has released results from the MHealthy Wellness Assessments that show weight and stress as two of the largest health concerns for U-M…
