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October 19, 2009
Institute for Social Research (ISR) Director James Jackson has appointed George Alter as acting director of the ISR Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world’s largest digital social science data archive. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) “This decision has the full support of the ICPSR Council, the senior leadership in…
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October 19, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Oct. 15 meeting. Electrical feed to be updated The Administrative Services Building will have its electrical feed updated with the construction of a small enclosure to house a new 13.2 kilovolt substation. University investment proceeds will fund the $2 million project that is…
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October 19, 2009
When cancer spreads to the bone, radiation treatments can help relieve the pain caused by the tumor. But how best to deliver the radiation may vary widely from one oncologist to the next. A new analysis from researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center shows cost also varies widely from one delivery method to the next.…
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October 19, 2009
Sooner or later, some people are bound to have a life-changing experience. For Alex Pompe, his came when he joined the Peace Corps. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) Pompe, a Peace Corps campus coordinator at The International Center and a first-year graduate student in the School of Information, was inspired by his past…
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October 19, 2009
Studying 80 forest “commons” in more than a dozen developing nations, a U-M researcher and his University of Illinois colleague have found links between local ownership and control of those forests and the fight against climate change. They found that greater local ownership and input into forest management appear to keep these areas, also called…
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October 19, 2009
Dozens of students already have expressed interest or signed up for the university’s new International Studies concentration to help prepare them for living and working in a global economy. Ken Kollman, director of the Center for International Studies, describes the interdisciplinary concentration as “rigorous, relevant and innovative in a Michigan way,” leading to careers involving…
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October 19, 2009
Actor, playwright, songwriter and Michigan native Jeff Daniels will receive an honorary degree and will deliver the address at Winter Commencement. Also receiving honorary degrees at the 2 p.m. Dec. 20 ceremony in Crisler Arena are: • Helen Thomas, journalist and Detroit native, who has served the White House press corps during 10 presidencies. •…
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October 19, 2009
Alexey Morozov, a master’s student in aerospace engineering, College of Engineering, has received a 2009 Graduate Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The scholarship, presented worldwide to 49 new graduate students, provides up to $50,000 per year for up to six years to help high-achieving, low-income students pursuing graduate or professional degrees. “These students…
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October 19, 2009
Recreational Sports at U-M has moved into the Division of Student Affairs, where U-M leaders believe it will fit well with other services provided to students. The announcement was made earlier this month to Rec Sports staff by Provost Teresa Sullivan and Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper, who both say the reporting…
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October 19, 2009
Standing out in a crowd is better than blending in, at least if you’re a paper wasp in a colony where fights between nest-mates determine social status. That’s the conclusion of a study by U-M researchers published online last week in the journal Evolution. In nests with multiple queens, wasps fight to sort out the…
