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April 22, 2013
U-M to launch new master’s degree in health professions education
A new master's degree program at the Medical School will help doctors, nurses and other health professionals learn how to educate future members of their professions, and address the worldwide shortage of many types of health care providers.
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April 22, 2013
Harold Johnson Diversity Award goes to seven faculty members
Seven faculty members who have shown dedication to developing cultural and ethnic diversity at U-M have received the 2013 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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April 22, 2013
President’s Staff Innovation Award winners announced
A College of Engineering official who launched innovations resulting in a broader, more diverse group of graduate students, and the team that piloted a lower-cost, environmentally friendly cleaner for University Housing have received the first annual President’s Staff Innovation Awards. Other individual finalists • Anya Dale, Office of Campus Sustainablity • Teri Grieb, Michigan Institute… -
April 22, 2013
Teams recognized for outstanding seasons
The men’s swimming and diving team (above) received a Board of Regents resolution on April 18 recognizing its record-breaking season, culminating with the team’s 12th NCAA championship, the most of any swimming and diving program. Led by Coach Mike Bottom, the team finished the season with an 8-0 dual-meet record. Regents also recognized the men’s… -
April 22, 2013
Nisbet appointed AVP for technology transfer
Kenneth J. Nisbet has been appointed associate vice president for research – technology transfer in the Office of the Vice President for Research, effective May 1. “The creation of a senior-level leadership position for technology transfer reflects the growing importance to the university of bringing the new ideas and insights that arise from our research… -
April 22, 2013
New center to focus on the statistics of cancer research
As cancer research has become more complex, requiring advanced statistical analysis of data, collaboration between cancer researchers and statistical researchers has become ever more critical. As a result, the School of Public Health will establish a Center for Cancer Biostatistics within the Department of Biostatistics. “The center will be a focal point for biostatistical research… -
April 22, 2013
Unpleasant thoughts are easy to retrieve, but hard to believe
People feel happy about their future even after imagining the many bad events that might occur, a new U-M study found. People tend to “explain away” the presence of bad possibilities in their own lives, thinking that they won’t actually happen to them, said U-M researcher Ed O’Brien. “But we have a harder time explaining… -
April 22, 2013
Phi Kappa Phi inducts 20 faculty and staff members
Twenty faculty members and administrators with outstanding academic and professional accomplishments have been inducted into the U-M chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. The inductees, who include Vice Provost and Provost-Elect Martha Pollack, come from Rackham Graduate School, LSA, Medical School, School of Education, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the College… -
April 22, 2013
UMMA among first university art museums to join Google Art Project
The potential impact might not be so farfetched: In several years, Google Art Project could be to the international art museum world and cultural literacy what “googling” has meant for Internet searchers — a greater access to information and broader understanding of the connection among cultures. On April 19, the U-M Museum of Art joined… -
April 22, 2013
Robotics Day speakers: State could lead in autonomous vehicles
Michigan roadways are likely to be among the earliest places where automated or self-driving cars will be deployed, John Maddox of the U-M Transportation Research Institute said at Robotics Day April 15. “This is the place where it’s going to happen first,” Maddox, UMTRI’s director of collaborative program strategies, told the crowd of about 450…
