October 12, 2009
People who happened to be near Palmer Field on the afternoon of Oct. 5 may have witnessed this inflatable monument marking the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauçescu. Project HOT AIR was constructed by Anca Trandafirescu, assistant professor of architecture, and is designed to resemble the head of a fallen statue.…
October 12, 2009
University mathematicians and their British colleagues say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock. Understanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and…
October 12, 2009
Related stories:President launches sustainability initiative >Record number of U-M inventions reported last year > President Mary Sue Coleman described what she called the university’s “achievements and challenges” in her State of the University message, during which she announced an increased emphasis on sustainability and highlighted U-M’s role in the state’s economy, the promise of expanded…
October 12, 2009
A new investigation of a fossilized tracksite in southern Africa shows how early dinosaurs made on-the-fly adjustments to their movements to cope with slippery and sloping terrain. Differences in how early dinosaurs made these adjustments provide insight into the later evolution of the group. The study, conducted by researchers at U-M, Argentina’s Universidad de Buenos…
October 12, 2009
Learn more about the Peace Corps at U-M > As Peace Corps volunteers, John Greisberger and his wife taught English as a foreign language to students in Afghanistan. “It was a terrific experience,” says Greisberger, director of the International Center. “The teaching conditions were far from ideal. There were no books or chalkboards — sometimes,…
October 12, 2009
All of Washtenaw County’s autopsies are now being performed at the U-M morgue, and the county medical examiner’s office has been moved to campus. The move is part of an ongoing partnership between the university and the county government. The county helped to fund a new state-of-art morgue that opened at the hospital in July.…
October 12, 2009
Related stories:Coleman outlines opportunities, challenges for upcoming year >Record number of U-M inventions reported last year > President Mary Sue Coleman announced she will lead a multifaceted initiative to elevate the university’s commitment to sustainability in teaching, research and operations. President Mary Sue Coleman answers questions from the audience during her State of the University…
October 12, 2009
More online:List of free-view U-M Press titles in HathiTrust >U-M Press’ digital transition >U-M Library’s Digitization Project >HathiTrust > U-M Press is joining with HathiTrust Digital Library to open electronic content for free online access. U-M Press plans to have 1,000 or more titles available for full viewing by the end of this year. Launched…
October 12, 2009
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the way it conducts business, the university has launched a benchmarking study at its Ann Arbor campus to examine a number of its administrative functions, including finance, human resources/payroll, procurement, information technology, student services, development, communications and sponsored research administration. The study, which is jointly sponsored by…
October 12, 2009
Latinas who spoke little English were less likely to undergo reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study from researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study compared breast reconstruction among white women, African-American women, Latina women who were highly acculturated and Latina women who were less acculturated. Acculturation is a…
