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September 28, 2009
From “Volunteen” for the American Red Cross to adult volunteer with the American Cancer Society, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Food Gatherers, the Baking Brigade with Avalon Housing and more, Michelle Nasers keeps working to make the world a better place. (Photo courtesy Michelle Nasers) “I’ve been so fortunate in my life. I’m…
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September 28, 2009
Urinary tract infections are painful and recur all too often with no apparent cause: Ask any woman who has missed days of work due to one, or had to find emergency treatment while on vacation. U-M scientists have taken an important step toward what could become the first effective vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections,…
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September 28, 2009
U-M Health System researchers will lead a $10.25 million effort to study rare kidney diseases that cause kidney failure and the need for dialysis. The five-year project supports research of nephrotic syndrome, which describes a group of diseases that, though rare, generates an enormous individual and societal burden. The syndrome, which affects kidney filter cells,…
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September 28, 2009
A university-led research team is creating a comprehensive analysis and mapping of threats to the Great Lakes that will guide decision-making in the United States and Canada for years to come. The mapping and analysis project will produce the first regional synthesis of human impacts on the Great Lakes, thereby helping regional planners and conservation…
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September 28, 2009
UM-Dearborn kicked off the commemoration of its milestone 50th anniversary last week with a special event titled the “50th Anniversary Celebration” at the Henry Ford Estate on the university’s campus. The event was designed to honor the 50 years of academic excellence the university has provided to the metropolitan Detroit community, with photos, video and…
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September 28, 2009
Amid the pressing need to cultivate and pursue creativity in all aspects of American life, the university has created an innovative Web site, “Montage,” with the goal of provoking a new way of appreciating the power and relevance of the arts. To visit the site, go to www.montage.umich.edu. The new multimedia Web site Montage features…
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September 28, 2009
The university has developed an organ matching software program that offers new hope to patients needing a kidney transplant. Often a patient who needs a kidney has a family member or friend willing to donate one of his or her kidneys, but it cannot be done due to tissue or blood type incompatibilities. The Transplant…
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September 28, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for a clinical trial of a new stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). U-M neurologist Dr. Eva Feldman will be the overall principal investigator for the first human clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Feldman (File…
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September 28, 2009
As bad as it’s been for the Detroit area economy the past several years, 2009 will end up as the worst year ever for job losses, U-M economists say. But the tide will begin to turn a year from now — albeit slowly. In their Economic Outlook for the Wayne-Oakland-Macomb Region, George Fulton and Donald…
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September 28, 2009
Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) has improved in all competitive categories over the past two years, rising among the nation’s top R&D clusters for producing patents, businesses and graduates with high-tech related degrees. Since benchmarking began in 2007, URC partners U-M, Michigan State University and Wayne State University have improved in several key areas of…
