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September 21, 2009
While traditional advertising is still the main driver of product sales, blogging and other new media are fast becoming predictors of market outcomes, U-M researchers say. In a new study, “Marketing Activity, Blogging and Sales,” Puneet Manchanda and Hiroshi Onishi of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business looked at the interaction of mainstream television…
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September 21, 2009
A group of leading research universities has launched Futurity (www.futurity.org), an online research channel covering the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health and more. U-M is one of 35 partners supporting the project. Bill Murphy, one of Futurity’s cofounders and vice president for communications at the University of Rochester, says universities are affected…
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September 21, 2009
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meets relatively infrequently over the summer months. Consequently, there are not many developments in faculty governance to report. In this report, we briefly mention the issues that SACUA has considered since the end of the last academic year. The most time-consuming item of business every summer is filling…
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September 21, 2009
During her annual performance review by the Board of Regents, President Mary Sue Coleman was praised for her leadership, specifically her role in the successful completion of the $3.2 billion Michigan Difference Campaign, and the acquisition and development of the North Campus Research Complex, the former Pfizer pharmaceutical research facility purchased in June. Regent Andrea…
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September 21, 2009
Key to a child’s successful education is an environment in which he or she can learn safely. According to a report released by the C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, only 26 percent of parents would give their child’s high school an “A” for preventing bullying and school violence, and 38…
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September 14, 2009
Ford Motor Co., $2.75 million. Grainger Inc., $5 million. Boeing Co., $10 million. These are the amounts that these companies could save each year if they implement the recommendations made by teams of students at the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. Twenty-five Tauber Institute teams of business and engineering students, including those who worked on…
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September 14, 2009
Police officers in the city of Detroit will have the opportunity to further their education at a reduced cost thanks to a new scholarship program at UM-Dearborn. Officers who wish to pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees at UM-Dearborn will be eligible for a special scholarship that will provide a credit for 20 percent of their…
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September 14, 2009
Engineers from General Motors and the university have joined forces to reinvent the automobile, and the Detroit automaker also hopes to enlist future U-M graduates in the ambitious effort, a top GM official said during a recent visit to the Ann Arbor campus. Inspiring U-M students to pursue careers in automotive engineering is one of…
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September 14, 2009
Indie art-rockers Grizzly Bear, with opening artists Beach House, perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Michigan Theater, in a University Musical Society-sponsored show. The Brooklyn-based band, whose May release debuted in the Billboard Top 10, employs traditional and electronic instruments, ranging from a recorder to a laptop. For more information, go to UMS.org.…
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September 14, 2009
Amnesty period to be offered Plans are underway for a benefits audit designed to ensure that the individuals enrolled in U-M medical plans as dependents are qualified for coverage. The audit will begin in February 2010 and will be preceded by an amnesty period to run from now until Dec. 18. The audit includes all…
