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September 8, 2009
Each fall, university health officials encourage students, faculty and staff to get a seasonal flu vaccine. Not only can it protect the vaccinated person from getting influenza, but it also minimizes the risk of spreading flu to family members, coworkers, roommates and friends — and the patients of health care workers. This year it’s even…
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September 8, 2009
Consumers increasingly expect the economy to improve in the months ahead even as they report the worst assessments of their personal finances since the Great Depression, according to the Reuters/U-M Surveys of Consumers. “Consumers were more likely to report hearing about positive economic developments in August, and more likely to expect the economy to improve…
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September 8, 2009
Move-In Day took on a different meaning last week as the cast of a prehistoric whale skeleton was wheeled across Central Campus from the Exhibit Museum of Natural History to the Institute for the Humanities, where it will be part of the exhibition, “Past Perfect/Future Tense: Authenticity and Replication.” The exhibition will run Sept. 17…
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September 8, 2009
Students and their parents got a chance to share conversation and frozen treats with President Mary Sue Coleman on Thursday as part of the annual Welcome Week ice cream giveaway. Coleman, who dished out treats at Stockwell Hall, was one of several executive officers, deans and directors who participated in the event at about a…
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September 8, 2009
Living together: The best way to divorce-proof a marriage? Young adults see living together as the best way to protect against divorce, not as an alternative to marriage, a researcher says. “For a long time, cohabitation has been viewed as a challenge to the institution of marriage,” says sociologist Pamela Smock. “But young adults we…
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September 8, 2009
Sociologist William Axinn will serve as director of the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), Director James S. Jackson has announced. Axinn, whose research interests include demography, social change and intergenerational family relationships in the United States and South Asia, brings a strong background in research methods and administration to the…
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September 8, 2009
“Deeda Blair, torso, 1976-1977,” top, and “Caroline, Princess of Monaco, 1983,” are from the U-M Museum of Art exhibit Warhol Snapshots, 1973-1986, which captures the spirit of the 1970s and ’80s that Andy Warhol and his art embodied. The exhibit is through Oct. 25 in the UMMA Alumni Memorial Hall.
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September 8, 2009
The Division of Student Affairs has named Linda Newman director of University Housing. She had served as interim director since September 2008. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Newman joined University Housing in 2006 as senior associate director for Community Living, providing oversight for residence education, Northwood Community Apartments, facilities management, security and housing…
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September 8, 2009
The Global Lens Film Series presents “Those Three” at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the International Institute, Room 1636, directed by Naghi Nemati, Iran. A day from completing military training, three conscripts abandon a dismal army life and seek freedom through the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran. Sponsored by the Center for…
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September 8, 2009
A colorful Welcome to Michigan banner, a free ice cream tent and move-in staff greet incoming South Quad students and their families. Last week some 10,000 new and returning students moved into campus housing facilities. The students were aided by Move-In Makers, available to offer new arrivals a hand with their belongings, direct foot traffic…
