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April 15, 2013
Financial assistant combines passion for history, writing
Karen Simpson has spent the last 35 years working as a student financial assistant in Student Financial Services. And while she has loved her job and the impact it has, she always had another passion that, until recently, she didn’t fulfill: writing. “I have always written. Always,” she says. “But I didn’t have enough confidence… -
April 15, 2013
UROP marks 25 years of exposing undergrads to research
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is celebrating 25 years of helping undergraduates “discover the world of research” by working with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research scientists.
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April 15, 2013
Geladas’ vocal lip smacks resemble human speech
More online Watch a video of geladas communicating. > The rhythmic vocal sounds made by lip smacking in wild gelada monkeys have similarities to human speech, a new U-M study shows. Lip smacking, a common primate facial gesture used in friendly interactions, involves rapid opening and closing of mouth parts in a speech-like fashion. However,… -
April 15, 2013
The place where magic happens
Creativity is the life force behind great art, music and literature, and also guides innovation and advancement across academic fields. In a course titled Creative Process, a team of interdisciplinary faculty help undergraduates from many fields of study tap into their creativity.
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April 15, 2013
Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering
One of the major obstacles to growing new organs — replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys — is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from U-M could help overcome this roadblock. “It’s not just enough to make a piece of tissue that functions like your desired… -
April 15, 2013
Landscape chemical reductions planned for ‘normal’ spring
Last year grounds crews were cutting grass a full month ahead of schedule during record-setting warm temperatures. This year the change of seasons basically is back to normal as grounds crews focus on meeting a goal of reducing landscape chemical use by 40 percent by 2025.
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April 15, 2013
Don't miss: Poet Gary Snyder to present Hopwood Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder is scheduled to deliver the Hopwood Lecture at the Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. April 24 at Rackham Auditorium. Snyder always has considered himself a poet of the Pacific Rim, says Keith Taylor, Department of English MFA adjunct faculty and coordinator, Undergraduate Creative Writing.… -
April 15, 2013
Two professors named Guggenheim fellows
For their distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment, U-M faculty members Elizabeth Anderson and Scott Page have been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for their research.
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April 15, 2013
Crowd welcomes basketball team home
Grateful fans of the U-M men's basketball team filed into Crisler Center on April 9 to welcome home the Wolverine players and coaches, 16 hours after the team fell just short of winning a national basketball championship.
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April 15, 2013
Art & Design celebrates Stamps’ gift with naming festivities
The U-M Fanfare Band, banners, giant puppet heads, a jazz quartet, cookies and a five-tiered "art" cake all were part of the uniquely creative celebration April 4-5 to celebrate the formal naming of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
