July 13, 2009
For the second year, U-M has made the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the Great Colleges to Work For. The second annual survey by the publication this year recognized 150 colleges and universities for best workplace practices and policies. “We are pleased once again to be recognized as a strong employer. Just as we…
July 13, 2009
U-M Museum of Art Projects: Lisa Anne Auerbach, is an exhibit which features Auerbach’s subversive brand of post-punk aesthetics. The artist joins art, politics and humor with a critique of the complacency and routine of modern life. Her recent projects have addressed topics ranging from the Iraq war to the politics of bicycling in a…
July 13, 2009
Watch a video describing TechArb > A group of student entrepreneurs has opened a small-business incubator in the basement of a downtown Ann Arbor building. They’ll spend the summer sharing space, equipment and ideas. The incubator, called the TechArb, hosts 30 students running 10 different start-ups. The space came together with the help of Ann…
July 13, 2009
Photo Services photographer Martin Vloet was named Photographer of the Year and joined another U-M photographer in taking several other honors recently in the University Photographers’ Association of America’s Annual Print Competition. Vloet took first place in three categories: Sports Features, Science & Research and Features & Illustrations. He also received honorable mention in Sports…
July 13, 2009
College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows. However, the research also indicates lower grade-point averages depended upon a student’s type of depression, says Daniel Eisenberg, assistant professor of health management and policy and principal investigator of the study. There are two core symptoms…
July 13, 2009
Awards Dr. Theodore Lawrence has been selected to receive the 2009 Gold Medal from the American Society for Radiation Oncology for outstanding contributions to the field, including research, clinical care, teaching and service. His research interests include new treatments for liver and pancreas cancer and brain tumors. U-M Geriatrics Center Director Dr. Jeffrey Halter was…
July 13, 2009
Beautify your world. Leave an inspirational message in a public place. Connect with a family member. These are just a few of the proposed acts of kindness pushed out to users of a new smartphone application developed by U-M students. The DoGood application is designed to operate on the iPhone and iPod Touch. (Photo by…
July 13, 2009
Irene Hess Irene Hess, 98, a survey statistician who helped set standards for excellence at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and educated generations of graduate students in the conduct of scientific surveys, died July 5 in Ann Arbor of a cerebral hemorrhage. (Photo courtesy Hess family) “Irene Hess was one of the pioneers at…
July 13, 2009
Watch a video describing IED detection sensors > Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. A group of U-M engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them. The students invented portable, palm-sized metal detectors that can be hidden in…
July 13, 2009
June 2009 crime map > Student beaten on walk home A 21-year-old student told police June 21 that four teenagers had beaten him as he walked near Regents’ Plaza. The student said he first encountered the group shortly after 2 a.m. in front of the Michigan Union. The teens began taunting him so he yelled…
