June 22, 2009
President Mary Sue Coleman joined national business leaders to promote the idea that risking and being willing to accept failure is necessary if the U.S. wants to promote entrepreneurship. President Mary Sue Coleman speaks at The National Summit in Detroit. Also on the panel Tuesday were James Turley, center, CEO of Ernst & Young, and…
June 22, 2009
Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new U-M study suggests. The study extends previous research on the long-run impact of extreme environmental conditions in the critical first year of life…
June 22, 2009
Related stories:U-M plans largest ever investment in financial aid >UMHHC weathers tough economic climate, plans for growth >Dearborn, Flint budgets approved by board > The Athletic Department presented to the Board of Regents Thursday a proposed FY 2010 budget that will fund all sports to the full NCAA scholarship limit and support capital expenditures. Total…
June 22, 2009
The faces in this book are worth preserving on paper, even as Web communications and social media surge in popularity. That’s the assessment of those who oversee and produce the Michiganensian yearbook, as they start to plan the 2010 edition this spring and summer. Recent Michiganensian staff members Eileen Hengel and Peter Andrews work on…
June 22, 2009
Related stories:U-M plans largest ever investment in financial aid >UMHHC weathers tough economic climate, plans for growth >Athletics revenues support financial aid, capital improvements > The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 6.5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition for students at UM-Flint and a 6.7 percent increase for UM-Dearborn. UM-Flint’s proposed budget for 2009-10…
June 22, 2009
This report is an overview of a report presented to but not voted on by Senate Assembly on Jan. 26. Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of the faculty governance monthly report to the Board of Regents. Portions may have been edited for space by members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.…
June 22, 2009
Fewer Americans are dying on the nation’s roads, not only because they are driving less but because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the U-M Transportation Research Institute. A new article by Michael Sivak in the June issue of Injury Prevention suggests that a larger-than-expected drop in road fatalities is partly…
June 22, 2009
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June 22, 2009
Companies that join with social causes to sell products not only enhance their images but also improve their bottom lines, say U-M researchers. “Cause marketing, in which firms donate part of the proceeds from sales of certain products to a specified cause, is now a strategy adopted by hundreds of firms to increase sales for…
June 22, 2009
Amateur athletes ages 5 and older planning to participate in football, ice hockey, basketball, soccer or other sports are invited to participate in the School of Dentistry‘s mouth guard program. Children who wear braces also are invited. From 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 11, dental and dental hygiene students supervised by faculty volunteers will make the…
