June 8, 2009
Thirty-two U-M students have received writing prizes in the Hopwood Awards and other contests administered by the Hopwood Awards Program. With the prizes, the legacy of Avery Hopwood, a 1905 U-M graduate and the most successful Broadway playwright of the 1920s, continues to grow. Winners from Ann Arbor are: Hannah Ensor, Hopwood Undergraduate Poetry Award,…
June 8, 2009
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June 8, 2009
Graduate students need to feel connected to their programs, peers and institution to succeed, keynote speaker Maureen Wilson told more than 100 assembled recently for a Professional Conference for Rackham Program Graduate Coordinators at the Rackham Amphitheatre. Maureen Wilson of Bowling Green State University gives a keynote presentation at the Professional Conference for Rackham Program…
June 8, 2009
By Anthony Guarnieri, Facilities and Operations and Amanda Schweitzer, News Service The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its May 14 meeting. Bids to be issued for new Law School academic building and commons The planned new academic building for the Law School and the Law School commons addition to Hutchins…
June 8, 2009
Growth through innovation was a central theme at one of the most well attended sessions of this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference. Three of the four panelists with success stories had a U-M connection. Showing how universities routinely are involved with innovation, President Mary Sue Coleman told the audience on May 28 that “partner or perish”…
June 8, 2009
Two researchers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center are part of a “dream team” of scientists across the country to receive $18 million to study targeted breast cancer therapies. The three-year grant is from Stand Up to Cancer, a charitable initiative supporting groundbreaking research aimed at getting new cancer treatments to patients quickly. The project includes…
June 8, 2009
Whether tidying up conference rooms, working toward a nursing degree or coaching runners, Domonique Morton tries to do more than just get the job done. She views each task as an opportunity to put forth her best effort, and to encourage others to do the same. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Morton has…
June 8, 2009
Navigating the ever-changing digital landscape. Taking knowledge of the human genome and cell mechanics to the next level to improve disease treatment. Understanding how the structures we build affect the natural environment. These are three of six interdisciplinary teaching and research areas that will be the focus of a second round of junior faculty hiring.…
June 8, 2009
More than a dozen stem cell researchers from U-M, Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Oakland University met with industry representatives from around the state Thursday to brainstorm ways to work more closely together. Collaboration among universities is key, the researchers agreed, if Michigan is to speed promising stem cell discoveries from the state’s…
June 8, 2009
The team that will be racing U-M’s solar car 1,800 miles across Australia in October’s Global Green Challenge unveiled its entry last week. From left, engineering students Dylan Keefe-Reitzell, John Federspiel, Ethan Lardner and Sudeep Rohatgi are on the team’s race crew. The car, named Infinium, has a lithium-ion battery, space-grade solar cells comparable to…
