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September 30, 2013
Lester Monts to return to faculty in July 2014
Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs and senior counselor to the president for the arts, diversity, and undergraduate affairs, will swap his top leadership office for the classroom and field research in July 2014.
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September 30, 2013
Engineering with Grace: Software class aims to help one teen communicate
To signal “yes,” Grace Simon raises her right fist. For “no,” she shakes her head. And that, for the most part, is how the 13-year-old communicates with the world. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 6 months old, Grace doesn’t have the muscle control to speak, sign or walk. But her capable mind understands spoken language… -
September 30, 2013
Employees asked to save the date for Victors for Michigan kickoff events
Faculty, staff, students and community members are being asked to come together Nov. 8 for events launching the Victors for Michigan campaign, the most ambitious fundraising campaign in U-M history.
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September 30, 2013
Don't miss: Former Ukrainian president to speak about democracy
The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies will host Viktor Yushchenko, president of Ukraine from 2005-10, for the lecture, “Shades of Orange: A Decade of Ukrainian Democracy,” at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Rackham Amphitheatre. Yushchenko came to office as the result of the 2004 Orange Revolution, which brought millions of Ukrainians to the streets for… -
September 30, 2013
U-M professor Susan Murphy earns prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
A University of Michigan statistician who is poised to make a significant impact on the field of personalized medicine, an area of great activity in biomedical research, has been chosen as one of 24 “exceptionally creative individuals” by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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September 30, 2013
Accolades
Marina von Neumann Whitman, professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and professor of business administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, is among 19 women selected for induction into the 2013 class of the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. A former General Motors vice president, she serves on university advisory… -
September 30, 2013
Grad students and postdocs learn strategies to further their careers
Nearly 250 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from 16 U-M schools and colleges learned about strategies and resources for success in academic careers at the 11th annual “Preparing Future Faculty” conference Sept. 24.
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September 30, 2013
Photo: "Adolph Gottlieb: Sculptor” at UMMA
“PETALOID,” 1968, painted steel, is from the exhibit “Adolph Gottlieb: Sculptor,” presented through Jan. 5 at the U-M Museum of Art. One of the founding members of the abstract expressionists, Gottlieb’s (1903-74) paintings, consisting of large images that evoke a universal language of symbols, have become icons in America painting. In 1967, he began to… -
September 30, 2013
New resources support postdoctoral researchers
Benefit upgrades and new monthly orientation sessions for postdoctoral research fellows are boosting their training environment to help the University of Michigan maintain its reputation as an exceptional research university.
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September 30, 2013
Researcher: Time to rethink policies that promote biofuels to protect climate
Policymakers need to rethink the idea of promoting biofuels to protect the climate because the methods used to justify such policies are inherently flawed, according to a University of Michigan energy researcher. In a new paper published online in the journal Climatic Change, John DeCicco takes on the widespread but scientifically simplistic perception that biofuels…
