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April 1, 2013
Even by the standards of an art form known for extravagant gestures, hyperbole and grand spectacles, the upcoming concert performance of Darius Milhaud’s “Oresteia of Aeschylus” is a monumental undertaking and a dramatic unveiling of a seldom performed work by one of the 20th century’s most experimental composers. Also known as “The Oresteian Trilogy,” the…
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April 1, 2013
Patients at Michigan hospitals are less likely to experience a urinary tract infection caused by a catheter than at other hospitals in the country, according to a new study by U-M. Michigan hospitals lead the way in using key prevention practices to reduce the number of catheter-associated UTIs and also have lower rates of UTIs,…
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April 1, 2013
Collective bargaining units representing U-M workers have announced that union members have ratified new agreements with the university. Tentative agreements were reached over the last few weeks. In each case, the university achieved meaningful cost savings and operational gains during good-faith negotiations, said university spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald. In each case, portions of the contracts were…
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April 1, 2013
Advisers from the Michigan College Advising Corps (MCAC) brought some of their best and brightest high school students to participate in Michigan Experience Day on the Ann Arbor campus March 25. More than 120 students from Benton Harbor to Port Huron, Muskegon to Jackson, and points in between visited the university’s schools and colleges, heard…
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April 1, 2013
At hospitals around the country, young doctors fresh out of medical school help care for patients of all kinds — and work intense, long hours as part of their residency training. Traditionally, residents were allowed to work more than 24 hours without a break. In 2011, new rules cut back the number of hours they…
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April 1, 2013
More online Watch Kamal Sarabandi discuss how his millimeter-wave radar system could detect weapons > In the weeks after the Connecticut school shooting, as the nation puzzled over how it happened and what might prevent it from happening again, Kamal Sarabandi was listening to the news. Talk turned to giving teachers guns, and he paused.…
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April 1, 2013
Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it could lead to an environmentally friendly production process for an important industrial chemical, U-M engineers have discovered. “We report a new…
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April 1, 2013
The majority of gay men in relationships say they establish a “sexual agreement” with their partner, primarily to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to a U-M study. Sexual agreements show promise for HIV prevention, but the down side is that only 57 percent of couples actually concur that they…
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April 1, 2013
Dear Aunt Ruth
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April 1, 2013
Standing atop Independence Pass with a 360-degree view of Colorad, Alicia Davis, cyclist and senior prosthetist-orthotist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, U-M Health System, holds a picture of one of her young patients in her hand. “I have a tradition that started with a young patient about 10 years ago. Every time…
