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March 9, 2009
“Blue Potatoes” is from Art in Nature/Nature in Art, Sculptures by Dianne Austin/Photography by Leslie Ford, presented March 10-April 12 in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens auditorium and lobby. The sculptures are inspired by the look and feel of natural objects, such as seed pods and flowers, and photographs of sprouting onions and potatoes that capture…
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March 9, 2009
James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, addresses The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development, 3:30-5 p.m. March 12 in the Michigan Union, Pendleton Room. Heckman won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Photo by Economic Research Center)
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March 9, 2009
Provost Teresa Sullivan has appointed members to a special panel that will be asked to identify ways the University could further reduce General Fund costs. The Prudence Panel, with members representing faculty, staff and students, will meet several times over the next two months, and will seek input from the entire campus on how the…
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March 9, 2009
A U-M consortium announced March 9 will create new embryonic stem cell lines that will aid the search for disease treatments and cures. The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies is the first major embryonic stem cell research program launched in Michigan since the Nov. 4 passage of a state…
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March 9, 2009
Laurence Boxer Appointment: professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; associate chair of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases for Faculty Affairs Education: Bachelor of Arts, history, University of Colorado, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1966; residency in pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1968; senior resident in pediatrics, Stanford Hospital, 1969; fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology, Children’s Hospital, Boston,…
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March 9, 2009
Elected Duane Kirking, professor emeritus of the College of Pharmacy‘s Department of Social and Administrative Sciences, research scientist emeritus at the School of Public Health, has been elected chairman of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Board of Trustees. Kirking has 30 years of involvement with medication use-related research, service and teaching. Awards Zhuoqing Mao, the Morris…
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March 9, 2009
Employees injured on the job previously went to one of two places for help, depending on if they work for the U-M Health System or main campus. Jeffery Rahn, a contractor from Construction Services, paints a window at U-M Occupational Health Services. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) In order to create a single…
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March 9, 2009
Thomas McClure Tom McClure, emeritus professor of art, died Feb. 11 at Glacier Hills Nursing Home. He was 88. McClure was a well-known sculptor and artist. He taught at U-M for more than 30 years. His work can be seen in many museums including the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the Syracuse Museum of Fine…
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March 9, 2009
The headlines are full of stories about the increasing costs of health care, government discussions about health care reform, and the like. In less than a decade, these rising costs are predicted to account for $1 in every $5 spent in the United States, according to the American Journal of Health Promotion. Although the University…
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March 9, 2009
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