March 18, 2013
February 2013 crime map > Road rage spills into parking lot A staff member told police he was struck by a truck while protecting his own vehicle following an earlier dispute over driving methods. The incident reportedly occurred around 8 a.m. Feb. 21 in Lot NC43 near Fuller Road and Bonisteel Boulevard. The victim said…
March 18, 2013
The Liberty Research Annex Gallery space is readied for the Research Through Making exhibition, which runs through April 21. Photo courtesy Alex Jacque. In architecture, research and creative practice often are constructed as opposites. The perceived tension between design and research is indicative of the field of architecture seeking to understand its nature as an…
March 18, 2013
The Great Recession leaves behind the largest number of long-term unemployed people, or 4.7 million, since records were first kept in 1948, according to research from U-M. “About 46 million Americans, according to our latest count, are poor. That means for a family of four, they’re living on less than $23,000 a year,” said sociologist…
March 18, 2013
Local government leaders in Michigan are more likely to trust their residents than their residents are to trust local governments, according to a U-M survey. More than half of Michigan’s local leaders, or 53 percent, say they trust their residents to be responsible participants in local governance “nearly always” or “most of the time.” Nearly…
March 18, 2013
Cryptic comments seem to have an ambiguous, obscure or hidden meaning. In biology, cryptic species are outwardly indistinguishable groups whose differences are hidden inside their genes. Two U-M marine biologists have identified three cryptic species of tiny clams, long believed to be members of the same species, which have been hiding in plain view along…
March 18, 2013
Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction, two U-M researchers and their colleagues have found. In addition, protected areas established primarily to safeguard the rights and livelihoods of indigenous people performed…
March 18, 2013
Living in close proximity to large stone castles in the middle of green hills was a portal into another world for Matthew Stewart-Fulton. “When I was 5 my family moved to England for a year, so I was surrounded by medieval aspects that left an impression on me as a child,” says Stewart-Fulton, a security…
March 18, 2013
Scoring methods commonly used to evaluate Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU) are inconsistent, according to new research from U-M. The research published last week in the journal Pediatrics compared 10 well-known scores that have been developed to evaluate NICUs. The researchers found more differences than similarities. “This raises the question: Do these scores level the…
March 18, 2013
Kristy K. Martyn, School of Nursing associate professor, was the principal investigator on research for the article “Improving Sexual Communication with Adolescents Using Event History Calendars,” which has received the 2012 Scholarly Writing Award from the Journal of School Nursing. It was published in the April 2012 issue. Co-investigators were Cynthia Darling-Fisher, clinical assistant professor;…
