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November 24, 2008
An information forum on the University’s benefits strategy will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Dec.1 in the Great Lakes Room at Palmer Commons. The event also will be simulcast live on the Web. Interested faculty and staff are invited to participate in person or on the Web. Associate Vice President for Human Resources Laurita Thomas…
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November 24, 2008
The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) has awarded the 2008 SunGard Higher Education Innovation Award to the U-M Student Temporary Employment Project Team. CUPA-HR presented the honor Oct. 13 at the National Higher Education Human Resources Awards in St. Louis, Mo. The award, created in 2007 and sponsored by SunGard Higher…
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November 24, 2008
Award The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has chosen Louis Burgio as the recipient of the M. Powell Lawton Award, which is presented annually to an individual to honor contributions from applied gerontological research that have benefited older people and their care. Burgio, the Harold R. Johnson Professor of Social Work and a research professor…
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November 17, 2008
The chairs and eminent researchers from 16 university and academic medical centers met Oct. 24 for a historic charter adoption ceremony at the Comprehensive Depression Center. The ceremony capped 18 months of work to establish a charter for the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a 501(c) 3 organization patterned after the National Comprehensive Cancer…
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November 17, 2008
Building on work published earlier this year, U-M researchers have furthered their understanding of what goes awry at the cellular level in Type 2 diabetes. Their results, described in two papers published online Nov. 7 in the journal Biochemistry, reveal why a protein known as Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Protein (IAPP), or amylin, kills insulin-producing cells…
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November 17, 2008
For proper and uniform review of all faculty members who are on research scientist and research professor tracks, several changes in the process to evaluate their progress will be implemented Sept. 1, 2009. “We want to ensure equity,” said Stephen Forrest, vice president for research, in a Nov. 10 presentation before the Senate Assembly at…
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November 17, 2008
With less than one week until the Nov. 22 U-M vs. The Ohio State University football game, the Students for Organ Donation chapter is working with Gift of Life Michigan and the Transplant Center to tackle the Buckeyes in the third annual Wolverine-Buckeye Challenge for Life. Stories of U-M students, alumni and employees who have…
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November 17, 2008
The powerful black holes at the center of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters act as hearts to the systems, pumping energy out at regular intervals to regulate the growth of the black holes themselves, as well as star formation, according to new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This composite image shows M84, a massive…
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November 17, 2008
Developed more than 200 years ago and found in households around the world, chlorine bleach is among the most widely used disinfectants, yet scientists never have understood exactly how the familiar product kills bacteria. New research, however, reveals key details in the process by which bleach works its antimicrobial magic. In a study published in…
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November 17, 2008
Hoping to sink a perfect putt? Don’t talk about it, just do it. Psychology research shows overthinking may be one reason those who teach often can’t do the task as well as they’d like. Skilled athletes often maintain that thinking too much about executing a skill disrupts their performance, so U-M psychology researcher Kristin Flegal…
