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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…
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November 17, 2008
The Fair Lane Music Guild continues its 39th anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 with a performance by violinist Gabriel Bolkosky and pianist Michele Cooker at the Henry Ford Estate — Fair Lane, on the campus of U-M-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen. For ticket information call (313) 593-5330 or go to www.umd.umich.edu/fair_lane_music_guild. (Photo by Yakov Faytlin)
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November 17, 2008
From marching band members playing “The Victors” to a guest appearance by a husband-and-wife television anchor team, to the testimonies from several donors who shared their Michigan Difference stories, the University celebrated the finale of the largest fundraising campaign in its history. The Michigan Marching Band, maize and blue streamers and flashing lights all signify…
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November 17, 2008
Amy Hempel reads from her fiction at 5 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Residential College auditorium in an appearance presented through the Zell Visiting Writers Series. (Photo by Kenneth Chen)
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November 17, 2008
Students, local engineers break world record The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled aerial vehicle has been achieved by U-M students and engineers at Ann Arbor-based fuel-cell manufacturer Adaptive Materials Inc. Their plane, named Endurance, flew for 10 hours, 15 minutes and four seconds in a flight that lasted from sunrise to sunset on Oct.…
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November 17, 2008
Collaborative Spirit: Fiber Fabrications by fiber artists Kathie Briggs, Peg Keeney and Desiree Vaughn contains collaborative work and solo pieces. It is presented from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. (Photo courtesy Gifts Of Art)
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November 17, 2008
Three faculty members have been awarded 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar grants; another four educators from abroad will travel to the University as scholars. This year approximately 1,000 U.S. faculty members and professionals received Fulbright Scholar awards to lecture and conduct research abroad; a similar number of foreign scholars received awards to come to the United States.…
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November 17, 2008
Greg Guina of Fidelity Investments will address the driving forces behind recent developments influencing the financial markets and the U.S. economy, in presentations to faculty members and staff Nov. 17 and 20. Guina, vice president and regional planning consultant for Fidelity, also will discuss factors affecting the performance of domestic and international equity markets, and…
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November 17, 2008
While President-elect Barack Obama has proposed putting a million American-made plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) getting 150 mpg on the road by 2015, it’s hard to know if that goal is attainable. U-M’s energy institute announces an innovative strategy to tell the difference between inspired and misguided, and what it takes to make a good…
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November 17, 2008
Click the image to go to the Web site of the Office of Financial Aid and view the provost’s message. In recognition that the current economic crisis may have hit home for some University students, Provost Teresa Sullivan is encouraging those whose families face severe financial problems due to job loss, home foreclosure, business decline…
