November 10, 2008
Students, faculty members and staff at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy react as the final presidential election results are announced at Weill Hall. This marked the first presidential showdown since the new hall was completed in 2006. It features state-of-the-art multimedia teaching technology. Attendees who gathered for the Nov. 4 event watched…
November 10, 2008
A “living fossil” tree species is helping a University researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future. The research appears in the November issue of the journal Evolution. The distinctive trunk and aerial roots of the tropical tree Symphonia globulifera in a…
November 10, 2008
Auburn Hills, Dundee, Plymouth Township, Southfield, Tecumseh and Troy were identified as communities that are “top performers at attracting and retaining entrepreneurial firms” in a study by researchers at U-M-Dearborn School of Management (SoM). The 2008 eCities study (or “the Entrepreneurial Cities Index”) found many southeast Michigan municipalities “are hard at work attracting, cultivating, building…
November 10, 2008
Advertisers pushing products in bilingual countries generally focus on how best to turn a phrase or coin a slogan. But they should spend time determining the actual language that best suits their product, a Stephen M. Ross School of Business researcher finds. “Language Choice in Advertising to Bilinguals” is one of the first studies to…
November 10, 2008
In the current era of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, many fear that individuals will put too much faith in a genetic test result. But a study from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital indicates information from family history and genetic testing caused equal concern among parents about their children’s risk of disease. “We were surprised to find…
November 10, 2008
1960s folk icon McDonald to visit A 1960s folk icon, Country Joe McDonald rallied thousands during his concerts and appearances at protests against the Vietnam War. His sardonic song, “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” (“It’s one, two, three, What are we fightin’ for?”) captured the sad absurdity of the days of rage,…
November 10, 2008
Janai Brugger as Tatyana and Monique Holmes as her sister Olga look forward to Tatyana’s Name Day Ball in the University Opera Theatre production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 13-16 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets call the League Ticket Office at 764-2538. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)
November 3, 2008
With the United States days away from perhaps electing its first African-American president, the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said such an outcome will say much about “who we are and what we’ve overcome.” But, John Payton cautioned, the reality is that “our democracy has unfinished business.” In his lecture “Democracy…
November 3, 2008
About a dozen U-M students will move into a Wayne State University residence hall winter term, living, learning, working and giving something back to Michigan’s largest city. Students in the new Semester in Detroit program will take U-M courses at the Detroit Center taught by U-M faculty or at WSU during winter term from January-April,…
November 3, 2008
Patients at the U-M Health System (UMHS) now can request bedside massages, thanks to the new Massage Therapy Program where nationally certified massage therapists provide a healing touch to inpatients. Massage sessions are designed to enhance wellness through physical and mental relaxation and reduce pain by alleviating muscle tension. Program coordinator Tracy King emphasizes the…
