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March 18, 2013
Accolades
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;… -
March 18, 2013
New solar car marks transition for nation’s top team
The name of U-M’s next solar car, which will be one step closer to resembling a real-world vehicle, is “Generation,” the U-M solar car team announced last week at the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.
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March 18, 2013
Schreier selected as the 2013 Golden Apple Award recipient
Shelly Schreier, a lecturer IV in the Department of Psychology, LSA, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the Golden Apple Award.
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March 11, 2013
Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators
When people or animals are thrust into threatening situations such as combat or attack by a predator, stress hormones are released to help prepare the organism to defend itself or to rapidly escape from danger — the so-called fight-or-flight response. Now U-M researchers have demonstrated for the first time that stress hormones are also responsible… -
March 11, 2013
Two-thirds of Americans now believe global warming is real
An increasing number of Americans indicate that there is evidence of global warming, with 67 percent now expressing a belief that the planet has warmed over the past four decades, according to a U-M survey. It marks the highest level of belief in global warming since a 72 percent-measure in 2008 and is up from… -
March 11, 2013
Genetic risk factors found to be associated with eye disorder
The discovery of seven new regions of the human genome associated with macular degeneration could help scientists better understand who reaches the most severe stages of the disorder, a U-M researcher says. Gonçalo Abecasis, the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, is one member of an international group of… -
March 11, 2013
Medical School and U-M Tech Transfer launch $7.5M fund for innovators
A new $7.5 million fund will help U-M medical discoveries make the leap from the laboratory to the market, accelerating their potential to help patients. Funded in part by a new $2.4 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s 21st Century Jobs Fund, the new effort will help the Medical School and U-M Tech… -
March 11, 2013
Generics part of why U-M’s drug plan outperforms most others
U-M’s prescription drug plan continues to better U.S. averages, according to the 2012 Prescription Drug Plan Annual Report. Total drug costs for the U-M plan rose from $91.1 million in 2011 to $93.6 million in 2012, a growth rate of 3.5 percent. That’s a win over the 3.75 percent average reported by the Pharmacy Benefit… -
March 11, 2013
Warning system provides four-month forecast of malaria epidemics
Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean can be used to accurately forecast, by up to four months, malaria epidemics thousands of miles away in northwestern India, a U-M theoretical ecologist and her colleagues have found. Colder-than-normal July sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic are linked to both increased monsoon rainfall… -
March 11, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
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