November 3, 2008
More than 10,000 faculty and staff members have participated in Active U, MHealthy’s flagship physical activity challenge begun in 2005. Since that time, a range of other programs has been offered to promote mental health, improve nutritional habits, encourage physical activity and improve workplace ergonomics for safety and injury reduction. Beginning in 2009, a five-year…
November 3, 2008
The political, economic and technical prospects for both renewable and non-renewable energy resources will be the focus of the program Science Café: Balance of Power? Prospects for Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy. The event, which is sponsored by the Energy Futures Theme Semester at LSA, will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at Conor O’Neill’s…
November 3, 2008
Related story:The Michigan Difference impact > NBC Sports anchor Andrea Joyce (AB ’76) and CBS “Early Show” anchor Harry Smith will emcee the finale of the Michigan Difference campaign from 2:30-4 p.m. Nov.14 at Hill Auditorium. The campaign, which officially ends at midnight on Dec. 31, has been one of the most successful in the…
November 3, 2008
“Blue Copper” is from the exhibit For Better or for Worse: New Work by School of Art & Design lecturer Kathryn Brackett Luchs and Michael Luchs. Both were part of the group of artists and writers living in the 1960s and ’70s in the Cass Corridor in Detroit. The exhibit, co-sponsored by the School of…
November 3, 2008
Related story:TV anchors to emcee campaign conclusion> Tonya Mallett knew she could be a great teacher. She had the passion. She had experience with young people, including her own children. She even had many of the necessary college credits. What she needed was advanced teacher training. But looming between her and her dream was the…
November 3, 2008
The New York Times says pianist Yefim Bronfman “has technique to burn but also has a chameleon-like ability to subsume himself in the music.” He joins pianist Emanuel Ax at 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at Hill Auditorium in a performance presented by the University Musical Society. (Photo by Dario Acosta)
November 3, 2008
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he became a political leader by default. “The real leaders were in prison, in exile or were under some restriction,” he said of the years he emerged as an outspoken anti-apartheid activist. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu raises his arms, mimicking an eagle’s flight, as he urges the crowd…
November 3, 2008
The photo Loch Katrine, an 1844 calotype from Sun Pictures in Scotland, is a 1980 purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art (UMMA). It is part of the exhibit The Infinite Landscape: Master Photographers from the UMMA Collection being presented at UMMA Off/Site, 1301 S. University at South Forest. (Photo by…
November 3, 2008
Wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent, a landmark new study suggests. In a first-of-its-kind look at the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions in controlling the spread of the flu virus in a community setting, researchers at the School of Public Health (SPH)…
November 3, 2008
University executive officers and faculty issued statements Nov. 5 regarding the passage of Proposal 2, the amendment to the Michigan Constitution that allows new embryonic stem cell lines to be derived from embryos that have been created for fertility treatment purposes. The embryos affected by the amendment would otherwise be discarded, unless donated with informed…
