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March 11, 2013
Physician, professor ‘thoughtful’ about patient care
Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography. Dr. David Aronoff sat in an exam room, listening to his patient hurry through a long list of symptoms and a medical history as if she was being timed. When she finished, the patient asked why Aronoff didn’t interrupt her. He was listening. “There are two talents that… -
March 11, 2013
Steiner to give Wege Lecture
Achim Steiner, the leader of environmental programming at the United Nations, will talk about the challenges facing the global environment movement when he delivers the 12th Annual Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability today (March 11).
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March 11, 2013
Doctors who adopt electronic health records may lose money
Physician offices that move to electronic health record systems, but don’t make additional changes in the practice to enhance revenue and cut costs for services no longer needed, stand to lose money, a U-M researcher says. And a $44,000 federal incentive to encourage conversion to EHRs may not be enough to prevent losses, particularly for… -
March 11, 2013
Transforming Learning for a Third Century funds its first projects
The Third Century Initiative has awarded $825,000 to two dozen projects designed to enhance action-based, experiential learning for students.
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March 11, 2013
Scholarship & Creative Work
Healthy intervention reduces depression for pregnant Latinas Latina women in a diabetes-prevention program show fewer signs of depression during pregnancy and in early postpartum, a U-M study indicates. Untreated depression can negatively affect both mothers and children. Research indicates that sometimes minority women — when compared to their white counterparts — don’t seek help for… -
March 11, 2013
Eight candidates campaign for three SACUA seats
The Senate Assembly will elect three members to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) at its March 18 meeting. The three top vote getters will serve three-year terms. Additional candidates may announce their intent to run up to the time of the election.
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March 11, 2013
Don't miss: Times’ Abramson to give Mullin Welch Lecture
Jill Abramson, the first woman to be named executive editor of The New York Times in the paper’s 160-year history, will present the 2013 Center for the Education of Women (CEW) Mullin Welch Lecture. It is scheduled for 4:30-6 p.m. March 19 in the Kahn Auditorium in the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB). A reception… -
March 11, 2013
President Coleman, journalist Michele Norris launch Race Card Project
On Tuesday President Mary Sue Coleman will formally launch the Race Card Project at U-M. Working with RCP creator, author and award-winning journalist Michele Norris, Coleman and her executive officers will submit their own six-word descriptions on race.
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March 11, 2013
Investment funds update
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March 11, 2013
House to address paradox of U.S. health care and health
In his Henry Russel lecture Thursday, James S. House will address two concerns: why Obamacare and other proposals to reform health care will do little to reduce health spending or improve health, and how what has been learned about the impact of social disparities on health can actually improve health and lower spending.
