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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.
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March 11, 2013
Accolades
Linda C. Samuelson, the John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, and gastroenterology, has been named to receive the Morton I. Grossman award for outstanding research in Gastroenterology in spring 2014. Ormond A. MacDougald, the John A. Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Physiology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, and… -
March 11, 2013
Actor Bogosian to explore his journey researching Nemesis assassins
Eric Bogosian has been deep into researching his book on a group of assassins who sought revenge against the Ottoman Turks deemed responsible for the Armenian genocide. The actor and author will discuss his research odyssey Wednesday in the 2013 Berj H. Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture.
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March 11, 2013
MHealthy accepting Ergonomics Awards nominations
More online Learn more about how to nominate someone for a department and individual Ergo Award > MHealthy is accepting nominations for its seventh annual Ergonomics Awards, given to university units and employees that have implemented ergonomic solutions in the workplace. Ergonomics is the science of fitting the workplace to the worker, often resulting in… -
February 25, 2013
2,000th person moves to U-M’s new research campus
Less than three years after the first person moved in, U-M has transformed a vacant former pharmaceutical company campus into a vibrant hub for research — an achievement marked this week with the move of the 2,000th person to the site. Last week, a former Harvard University researcher and his team unpacked their laboratory equipment… -
February 25, 2013
U-M students to retrofit historic home for zero water consumption
Imagine if your home had walls filled with water, toilets that composted their own waste and a roof capable of disinfecting water through the sun’s ultraviolet rays. This vision may become a reality for one Ann Arbor home, as a group of students from the College of Engineering work to retrofit a 100-year-old Victorian to… -
February 25, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
Cracking the books
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February 25, 2013
Water on the moon: It’s been there all along
Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions, according to a U-M researcher and his colleagues. The lunar highlands are thought to represent the original crust, crystallized from a magma ocean on a mostly molten early moon. The new…
