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February 18, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
A Creation of My Own
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February 18, 2013
Sunlight stimulates release of climate-warming gas from Arctic permafrost
Ancient carbon trapped in Arctic permafrost is extremely sensitive to sunlight and, if exposed to the surface when long-frozen soils melt and collapse, can release climate-warming carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere much faster than previously thought. U-M ecologist and aquatic biogeochemist George Kling and his colleagues studied places in Arctic Alaska where permafrost is… -
February 18, 2013
Engaging with Detroit: Students live, study and work in the Motor City
U-M’s Semester In Detroit program is entering its fourth year and has become quite popular. The comprehensive program’s three pillars requiring students to live, study and work in Detroit, totally immerses students in a city most of them know little about.
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February 18, 2013
Turning repulsive feelings into desires
Hunger, thirst, stress and drugs can create a change in the brain that transforms a repulsive feeling into a strong positive “wanting,” a new U-M study indicates. The research used salt appetite to show how powerful natural mechanisms of brain desires can instantly transform a cue that always predicted a repulsive Dead Sea Salt solution… -
February 18, 2013
U-M celebrates three Sloan Fellowships for research
Three U-M professors are among the 126 early-career scientists and scholars from the United States and Canada selected as 2013 Alfred P. Sloan research fellows.
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February 18, 2013
Road safety in megacities: Bikers, pedestrians beware
Rapid growth of large cities throughout the world is having enormous impact on traffic safety in urban areas, say researchers at the U-M Transportation Research Institute. “Recent reports have documented and discussed the ever-increasing urbanization of nations and the resulting increase in the number of megacities — and the potential implications for traffic safety in… -
February 18, 2013
Improved disability coverage on the horizon
More faculty and staff will be fully covered by U-M’s Expanded Long-Term Disability (LTD) plan, and employees will see a shorter wait time for automatic enrollment when two key changes to the plan go into effect Jan. 1, 2014.
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February 18, 2013
Business professor works social entrepreneurship into curriculum
Michael Gordon has a goal: to “research and teach about solving societal problems through enterprise and to create sustainable, impactful changes in society.” It may sound ambitious, but Gordon is dedicated. As a social entrepreneur and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of business administration at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, he works… -
February 18, 2013
Proposals sought for seventh annual STEP workshop to promote excellent practices
The ADVANCE Program STEP workshops, set for May 7-9, train teams of faculty to make positive changes in their academic units. March 8 is the application deadline for proposals by teams from various schools and departments.
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February 18, 2013
Social networking: Gen Xers connect online as often as they socialize in person
Young adults in Generation X are as likely to connect with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a U-M study. In a typical month, adults in their late 30s report that they engaged in about 75 face-to-face contacts or conversations, compared to about 74 electronic contracts through personal emails…
