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February 18, 2013
Institute for Research on Women and Gender offers collaborative grant
For more than 18 months, researcher Michelle McClellan collaborated with two U-M colleagues on a project about gender and addictions. It wasn’t until receiving a “vote of confidence” through an Institute for Research on Women and Gender grant that the team was able to move to the next stage of realizing their goals. “This grant… -
February 18, 2013
In memoriam: Dr. Charles Krause, former chair of Otolarynology
On Feb. 7, the U-M community and the field of otolaryngology lost one of its greatest leaders, Dr. Charles J. Krause. He died in Florida, surrounded by his family. Krause served as chair of the Medical School’s Department of Otolaryngology from 1977, when he was recruited to Michigan, until 1992. He remained active on the… -
February 18, 2013
Early breast cancer diagnosis, survival rates low in rural India
Women in developed countries survive roughly 10 years longer after a breast cancer diagnosis compared to women in poor-to-middle-income countries, a new U-M study suggests. The report demonstrates the lack of access to good health care faced by women in poor countries, said the study’s principal investigator Rajesh Balkrishnan, an associate professor at the U-M… -
February 11, 2013
U-M moves up on Peace Corps’ annual top colleges rankings
For the 13th year in a row, U-M has earned a spot on the Peace Corps’ annual list of the top volunteer-producing large universities across the country.
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February 11, 2013
Janko to explore origins of alphabet in talk
New discoveries of the earliest inscriptions written in the Greek alphabet, which help reveal how the Greeks developed the English alphabet, are the focus of Richard Janko’s inaugural lecture as the Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies in LSA.
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February 11, 2013
U-M will host National Climate Assessment town hall
U-M will host a Midwest regional town hall Tuesday where findings of the recently released draft National Climate Assessment will be presented.
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February 11, 2013
Governor proposes increasing higher-ed funding for a second year
Higher education would get a funding increase for a second year in the state budget proposal unveiled Feb. 7 by Gov. Rick Snyder.
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February 11, 2013
LSI researcher Yamashita receives Keck award for stem cell project
Life Sciences Institute researcher Yukiko Yamashita has received a $500,000 award from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a project that explores how stem cells can distinguish between two seemingly identical copies of chromosomes during asymmetric cell division.
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February 11, 2013
School of Education faculty member receives Fulbright Specialists Award
Nancy Butler Songer, professor of science education and learning technologies at U-M, has been selected for a Fulbright Specialists project at the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan during March 2013, according to an announcement from the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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February 11, 2013
New Career Development Passport Pilot planned
A new initiative on career development that will help U-M staff to take more responsibility for their career aspirations is being piloted this year.
