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February 11, 2013
Mary Ingalls probably did not go blind from scarlet fever, U-M study says
In the beloved American stories of the Little House on the Prairie, author Laura Ingalls Wilder writes emotionally about how scarlet fever robs her big sister Mary of her sight. But in a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, U-M researchers found it is likely scarlet fever had nothing to do with Mary’s blindness.… -
February 11, 2013
Don't miss: Exhibit celebrates science research achievements
Much scientific research is published, but the best is represented on the front covers of journals. For the last five years the U-M Library, partner to researchers across campus, has celebrated U-M authors and scientists by displaying their framed and mounted journal covers in the Shapiro Science Library. This year, 18 new covers are the… -
February 11, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
Point of contention
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February 11, 2013
Accolades
Nearly 100 of the U-M Medical School’s most-esteemed educators were honored with induction into The League of Educational Excellence at a recent inaugural dinner at the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building. Many had been lauded previously as recipients of the Kaiser-Permanente Awards for Excellence in Teaching, or the Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical… -
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.
