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January 14, 2013
President’s Staff Innovation Award promotes better workplace
Cost-saving ideas, solutions for productivity and novel approaches to how university work is performed often come from staff members, and the new President’s Staff Innovation Award program will encourage and reward those efforts.
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January 14, 2013
UM-Dearborn prepares for 20th anniversary of MLK Day of Service
Students paint a classroom at Ann Visger Elementary School in River Rouge during Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2012. On the eve of UM-Dearborn’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, a winter storm hit southeast Michigan. Twelve-inch snowdrifts covered the region. “We thought it might kill the effort,” said Helen Santiz,… -
January 14, 2013
Dissertation Writing Institute boosts doctorate completion
The Sweetland Center for Writing’s Dissertation Writing Institute, now in its 10th year, is helping to boost doctoral program completion rates of graduate students. Compared with national rates of 50-60 percent, Institute students complete at a rate of 88 percent.
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January 14, 2013
The rebirth of civil rights: A new movement for a new generation
UM-Flint will continue its tradition of service in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 21. Classes will not be in session on that date, but all members of the UM-Flint campus community are encouraged to participate in the annual Day of Service by volunteering their time at various sites… -
January 14, 2013
CTools introduces new features and a new look and feel
CTools welcomed 2013 with a makeover. The campus online service was upgraded to version 2.9 and introduced a new look and feel for the CTools home page Dec. 29.
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January 14, 2013
MLK photo: African American Gardens
“Places for the Spirit — Traditional African American Gardens” is an exhibition of black and white photographs of African-American gardens taken by artist Vaughn Sills. The exhibit will take place Jan. 18 through March 10 at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. In the spirit of outsider and folk art traditions and the roots of blues music,… -
December 10, 2012
‘Proclaiming Emancipation’ story resonates with Human Trafficking students
The story of slavery in America, recalled in an exhibit marking the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary, could be seen as thankfully buried in a shameful past. But for law students studying modern day cases of slavery, the past is very real today. This is among impressions Bridgette Carr and her Michigan Law Human Trafficking Clinic… -
December 10, 2012
Russian plays keep system administrator connected to her homeland
After moving to the United States more than 18 years ago, Rita Barvinok uses her interest in theater to keep closely connected to her Russian roots. “Some of my friends with little children and I wanted to keep the Russian language alive, and do something educational with our children,” says Barvinok, a system administrator in LSA Biology… -
December 10, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Icy route
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December 10, 2012
Media coverage, attitudes about Latinos drive immigration debate
The debate about immigration policies is shaped primarily by how one group feels about another — not solely based on economic concerns, according to a new U-M study. White Americans’ feelings about Latinos, but not other groups, powerfully drive their support or opposition to immigration policies. Previous explanations based on threats all immigrants pose to…
