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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… -
December 10, 2012
Global Challenges for a Third Century: A call to change the world
The university’s Third Century Initiative issued a call to faculty and staff in November for proposals to enhance action-based, experiential learning for students. Today, the innovative TCI program is rolling out its second funding component — a call for proposals to develop creative approaches to the world’s greatest challenges and opportunities.
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December 10, 2012
Drug shows promise in prostate cancer spread to bone
A new drug demonstrated dramatic and rapid effects on prostate cancer that had spread to the bone, according to a study reported by Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers. About two-thirds of patients treated with cabozantinib had improvements on their bone scans, with 12 percent seeing complete resolution of uptake on bone scan. Bone scans assess the… -
December 10, 2012
Scientists examine howler monkeys, role of interbreeding in human evolution
Did different species of early humans interbreed and produce offspring of mixed ancestry? Recent genetic studies suggest that Neanderthals may have bred with anatomically modern humans tens of thousands of years ago in the Middle East, contributing to the modern human gene pool. But the findings are not universally accepted, and the fossil record has not helped to clarify the role of interbreeding, which also is known as hybridization.
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December 10, 2012
CDNM announces first grants for drug discovery research
The Center for the Discovery of New Medicines awarded its first round of grants. Eight projects across U-M will be funded. The support allows researchers to move promising potential drugs to the next phase of development; projects will investigate new therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, of antibiotic-resistant bacteria involved in food poisoning, amphetamine addiction… -
December 10, 2012
MHealthy asks ‘Where will you Active U?’ this holiday
Over the past seven years, faculty and staff have earned more than 50,000 Active U T-shirts. This got people at MHealthy wondering, where in the world have all those T-shirts been?
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December 10, 2012
Police Beat
Attempted home invasion Crime Alert #18 canceled University police have determined that the Nov. 12 report of an attempted home invasion likely was the result an unknown subject opening the wrong apartment door at Northwood. They concluded that no crime was committed at the apartment in the 1900 block of McIntyre, and the crime alert… -
December 10, 2012
Students go beyond platitudes to examine sustainability
The freshman students in Ben van der Pluijm’s sustainability seminar are being pushed to go beyond “green is good” platitudes by performing thoughtful, detailed research on how societal actions can impact our future.
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December 10, 2012
Don’t miss: Forum to examine Europe’s woes
Prominent U-M faculty experts on Europe will be on hand Tuesday for the Center for European Studies (CES) End of Semester Luncheon program “Taking Stock of Europe’s Crises: Politics, Debt, Recession and the Euro.” The noon-1:30 p.m. event in Room 1636 at the International Institute, School of Social Work Building, features moderator Joshua Cole, CES… -
December 10, 2012
Cooper to receive Johnson staff award
Lauded as someone devoted to helping the helpers in the Department of Psychiatry, Dawn Marie Cooper has been named the 2012 recipient of the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence.
