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December 3, 2012
Six employees win $500 prize for participating in healthy programs
MHealthy recently announced the winners of its November Grand Prize Drawing. The recipients are: • Maria Bonn, University Library • Jacqueline Carpenter, Information and Technology Services • Chrisanta Grzadzinski, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital • Julia Huang, Transplant Center • Katy Mattingly, Division of Student Affairs • Deborah Skoll, UM-Dearborn Office of Academic Affairs “I take the spinning classes offered by… -
December 3, 2012
Obituaries
Joseph Blotner Joseph Leo Blotner, a former U-M professor whose biography of William Faulkner set a new standard for a literary biography, died Nov. 16 in Oakland, Calif. As the editor of the Faulkner letters and then of all Faulkner’s novels for the Library of America, Blotner was the crucial expert of his era on… -
December 3, 2012
Fulbright Scholars spread Michigan difference globally
There were mounds of snow in Bucharest, no place to park and stray dogs everywhere. But Fulbright Scholar E.J. Westlake, associate professor of theatre studies in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, navigated the strange terrain to bring insight about America to her Romanian students. She also gained knowledge to benefit U-M students. In… -
December 3, 2012
Registry to help monitor kidney disease among veterans
The U-M Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center will create a National Kidney Disease Registry to monitor kidney disease among America’s veterans. Kidney disease is common among veterans, considering their multiple risk factors such as older age, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But kidney disease is recognized as a global health issue. The Kidney Disease Registry… -
December 3, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
The Big Chill
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December 3, 2012
Jazz pianist combines love of music, nature
Although Ellen Rowe says she was born with perfect pitch, she continues to hone her skills with daily practice at the piano. Primarily self-taught as a child, her high school band director insisted that she take jazz piano lessons in order to play in the jazz ensemble at the school. Without the discipline imposed by… -
December 3, 2012
Provost Phil Hanlon to become 18th president of Dartmouth College
Phil Hanlon, university provost since 2010, on Nov. 29 was elected to be the 18th president of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
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December 3, 2012
Driver distraction: Do as I say, not as I do (or what you think I do)
While it may come as no surprise that parents who talk on cell phones, send texts or eat and drink while driving have teenagers who are more likely to do the same, what teens think their parents do behind the wheel matters more than what mom or dad say they do. A new study by… -
December 3, 2012
U-M leads nation with 19 AAAS fellows
Nineteen U-M researchers are among 702 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the association announced Nov. 29.The new fellows are being honored for their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
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December 3, 2012
U-M part of $120M DoE battery research hub
A dozen U-M researchers will play an integral role in a national, multimillion dollar, collaborative effort to develop breakthrough batteries for longer-range electric vehicles and a power grid that can store electricity generated from solar and wind energy. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced Nov. 30 that the Department of Energy will establish the…
