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September 23, 2013
Regents approve School of Education renovation
The Board of Regents approved renovations to the 90-year-old School of Education building during its meeting Sept. 19. The $13.6 million renovation will upgrade approximately 8,300 square feet.
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September 23, 2013
U-M shuttle service to connect Ann Arbor, Detroit
The U-M Detroit Center and Semester in Detroit Program Oct. 5 will launch a free Friday and Saturday shuttle service between Detroit and Ann Arbor, with the help of pilot funding by the Transforming Learning for the Third Century Fund.
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September 23, 2013
Extreme binge drinking: How common is it among high school seniors?
A University of Michigan study published online in JAMA Pediatrics finds that 10 percent of high school seniors have engaged in extreme binge drinking, drinking 10 or more alcoholic drinks in a single sitting. The study is based on data from a nationally representative sample of more than 16,000 high school seniors, surveyed between 2005… -
September 23, 2013
Most college students favor LGBT civil rights, but many don’t
Although college students generally support equal rights and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, many still don’t, according to a new University of Michigan study. About one in five college students oppose or are neutral to LGBT policies involving employment protection and nearly a third oppose or are neutral to same-sex marriage and… -
September 23, 2013
Regents approve renovation, name change of Ford Nuclear Reactor
As the university completes the last stage of decommissioning the Ford Nuclear Reactor, the Board of Regents Sept. 19 approved the building’s renovation. The renovation will accommodate the expansion needs of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences in the College of Engineering. The $11.4 million project includes a full renovation of the four-story,… -
September 23, 2013
Health Insurance Marketplace notices coming soon
Key reforms already enacted nationwide: • Coverage for young adults under age 26 • Elimination of lifetime limits on coverage • No co-pays for preventive services • Certain medications with no co-pay • New limits on Health Care Flexible Spending Account contributions Health care reform in the United States began with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable… -
September 16, 2013
Driving and economic activity link differs across the nation
Driving in the Northeast and on the West Coast is associated with greater economic activity than in the South, a U-M researcher says. The Midwest, Great Plains and Mountain States generally fall somewhere in between. “Despite the uncertainty about the nature of the relationship between driving and Gross Domestic Product, it is clear — especially… -
September 16, 2013
Old school: U-M in History
Modern dance
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September 16, 2013
Police Beat
August 2013 crime map > Student arrested for burglary at empty university house A graduate student was found Aug. 21 in a university-owned empty house on South Division. A basement window was found broken out and a window screen on a second-floor window was found cut. The student reportedly had been staying in the empty… -
September 16, 2013
U-M to become epicenter of research on Gershwin music
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance has entered a new partnership with the estates of George and Ira Gershwin to provide U-M music scholars complete access to all of the Gershwins’ papers, compositional drafts and original scores to create the first-ever critical edition of their works.
