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  1. 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.

  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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,…
  5. 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…
  6. September 23, 2013

    Obituary

    Marjorie Jackson University of Michigan School of Nursing Associate Professor Emerita Marjorie Jackson died Sept. 5 at the age of 92. Her family invites the public to a memorial service celebrating her life at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union, with a reception to follow. “We have lost…
  7. September 16, 2013

    Old school: U-M in History

    Modern dance

  8. 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…
  9. 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.

  10. September 16, 2013

    ER visits after surgery: Study finds high rate among seniors

    Nearly one in five older adults who have common operations will end up in the emergency department within a month of their hospital stay, a new study finds — a surprisingly high number found in the first national look at the issue. What’s even more surprising? The wide variation between hospitals, in keeping their older…