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November 12, 2012
Investment report
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November 5, 2012
Brehm gift launches building expansion at School of Music, Theatre & Dance
More online Watch a video about how a return visit to his high school prompted U-M graduate Bill Brehm to create scholarships for Fordson High School students, and also a community > The School of Music, Theatre & Dance, ranked among the top performing arts schools in the nation, has received an $8 million gift… -
November 5, 2012
Harvard health care research leader to direct new policy institute at NCRC
A Harvard University doctor and leader in health policy research who has devoted his career to making health care better and more fair will head a large new U-M institute that focuses on those same goals. In a speech Oct. 30, President Mary Sue Coleman announced the intended appointment of Dr. John Z. Ayanian as… -
November 5, 2012
Exhibit celebrates key stage in emancipation struggle
More online View four videos presented as part of the exhibit “Proclaiming Emancipation” are available for viewing on YouTube. They are “The Emancipation Proclamation and Contested Representations of Emancipation,” “Researching the Emancipation Proclamation,” “Student Perspectives on the Emancipation Proclamation” and “U-Michigan exhibit shows long history of emancipation process.” > The way history and myth come… -
November 5, 2012
Disability trends: Oldest old improving, boomers doing worse
The oldest old are doing better and those approaching late life are doing worse, but Americans between the ages of 65 and 84 are experiencing about the same level of disabilities as they did at the start of the 21st century. Those are the key findings a new study of trends in late-life activity limitations… -
November 5, 2012
Outreach coordinator working on solo album
Growing up in Detroit and raised on Motown hits, Michael Turner had a confession to make when, at 18 years old, he saw a Lenny Kravitz music video and a friend suggested he check out a certain left-handed guitarist who inspired Kravitz. “I was a college freshman who didn’t know who Jimi Hendrix was,” he… -
November 5, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
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November 5, 2012
Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth
Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a U-M study found. What makes this particularly good news is that the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization approved nisin as safe for human consumption decades ago, says Yvonne Kapila, the study’s principal investigator and professor… -
November 5, 2012
Coleman announces initiatives at Leadership Breakfast
President Mary Sue Coleman announced new key initiatives to boost performing arts education, Great Lakes sustainability efforts and health care policy research at her annual Leadership Breakfast Oct. 30 at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
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November 5, 2012
In the clear? Sepsis survivors prone to respiratory viral infections
A respiratory virus common among infants and children during cold and flu season may become a threat to the old too, especially those who have survived sepsis. A U-M Health System study showed that following sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection, survivors may be more prone to respiratory viral infections, such as RSV, which can clog…
