October 22, 2012
U-M and 20 other U.S. and Canadian research institutions will join forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of scientists, attorneys, planners and policy specialists who will study them. The Great Lakes Futures Project of the Transborder…
October 22, 2012
U-M has established the largest digital collection of materials relating to the 1918 influenza epidemic in the United States. “The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia,” created by the Center for the History of Medicine in partnership with the U-M Library’s MPublishing, documents 50 diverse communities in the United States during fall 1918…
October 22, 2012
More online Learn more about the Livable Communities through Sustainable Transportation initiative or the integrated assessment research process: • graham.umich.edu/ia/livable-communities.php • www.graham.umich.edu • or call John Callewaert at 734-615-3752 Two research teams funded by the Graham Sustainability Institute will spend the next 15 months investigating how different transportation policies, technologies and consumer travel choices can…
October 22, 2012
How does the interdisciplinary study of human rights translate bodies into evidence? How are recent technological advances in forensics, new media and methods of quantification transforming what counts as evidence? A public symposium “Translating Human Rights: Bodies of Evidence,” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in Room 1636 at the School of Social Work…
October 22, 2012
A U-M researcher is among 16 scientists from universities across the country named as 2012 recipients of the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Sarah Aciego, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences in LSA, and atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences in the College of Engineering, will receive…
October 22, 2012
Local government leaders in Michigan report that their employees’ unions made concessions in negotiations this year more frequently than the jurisdictions did on pay, benefits, staffing and work rules, according to a U-M survey. By far, the biggest giveback according to the poll by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy was on fringe…
October 22, 2012
The faculty-staff sessions: • Oct. 23, 9 a.m.-noon, in the Boulevard Room of Pierpont Commons on North Campus. This session will start with a short informational presentation at 9 a.m., followed by discussion and an informal open house 10:30 a.m.-noon. • Oct. 23, 2-5 p.m. in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union. This session flips the…
October 22, 2012
Missy Stults, doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning Program, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, recently won second place for her essay, “Sustainable Energy for All — Building a Sustainable, Resilient, Affordable, Accessible and Equitable Energy Future.” A science research fellow working on urban resilience to climate change, she is scheduled to…
October 22, 2012
The only way that scholars can fulfill the university’s mission of creating new knowledge is through academic freedom, says Robert Post, the Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law and Yale Law School dean. “Academic freedom insulates scholars from the political pressure of public opinion so that they can pursue the disciplinary practices by which…
October 22, 2012
U-M’s MHealthy program is one of just five in the nation to earn a C. Everett Koop National Health Award in 2012. The prestigious award recognizes programs that have rigorous evaluation studies and data to demonstrate impact on population health and cost savings. “Every company in America should look at these examples of model programs…
