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October 22, 2012
Annual report finds U-M in great financial health
The university continues to be in great financial health, largely because of faculty and staff who are “keenly focused on the institution’s core missions while … endeavoring to develop new ideas to contain costs.”
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October 22, 2012
For analyst, helping her community not ‘strictly business’
Brittany Galisdorfer moved around a lot as a child, living in six different states before college. But she found a home when, as a freshman at U-M in 2001, she volunteered in the city of Detroit and fell in love with it. Galisdorfer, a business analyst in the Office of Financial Analysis, now uses her… -
October 22, 2012
Endowment distributions increase for ninth straight year, despite slight downturn
Distributions from the U-M endowment increased for the ninth straight year, despite a slight decline in the total value of the endowment to $7.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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October 22, 2012
Peer influence: Facebook, Twitter, alcohol and drugs
When it comes to alcohol and drug use, peers can be just as influential online as they are in person, say researchers at the School of Public Health. To gather what they believe to be the most comprehensive survey to date to look at how peers influence one another on Internet social platforms with regard… -
October 22, 2012
Regents approve new softball center
The Board of Regents approved the construction of a new softball center and the appointment of an architect for the project Oct. 19.
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October 22, 2012
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Oct. 19 meeting. Regents cancel formal session for January Regent Denise Ilitch announced that in place of the formal Board of Regents meeting in January, the board will instead meet for an extended informal session Jan. 17-18, 2013. Those sessions, she said, are… -
October 22, 2012
Three U-M health leaders elected to Institute of Medicine
Three U-M faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, an honor considered one of the most prestigious in the health and medical fields. Dr. John M. Carethers, the John G. Searle Professor and chair of Department of Internal Medicine; Dr. John O. DeLancey, the Norman F. Miller Professor of Gynecology in the… -
October 22, 2012
Cyber risk insurance coverage now available to campus units
More online Learn more about reporting an IT security incident > Learn more about areas of cyber risk coverage > U-M Risk Management Services has purchased insurance coverage to recover financial losses incurred by campus departments as a result of lost or stolen data, violation of privacy laws, intellectual property infringement and social media risks.… -
October 22, 2012
U-M, other research institutions launch Great Lakes protection project
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
First digital resource explores 1918 flu epidemic
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…
