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September 24, 2012
Regents Roundup
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Sept. 20 meeting. Regents authorize sale of property The Board of Regents authorized the sale of the university-owned house at 1019 Ferdon Road in Ann Arbor. The property was listed at $529,000. A purchase price has been set at $530,000 and the sale will… -
September 24, 2012
South Quad approved for renovation work
The Board of Regents Sept. 20 approved renovation to create a new dining center in South Quadrangle, as well as improvements to student bathrooms and community spaces in the residence hall.
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September 24, 2012
Dow Sustainability Fellows nominees sought
The U-M Dow Sustainability Fellows Program — a new, multi-faceted, $10 million program designed to foster future sustainability leaders — officially kicks off this fall with schools and colleges across the university nominating master’s and professional-degree students for the program. “This innovative program will support nearly 300 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their sustainability-focused… -
September 17, 2012
UM-Flint converting to ‘green’ computer labs
The traditional desk-top computers that filled the UM-Flint computer labs soon will be technology of the past. In fact, you could say the computer labs will be computerless labs, or “green” labs. “The green labs are different in that they do not use a traditional desktop PC,” says Information Technology Services (ITS) Director Scott Arnst.… -
September 17, 2012
CECS receives battery-powered scooters
UM-Dearborn faculty and students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) soon will be able to investigate ways to improve upon lithium-ion batteries — technology that also is used in consumer electric vehicles. The university received battery-powered electric scooters from Best Buy to aid in research in the emerging technology. In July, a… -
September 17, 2012
Dentistry, medicine, engineering to benefit from NIH research training grant
A training grant that initially was awarded to the School of Dentistry in 1976 — and now encompasses other units on campus — is about to approach its 40th anniversary. “This grant is the glue that will unite the research efforts of many here at the School of Dentistry as well as the Medical School… -
September 17, 2012
Old school: U-M in History
Chicago bureau
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September 17, 2012
U-M launches bike rental program on campus
More information • Campus transportation options > • U-M sustainability, go to Planet Blue > Rent your Blue Bike at one of two locations: • The Outdoor Adventures Center at 336 Hill Street (next to Elbel Field at Hill and Division) • The North Campus Rec Building 2375 Hubbard Road (at the corner of Hubbard Road… -
September 17, 2012
Bats to beetles: pest control staff head off animal infestations
It was about 3:45 p.m. Aug. 9. A co-worker on the fourth floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library told Jeremy Morse about the bat. She had spotted it swooping among the science stacks. “My first thought was, ‘I want to see that,’” says Morse, head of the publishing technologies group, University Library. He spotted the bat flying, then alerted co-workers via email to keep their doors closed, while another co-worker called Pest Management Services, part of Plant Building & Grounds Services.
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September 17, 2012
Measuring mercury levels: Nano-velcro detects water-borne toxic metals
A strip of glass covered in hairy nanoparticles can cheaply and conveniently measure mercury, which attacks the nervous system, and other toxic metals in fluids. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Northwestern University and U-M found that their new method can measure methyl mercury, the most common form of mercury pollution, at…
