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September 10, 2012
Common hospital-acquired infection rarely reported
Aiming to cut expenses and improve care, a 2008 Medicare policy stopped paying hospitals extra to treat some preventable, hospital-acquired conditions — including urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients after bladder catheters are placed. But a statewide analysis by U-M shows there was very little change in hospital payment due to removing pay for hospital-acquired… -
September 10, 2012
Police Beat
Police Beat is a monthly feature of the Record. The next publication will be Sept. 17. -
September 10, 2012
Don’t miss: Postwar refugees’ treatment examined in lecture
The concept of who qualifies as a refugee according to international law will be explored in the lecture “Institutionalizing Exclusion? Refugees, Human Rights, and the End of Empire,” at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday in the Alumni Center Founders Room. The lecture by Pamela Ballinger, professor of history, LSA, is her Inaugural Lecture as Fred Cuny Professor… -
September 10, 2012
Justice Kagan shares Supreme Court insights during Law School conversation
Topics ranged from whether public opinion and politics affect how justices function, to the impact of having three current female justices to the effect that oral arguments have on judicial decision-making.
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September 10, 2012
Gene therapy in mice restores sense of smell, U-M researchers say
Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time — a hopeful sign for people who can’t smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia — the medical term for lifelong inability to detect odors — may also aid research… -
September 10, 2012
EarthFest 2012: Party for the planet
One year after President Mary Sue Coleman announced major sustainability goals, students, faculty and staff will gather once again for the annual celebration for the planet at EarthFest.
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September 10, 2012
Accolades
Shaomeng Wang, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, professor of internal medicine, professor of pharmacology, Medical School, and professor of medicinal chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and a team of co-investigators have been selected to receive one of nine Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Awards. The awards total $9 million. The cross-disciplinary team developed inhibitors of an important prostate… -
September 10, 2012
Active U Autumn gets the university moving; registration opens Tuesday
Registration for this year’s Active U Autumn opens Tuesday. The fall version of MHealthy’s popular physical activity challenge saw more than 9,000 faculty, staff, students and retirees log more than 8 million activity minutes in just six weeks last year.
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September 10, 2012
No-cost clinics set for university employees for 2012-13 flu season
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best way to prevent influenza is to receive a seasonal flu shot.
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September 4, 2012
Justice Kagan to help dedicate Law School’s new South Hall
t has been almost 80 years since the Law School last dedicated a new academic building, but that’s set to change Friday as a cast of legal and U-M luminaries, highlighted by Associate Justice Elena Kagan of the U.S. Supreme Court, gathers to dedicate the new South Hall.
