September 4, 2012
Chris Miller took her own advice, and it’s paying off. For 15 years, Miller led retirement planning seminars for university employees where she outlined how to best navigate the years before and after leaving the work force. She left her position as a benefits specialist on June 1 after 20 years at U-M. With changes…
September 4, 2012
Dr. Robert Winfield (left), chief health officer, congratulates Joshua Weil, and LaVaughn Palma-Davis, senior director of Health and Well-Being Services, congratulates Samuel Mbroh on being among the six university employees who won prizes for completing MHealthy Rewards 2012. A second drawing for benefits-eligible employees who participate in an eligible MHealthy program or activity between July…
September 4, 2012
Volker Sick has been appointed associate vice president for research, natural sciences and engineering, effective Sept. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents. Sick is professor of mechanical engineering, director of the Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory, and university codirector of the General Motors Engine Systems Research Collaborative Research Laboratory. He also is faculty…
September 4, 2012
Sue Schade has been named chief information officer of U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, after 12 years as CIO of Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Schade has spent 25 years in health care information technology management, including positions that required increasing management responsibility at Advocate Health Care, a large integrated delivery…
September 4, 2012
The university has announced a new center designed to accelerate the progression to the marketplace of drugs under development at laboratories across campus. Called the Center for the Discovery of New Medicines (CDNM), it will coordinate and support work in a range of departments and schools to streamline drug discovery and development, support the translation…
September 4, 2012
A smart filter with a shape-shifting surface can separate oil and water using gravity alone, an advancement that could be useful in cleaning up environmental oil spills, among other applications, say its U-M developers. The system could provide a more efficient way to remove crude oil from waterways without using additional chemical detergents, or even…
September 4, 2012
If you’re diabetic or prone to diabetes, having a steady job appears to be good for your health, and not just because of the insurance coverage. A new U-M study found that that jobless working-age people with diabetes are less likely to adhere to their oral anti-diabetic medications than diabetics who are employed. Further, people…
September 4, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its June 21 meeting. ANN ARBOR CAMPUS Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure Silas D. Alben, associate professor of mathematics, LSA, effective Sept. 1. Irina Aristarkhova, associate professor of art and design, School of Art & Design, effective Sept. 1. Julie E. Boland, transfer…
