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September 4, 2012
U.S. Health and Human Services, education leaders to announce at U-M an initiative to make college campuses tobacco free
More than a year after U-M became smoke free, the Ann Arbor campus will host an event during which leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will call upon all institutions of higher learning to adopt similar policies and make their campuses tobacco free.
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September 4, 2012
Scholarship & Creative Work
Global bullfrog trade spreads deadly amphibian fungus worldwide The global trade in bullfrogs, which are farmed as a food source in South America and elsewhere, is spreading a deadly fungus that is contributing to the decline of amphibians worldwide, according to a U-M biologist and his colleagues. Amphibian populations are declining worldwide at an… -
September 4, 2012
Class of 2016 encouraged to do great things
The university community welcomes the arrival of incoming freshmen and the impact they will have on U-M and the world, President Mary Sue Coleman told them at the New Student Convocation Aug. 30.
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September 4, 2012
Don’t miss: John Cage Centennial Celebration begins
A screening of the film “From Zero-19 Questions for John Cage,” and a panel discussion open a yearlong School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) celebration of Cage. The 7:30 p.m. Wednesday showing of the film at the Walgreen Drama Center happens on what would be the 100th birthday of the late avant-garde composer. The… -
September 4, 2012
Coleman to lead group on educational visit to Brazil
U-M scientists and scholars led by President Mary Sue Coleman will travel to Brazil Sept. 22-28 to strengthen research and academic collaboration with several leading universities and foundations.
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September 4, 2012
UMHS, MidMichigan Health seek to affiliate in novel partnership
MidMichigan Health and the U-M Health System have announced plans to affiliate as clinical and business partners. When complete, this will be the first such affiliation outside Southeast Michigan by UMHS. The affiliation would align the two health systems’ clinical services and physicians for the benefit of residents throughout the region. Final details about the… -
September 4, 2012
Former CIA director to give Ford School’s Rosenthal Lecture
Gen. Michael Hayden, a former CIA director, will give the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s annual Rosenthal Lecture on Friday.
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September 4, 2012
Student startup Fetchnotes selected for TechStars national incubator program
Student-founded startup Fetchnotes, with its cloud-based note-jotting and organizing system, has won a spot in the prestigious business accelerator program TechStars. The company, launched by U-M undergrads in late 2011, spent two terms in the university’s own student-business incubator TechArb and currently has more than 19,000 users. This week, the operation moves to Boston for… -
September 4, 2012
U-M installs water refill stations, supports use of reusable water bottles
Beginning this fall, students, faculty and staff can refill their reusable water bottles on campus at more than 100 drinking fountains equipped with a refill device. Additionally, all incoming first-year students will be given a reusable water bottle.
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September 4, 2012
Accolades
Dr. Brenda Bohnsack, assistant professor or ophthalmology and visual sciences, Medical School, has received the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award. The award supports junior faculty who have demonstrated potential for independent research. Bohnsack’s research focuses on congenital eye abnormalities, such as Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome and primary congenital glaucoma, causes of blindness in children and…
