LSA
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July 18, 2019
Regents Roundup — July 2019
Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Thursday.
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July 15, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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July 9, 2019
Five from U-M win PECASE awards for research contributions
Five U-M researchers have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers.
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June 20, 2019
Anne Curzan to become dean of LSA effective Sept. 1
Anne Curzan, associate dean for the humanities and a recognized expert in language and linguistics, has been appointed dean of LSA, U-M’s largest academic unit.
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June 20, 2019
$10M estate gift to support efforts at LSA, Ross School of Business
U-M is one of three universities sharing in a $50 million gift from the Patricia W. Mitchell Trusts to prepare students to lead industries in the media landscape of the future.
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April 30, 2019
Two U-M professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
Karen E. Smith and Rosina Bierbaum have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States.
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April 29, 2019
Lecturer aims to combat health care disparities in local communities
During her second week conducting a study on pediatric HIV in Durban, South Africa, Leseliey Welch walked into one of the local hospital rooms to witness a young mother crying over her infant’s crib. “That day is when I realized that health is about more than doctors,” said Welch.
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April 23, 2019
Two U-M professors awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowships
U-M professors Elizabeth Armstrong and J. Alex Halderman are recipients of the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a prestigious honor that supports research in the social sciences and humanities.
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April 22, 2019
LSA senior works to serve needs of LGBTQ population
Once Kalei Glozier took psychology courses at U-M, he discovered his passion for the field. Through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, the LSA senior gained research experience on psychology projects related to safe spaces on campus and LGBTQ people’s perceptions of heterosexuality.
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April 22, 2019
Anthropologist explores water’s role in Mexico City lives
As a medical anthropologist doing field work in Mexico City’s working-class neighborhoods, Elizabeth Roberts found that water was often less accessible and more expensive than soda. She and her team are studying ways in which the availability of water and residents’ trust in water shapes people’s health and well-being.
