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February 20, 2012
Matt Traynor knows a great deal about wheelchairs and the people who rely on them. As a certified rehab technology supplier for the Wheelchair Seating Service of the U-M Health System Home Care Services Division, Traynor spends his days working with patients who need mobility assistance. And while Traynor does not take his work home…
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February 13, 2012
Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. Vivek Sankaran says having children of his own has made him realize the extra care that must go into making tough decisions about whether a child in foster care should be reunited with parents. “I’ve realized how serious it is to take a kid away from a parent…
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February 6, 2012
A third-generation storyteller, Elizabeth James usually tells stories that have been passed down to her by her mother and grandmother — stories of different times and of other cultures. Photo by Eric Bronson, U-M Photo Services. James, a program associate in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), now has some stories of her…
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January 30, 2012
Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. As a young boy, Mark Kirschenmann was fascinated by the music he heard near his home in Valparaiso, Ind. “I would beg my mother to take me to watch the high school marching band practice because I was struck by the sound and movement,” says Kirschenmann, lecturer III…
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January 23, 2012
Shaun Manning, U-M Press promotions coordinator, has written creatively for many years, however, he recently found a new outlet. “I read a lot; I read nonfiction, I read fiction, I read comics. So when I write, I have a sense of what form a story should take. One story came to me as a comic,…
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January 16, 2012
What moment in the classroom stands out as the most memorable? Having students come back and talk to me about how their lives have changed. If you were selling Ann Arbor to a faculty colleague, how would you describe what it has to offer? It’s always rated one of the best places to raise kids.…
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January 9, 2012
Whether working his day job at the Dental School or serving as a firefighter, Jeremy Towler is a man many depend on for things large and small. The inventory control clerk at the School of Dentistry oversees shipping and receiving lab cases, sorts laundry, tracks invoices and more. Photo by Eric Bronson, U-M Photo Services.…
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December 12, 2011
Karl Daubmann sits in his office at PLY headquarters, adjacent to his home in Ann Arbor, and he points to the light hanging above his head as he describes the research and intent behind its design. The thinly cut plywood, he says, allows for light to shine through the body of the fixture and give…
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December 5, 2011
Volunteer work has been a family endeavor since Jonathan Larson, UM-Dearborn’s student organizations supervisor, was a child. “My family has been very good at giving back … we always did gift baskets for food drives or coat drives,” says Larson, a native of Manistique in the Upper Peninsula. After graduating from Northern Michigan University with…
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September 5, 2011
Being a hall director suits Joe Colangelo, because mentoring the resident advisers (RAs) who make dorm life comfortable for roughly 1,100 West Quad students comes naturally to him. “I was an uncle when I was 8. I always had kids a little younger than me around, so I was always watching them,” he explains. Photo…
