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August 16, 2010
Designing a garden is like planning a painting, says Judy Dluzen, collections and natural areas specialist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. But it’s not enough to match plants by their standard color representations. “After years of doing this, I have found catalogue descriptions don’t always get the nuances of color correct in their descriptions. So I…
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July 19, 2010
The coach of the U-M Dance Team says being a part of the group is about more than learning dance moves. “For me, dancing allows you to be artistic, athletic and inspirational. With the U of M Dance Team, it also allows us to support this outstanding university,” says Valerie Stead Potsos, who also performed…
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July 5, 2010
As a girl, Sandy Richter was more into fixing up the shoebox houses her Barbie dolls lived in, rather than their hair or clothes. Today, she relishes the challenge of reinventing the university’s range of interior spaces, from offices to public areas and more. Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services. “We maintain millions of…
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June 21, 2010
The ability for a nurse to show empathy to the sick and their families is a quality that can’t really be taught — unlike the medical knowledge a registered nurse must hold. But empathy has long been valued an important trait of a nurse, and a useful way to connect with patients to understand what…
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April 12, 2010
During her workdays as an administrative assistant, Cindy Glovinsky — who also is a clinical social worker — has uncovered some useful tricks for those seeking peace of mind at work. One suggestion is adding a full or partial walk to work, which decreases sensory deprivation and the feeling of cubicle confinement that may creep…
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March 29, 2010
An introduction to the great outdoors at a young age has blossomed into a life revolving around making environmentally conscious choices for Zack Jacobson-Weaver, the Materials Fabrication Studio coordinator at the School of Art & Design. Jacobson-Weaver says his love of the outdoors stretches back as far as he can remember. Although he has lived…
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March 8, 2010
Dave Brenner is a self-proclaimed carnivore. A native to Fairbanks, Alaska, Brenner is used to eating all kinds of meat. “I was raised eating moose, caribou, bear, salmon and halibut,” he says. In fact, everything about the outdoors appeals to Brenner. His parents, originally from Onaway, Mich., traveled to Alaska to go hunting in 1965.…
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December 14, 2009
Red and green lasers shine out of vintage lunchboxes and swirl against Mike Gould’s basement laboratory walls in a whimsical fashion. Synchronized to music, the lasers can lead to hours of mindless enjoyment, he says. (Photo by Mike Gould) “Lasers are ideal mechanisms to explore the intersection of art and technology,” says Gould, a desktop…
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December 7, 2009
It’s easy to say Lizzie Burt is in tip-top shape. “I’ve completed three Boston Marathons,” she says. She has also competed multiple times in the Hawaii Ironman, and “by the fourth time, I won my age division.” But Burt, a culinary specialist with MHealthy, wasn’t always so active. Photo by Scott Soderberg, Photo Services After…
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November 23, 2009
Steve Carmody is used to looking familiar to people he’s never met. After a 30-year career in journalism and a stint on reality television, he says it’s to be expected. “For a while I would run into people at airports who recognized me,” says Carmody, a general assignment reporter for Michigan Radio. “I thought, ‘How…
