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March 30, 2009
After surgery in 2008 to remove a bone tumor on her hip, Anne Phillips recovered with the help of orange-red and lavender hues. The story of her experience with the healing power of colors — as well as other patients’ stories, artwork, poetry and activities — fill the pages of the upcoming Mott “Active Book,”…
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March 23, 2009
As captain of the Active U! team Rock’n Rec Sports, Lisa Shea constantly encourages her teammates to stay active. “We just need to keep rocking, moving, and tracking even when we run into barriers,” says Shea, senior assistant director in the Department of Recreational Sports. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) Shea not only…
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March 9, 2009
On a rainy night in 2004, Matt LeBlanc huddled under a tarp in an Iowa state park, hurriedly fixing a Women’s Rowing Team racing boat. The next morning, the team captured the Big Ten Championship title in the repaired craft. The boat, called a “shell” in rowing lingo, broke before the team left for Iowa,…
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March 2, 2009
Tara Griffith stops her tour of the Conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens to chat with several volunteers who are processing native plant seeds. She then continues her walk through the back halls of the greenhouses. Tara Griffith, shown with Wolfgang, helped develop a special gardening program for seniors. (Photo courtesy Tara Griffith) Griffith’s life and…
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February 16, 2009
Surrounded by rooms of display cases filled with CDs and vinyl records, volunteer radio DJ Sara Grosky manages to find the misplaced Johnny Cash disc to complement the Japanese noise musician she just had spun. The musical transition is seamless despite the genre shift, not unlike Grosky’s shift from the Department of Dance to LSA…
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February 9, 2009
On the third Thursday of every month Tim Utter transforms the ostensibly esoteric Map Library in the 8th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library into a venue for a social gathering. Utter, a senior information resources specialist with the Map Library, conceived the aptly named Third Thursday events to showcase the library’s resources. The event…
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February 2, 2009
Advertisements for performances, piano lessons and auditions line the halls of the Earl V. Moore Building, but opening the doors to the piano technician room reveals a much different side of music. Assistant Piano Technician Norman Vesprini’s office is cluttered with piano keyboards, strings, tools and tuning equipment, all of which he uses to repair…
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January 26, 2009
In the past few years ballroom dancer/instructor Jennifer Wade has seen the sport rise from obscurity with the success of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) The show, which pairs celebrities and professional dancers who compete with one another, has attracted millions of viewers on prime time television and…
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January 19, 2009
Wine tasting is serious business. When Ron Sober took an examination to gain accreditation as an international wine judge it was hardly a cocktail party. “It was brutal,” says Sober, an instructional designer for Human Resource Development. “It was a very difficult, thorough, four-hour exam.” (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Sober was required…
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January 12, 2009
Tracy King first experienced the power of massage as a high school athlete in Ypsilanti. After receiving one during the swimming season, King shaved more than seven seconds off her time in the 100-yard breaststroke. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) “I never put two-and-two together until the next year,” King says about how…
