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November 12, 2007
Aquilla Robinson and the other 14 members of the University Hospital‘s Lift Team safely move patients while saving nurses’ backs. Aquilla Robinson, middle row center, and her fellow Lift Team members have been specially trained to lift University Hospital patients to reduce the number of back injuries reported by nurses. (Photo courtesy Aquilla Robinson) “We…
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November 5, 2007
Joyce Tinkham, an inpatient unit clerk for pediatric cardio-thoracic Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at U-M Hospital, says the best thing about her job is the evening shift. Joyce Tinkham joins Dr. Robert Kelch in his office, where one of her works of art is displayed. (Photo courtesy Joyce Tinkham) “Ever since I was a kid…
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October 29, 2007
It was a cycle of hire and layoffs. “I saw so much sadness at the plants — layoffs, layoffs, layoffs,” Dorothy Smith-Fesl says of the downsizing of auto plants in her native Flint. “I have old pictures of the Buick powerhouse at night; it’s beautiful. Today when I drive down the expressway, there’s nothing there.”…
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October 22, 2007
Karen Marzonie knows all too well that in life timing is everything. (Photo by Pamla Morrison) “Usually at this time of year we’re planting tulip bulbs, but instead we’re taking advantage of the extra time to do more landscaping,” she says, referring to the unusually hot October weather. Much like Michigan’s weather, you can’t always…
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October 15, 2007
Sue Schuon needed someone to help her regain her strength. Sugar needed someone who didn’t care she was past her racing prime. Together, they helped each other at the crossroads of their lives. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) A 25-year U-M employee working as the doctoral program director in the School of Information,…
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October 8, 2007
Cathleen Baker’s devotion to the Beatles is such that she earned the moniker “Beatle” during her undergraduate days at the University. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) “They were so witty, so intelligent, so British,” Baker says. Just as the Beatles blazed a unique trail in popular music, Cathleen Baker emerged from a theory-centric…
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October 1, 2007
In a business marked by fierce competition, where can corporate executives, government officials and independent consultants turn for well-researched, objective and comprehensive information about the auto industry? Most often they go to the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). (Photo by Jillian Bogater) “(We are) the window on the auto industry,” says Bruce Belzowski, associate director…
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September 24, 2007
One could compare Research Laboratory Specialist Rui-Feng Wang to a modern-day Noah. Both were builders who followed a unique vision. And while there was no flood, Wang, like Noah, made history. Dr. Brien Lang, professor emeritus at the Dental School, and Rui-Feng Wang visit the pagoda that Wang helped build in Beijing, China. (Photo courtesy…
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September 17, 2007
Clicking on her e-mail inbox button forever changed Sue Kuhnke’s life. (Photo courtesy Sue Kuhnke) “I read an e-mail about an 11-year-old girl who was adopted from an orphanage in Russia by a family in Holland, Michigan,” says Kuhnke, a financial specialist at the School of Nursing. Little did she know this note received two…
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September 10, 2007
Norm Harris, a bookbinder in the Library Conservation Lab, is determined to debunk the myth of the comic-book geek. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) He came of age during the turbulent 1960s. American comic books were the norm: superhero tales purchased at mom and pop drug stores. “Comic books at that time were…
