Campus News
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December 15, 2014
Engineering professor makes small-scale tech that does big things
Prabal Dutta picks up a tiny sensor, no wider than a fingernail and about an inch long, then holds it next to a light until its embedded LED starts blinking blue. His sensor, a small circuit board overlaid with a tiny solar panel, harvests the light and stores that energy in a tiny capacitor.
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December 15, 2014
Accolades
Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.
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December 15, 2014
Police beat: Dec. 15, 2014
Police beat: Dec. 15, 2014.
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December 15, 2014
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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December 15, 2014
University Record taking a holiday hiatus until Jan. 6
The University Record’s print and email editions are taking a holiday break. The Record email will return Jan. 6 and the next print edition will be Jan. 12.
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December 15, 2014
UM-Flint Winter Commencement
Winter Commencement ceremonies for UM-Flint took place Dec. 14 at Perani Arena and Event Center. (Photo by Scott Galvin) Commencement was a family affair for Tim Barden, UM-Flint’s assistant director of facilities and operations, and his daughter-in-law Chelsea Barden. He received a bachelor’s degree in health administration and communication and she earned her bachelor’s… -
December 14, 2014
NASA leader Bolden urges graduates to ‘dream big dreams’
Winter Commencement speaker Charles F. Bolden Jr. encouraged graduates gathered Dec. 14 at Crisler Arena to “go out and make a difference.”
• UM-Dearborn graduates were encouraged to embrace technology, but also connect on a personal level.
• Photos from UM-Flint’s commencement ceremonies.
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December 12, 2014
Employees can consent now to receive electronic W-2 for 2014
University employees can consent now to receive an electronic PDF copy of their 2014 Form W-2 instead of an identical mailed copy.
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December 11, 2014
Student ambassadors help keep campus smoke free
A Smoke-free Ambassador program has been started to help clarify U-M’s 4-year-old smoke-free campus policy for faculty, staff, students and visitors who light up.
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December 10, 2014
Pilot of learning management system shows promising results
Faculty and students in a pilot project for the proposed Canvas learning management system prefer it over CTools, according to an early preview of the pilot evaluation.
