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May 2013
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May 21, 2013
Nursing careers
EnAct, part of the U-M School of Nursing’s Gaining Excellence in Nursing Education: Strength in Sciences (GENISIS) program invites twenty underrepresented, middle and high school students to campus each summer to give them the tools and support they need to get into college and to motivate them to become nurses in underrepresented areas to improve patient care.
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May 20, 2013
Engineering blood vessels
One of the obstacles to growing new organs — hearts, lungs and kidneys — is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive. U-M researchers are addressing this roadblock. They have revealed how one of the current approaches is making leaky tubes and demonstrated how adult stem cells could help solve this problem.
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May 17, 2013
UMS celebrates Hill
Hill Auditorium hosted its first concert 100 years ago this week. To mark this occasion, the University Musical Society (UMS) has produced an original, feature-length documentary called “A Space for Music, A Seat for Everyone: 100 Years of UMS in Hill Auditorium.” It is scheduled to air on Detroit Public Television on May 19 at 5 pm (WTVS – Channel 56.1).
Photo: Scott R. Galvin, Michigan Photography
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May 16, 2013
Creating a healthier environment
For the seventh consecutive year, the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers has received the Environmental Leadership Circle Award, Practice Greenhealth’s most prestigious honor. In 2012, 3.5 million pounds of trash were diverted from the landfill through UMHHC’s recycling efforts and energy efficiency was increased by 5 percent in existing buildings.
Photo: Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography
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May 15, 2013
Ground lines
An installation called “Re Framing Nature,” created by a Stamps School of Art & Design student, was recently on display at Work • Detroit. Made up of collected and altered plant materials, this senior project explored how manipulation could transform the perception of decaying plants into something beautiful and full of life.
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May 14, 2013
Designing the future
Students, staff and faculty recently attended the U-M College of Engineering’s Design Expo at the Duderstadt Center on North Campus. The expo gives students the opportunity to showcase their achievements in engineering design and prototyping, and also to demonstrate the applications of studies that solve real-world problems.
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May 13, 2013
Road Scholars 2013
The Michigan Road Scholars’ 14th annual five-day journey recently took 30 faculty and staff members from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, and from Grand Rapids to Bay City to learn how the state is adapting to the new knowledge-based economy. This “seminar on wheels” allows scholars to identify ways U-M can contribute expertise to local and regional initiatives.
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May 10, 2013
Inspiring creativity
Creativity is considered the life force behind great art, music and literature, but it also guides innovation and advancement across academic fields. Five U-M faculty members from engineering, art & design, music, theatre & dance, and architecture are helping undergraduate students from all fields tap into their creativity through a hands-on Creative Process course.
Photo: Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography
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May 9, 2013
Entrepreneurial impact
Members of Centricycle take pictures of a sample from the group's manual centrifuge. CentriCycle is dedicated to bringing appropriate, simple medical technology to rural India. Its first product is a portable manual centrifuge that runs without electricity. Business Insider recently named the group one of the best college startups in the country.
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May 8, 2013
Inside the tower
It’s such a part of campus life that the melodies coming from Burton Memorial Tower may go unnoticed. Most people don’t even realize that there is someone up there making music. A new LSA Today video provides a tour of the Charles Baird Carillon and its 43,000 pounds of bells on the tenth floor of the tower.
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May 7, 2013
Déjà vu all over again
The No. 10 U-M softball team recently defeated Northwestern at the Wilpon Complex, home of Alumni Field, to lock up a 2-1 victory and its sixth consecutive Big Ten championship. The Wolverines have the most conference titles of all-time with 16 and are the only team ever to have won six consecutively.
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May 6, 2013
Educating clinical educators
A new master’s degree program in Health Professions Education at the U-M Medical School will help doctors, nurses and other health professionals learn how to educate future members of their professions — and address the worldwide shortage of many types of health care providers. This unique program will admit its first 12 students for this fall.
Photo: Leisa Thompson, University of Michigan Health System
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May 3, 2013
Congratulations Class of 2013!
The U-M Spring Commencement took place at Michigan Stadium on May 4. Richard (Dick) Costolo, Twitter CEO and U-M alumnus addressed graduates as they became part of the largest (and proudest) living alumni group in the world. Many schools and colleges will also hold separate ceremonies on campus for their graduates and candidates May 2-5.
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May 2, 2013
Michigan glee
Founded in 1859, the multi-platinum U-M Men's Glee Club is one of the oldest collegiate choruses in the United States. Its graduate and undergraduate members, who are chosen by audition, represent a wide spectrum of majors from U-M’s 19 schools and colleges. The club gives them the opportunity to perform all over the country and the world.
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May 1, 2013
A candid look
Students from the U-M Department of Screen Arts & Cultures recently took a deep dive into the U-M Library’s largest archive, the Robert Altman collection. The result is an expansive exhibit, “The Many Hats of Robert Altman: A Life in Cinema,” which will be on display in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery through June 30.