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November 30, 2012

Galens Tag Days

Wearing red ponchos and carrying buckets, members of the U-M Galens Medical Society will take to the streets this weekend to raise money for the children of Washtenaw County. A tradition since 1927, Tag Days raises tens of thousands of dollars annually for local charities committed to helping area youth. Donations can also be made through the Galens Society website.

Photo: Annarbor.com

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November 29, 2012

NCRC community grows

U-M is investing $17.5 million to renovate and open 68,000-square feet of biomedical research space at its North Campus Research Complex. Nearly 300 new jobs have already been created at the site in the three and a half years since it was purchased and 1,700 people currently work in its vast array of laboratories and offices.

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November 28, 2012

Committed to caring

Each fall, second-year students at the U-M School of Nursing participate in a Sophomore Commitment Ceremony to commemorate the first step of their journey into the clinical world of nursing. The students recited the Florence Nightingale pledge and were presented with a copy of the founder of modern nursing’s 1859 book, “Notes on Nursing.”

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November 27, 2012

Gaming for the Greater Good

A College of Engineering professor is teaching U-M undergraduates fundamental programming skills and then challenging them to create socially relevant computer games. Through this class, students have explored developing games for children with autism, apps for kids with cerebral palsy, and brachial plexus palsy therapy tools to name a few.

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November 26, 2012

The rhythm of Ghana

During a recent visit to Ghana, Stamps School of Art & Design students stayed at a cultural center that organizes papermaking, bookbinding, ceramics, computer skills, literacy and art workshops. While there, local children taught them the papermaking process — including how to pound boiled leaves into a pulp with a wooden mortar and pestle.

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November 21, 2012

Football fashion

As we approach one of the biggest football weekends of the year, LSA Today has created a slideshow highlighting football fashion through time at U-M from furs to fedoras to pearls.

Photo: Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library

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November 20, 2012

Gaining global perspectives

U-M was ranked No. 8 nationally for the size of its international student body and No. 16 for the number of students studying abroad in 2011-12 according to the Institute of International Education. This strong showing highlights the university's mission to not only encourage students and faculty to explore the world, but to also bring the world to Michigan.

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November 19, 2012

New era in metabolomics begins

The U-M Health System has received a $9.1 million core grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve disease diagnosis through metabolic profiling. A center will be created to help researchers examine small molecules called metabolites to detect changes in cell behavior and organ function.

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November 16, 2012

Preserving early American history

The U-M Board of Regents approved a $6 million donation from Avenir Foundation to the William L. Clements Library, one of the country’s preeminent repositories of historical Americana. The gift, which is the largest given to the library in its 90-year history, will be used for building renovations and the expansion of its collections space.

Photo: Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography

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November 15, 2012

Women’s Studies turns 40

In 1972, U-M’s College of Literature. Science, and the Arts offered the first women’s studies class on campus: Introduction to Women’s Studies. In 1973, the Women’s Studies Program began with five courses. Today, there are now more than 45 courses each semester on topics around gender and health; gender, race, and ethnicity; and LGBTQ studies.

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November 14, 2012

Global operations stars

At the 19th Annual Spotlight! Competition, Tauber Institute teams presented their summer projects and competed for more than $30,000 in scholarship awards. The teams had worked with companies from around the world and provided solutions to real-life issues in manufacturing and supply chain management, health care, energy, technology and logistics.

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November 13, 2012

Bleeding maize and blue

The 31st annual Blood Battle between U-M and OSU ends on Nov. 16. During this challenge, students, faculty and staff extend the athletic rivalry beyond the field to see which school can donate the most pints of blood to save lives. To sign up to donate in this year’s Blood Battle, go to the Wolverines for Life website.

Photo: Bob Garypie/U-M Transplant Center

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November 12, 2012

Brain power

A new electrode developed at U-M that can focus on the electrical signals of just one neuron may help researchers understand how electrical signals move through neural networks in the brain. Because it is so small, it may be able to stay in the brain without upsetting the immune system, perhaps picking up signals to send to prosthetic limbs.

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November 9, 2012

A moving image

“Jump,” a photograph taken by U-M College of Engineering junior Aimee Xia at Dance Mix recently won first place in the movement-themed “As I See It” Photography Competition. Arts at Michigan holds photo contests for students throughout the year. Entries are narrowed down by staff and finalists are voted on in the Unions and online.

Photo: Aimee Xia

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November 8, 2012

Stories for Hope

Stories for Hope, a project started by a U-M Ph.D. alumna and psychologist and an archivist from U-M’s School of Information, is helping to revive Rwanda’s storytelling tradition after decades of violence. It provides a forum for young people to have an audio-recorded dialogue with an elder to learn more about their past, the country’s history or its culture.

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November 7, 2012

Running the Numbers

“Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers” is an art exhibition that explores contemporary western culture through statistics. It is being held in conjunction with the artist’s Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series presentation on Nov. 15. The exhibition runs through Nov. 20 at the Stamps School of Art & Design’s Slusser Gallery.

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November 6, 2012

Time to vote!

Nov. 6 is Election Day, when Michigan voters make important decisions about candidates for president of the United States, members of Congress, the Michigan House of Representatives, and numerous judicial offices and boards, including U-M’s Board of Regents. Voters can verify their registration, confirm their polling place, and review a sample ballot on the Michigan Secretary of State's website.

Photo: Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography

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November 5, 2012

U-M leads Fulbrights again

More Fulbright grants were awarded to students from U-M than from any other U.S. institution for the 2012-13 academic year — the sixth time in the past eight years the university has held the honor. A record 40 U-M students will travel to 24 countries to do research, study or teach English for six to 12 months.

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November 2, 2012

Blazing new trails

First-Generation College Students @ Michigan, a student organization dedicated to recognizing, raising awareness of and resolving the needs of first-generation college students at U-M, meets every other Monday at Mason Hall. The next meeting takes place on Nov. 5. The group also offers special events and resources for students who are the first members of their families to attend college.

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November 1, 2012

Startup spotlight

More than 20 student-led ventures presented their startups to area venture capitalists and members of the local entrepreneurial community at the Fall 2012 TechArb Student Venture Showcase. Here, a member of the Exo Dynamics LLC explains how his team designed an electro-mechanical back brace for medical professionals that prevents injury and lessens pain without reducing mobility.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing