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February 28, 2013

SMTD@UMMA

This year’s installation concert “Nomenclature” explored music and art through seven words: tone, line, texture, color, volume, contrast and shape. School of Music, Theatre & Dance composition students developed works based on these terms, which were premiered by student ensembles throughout the U-M Museum of Art, while student docents suggested works on view related to them.

Photo: Peter Smith Photography

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February 27, 2013

Discussing global economics

Ford School of Public Policy students recently attended a Washington, D.C. event hosted by the school, “Global repercussions: The impact of today's U.S. economy.” It featured a panel conversation with Edwin Truman, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, as well as Ford School Professor Marina v.N Whitman and Dean Susan M. Collins.

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February 26, 2013

Monkeying around

Humans who cheat on a loved one aren't the only ones to change their behavior to avoid discovery. Researchers from U-M, the University of the Free State-Qwaqwa in South Africa and the University of Pennsylvania have documented for the first time how wild gelada monkeys tactically conceal their infidelity from dominant leader males.

Photo: Thore Bergman

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February 25, 2013

Promoting student health

U-M students from nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and the medical school joined together recently to host a collaborative health fair for other students at North Quad. The fair provided information about healthy eating, stress, sexually transmitted infections, the flu, and the effects of alcohol, as well as free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings.

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February 22, 2013

Still doing their thing

WCBN-FM, U-M's student-run radio station, has been providing a genre-less overview of music, news and public affairs to campus and its surrounding communities for more than 40 years. Their studios, located in the basement of the Student Activities Building, broadcast around the clock on the radio at 88.3-FM and online at wcbn.org.

Photo: Adam Glanzman/The Michigan Daily

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February 21, 2013

Capturing colorful moments

“Sunset Over Tahoe,” taken by Justin Teng, a graduate student in the U-M Medical School, came in first place in the latest “As I See It” Photography Competition that had a color theme. Arts at Michigan holds photo contests for students throughout the year. Entries are narrowed down by staff and voted on in the Unions and online.

Photo: Justin Teng

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February 20, 2013

Nation’s largest student hackathon

More than 550 students from across the country descended upon campus for 36-hours of non-stop hacking during the recent MHacks event organized by U-M student groups Michigan Hackers and MPowered Entrepreneurship. A record-breaking 127 hacks were created during the science-fair style expo.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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February 19, 2013

Changing the Face of Dentistry

The Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry features the exhibit "Women Dentists: Changing the Face of Dentistry," which documents the little-known contributions that women have made to the early field of dentistry. It highlights 23 women, nine of whom received their dental degrees from U-M, and chronicles the tough road they walked in an all-male profession.

Photo: Courtesy of Rockwall County Historical Foundation

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February 18, 2013

Global phone connections

MyDesk, an application developed by U-M Professor Elliot Soloway and his Learning Apps for Primary Education undergraduate class provides easy access to tools that spark self-directed, creative and effective learning. It was recently used by a group of third-grade science students in Singapore to research and complete assignments that generated both positive and surprising results.

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February 15, 2013

Back on the Hill

Renowned countertenor and U-M alumnus, David Daniels, performs Handel's “Radamisto” at Hill Auditorium on Feb. 17. This will be his 12th University Musical Society appearance. And this year, there is also an added special meaning: Daniels comes back home to U-M during the centennial celebration of Hill Auditorium.

Photo: Robert Recker

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February 14, 2013

Heartwarming sight

Massive, bright red hearts that are part of a bronze sculpture titled “Tools + Fire” by Pop artist Jim Dine greet pedestrians on North Campus as they pass through the snow near the Beyster Building.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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February 13, 2013

Shutterbugs and pufferfish

Each fall, the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology asks students, faculty, postdocs and staff to submit photographs of fieldwork and other nature or science photographs. There were 40 entries in this year’s contest. An LSA Today slideshow highlights some of the winning selections, including this pufferfish in Japanese waters.

Photo: Alison Gould

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February 12, 2013

The Michigan battle continues

While the Michigan men’s basketball team takes on Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. tonight, the Heritage Project website details how U-M's initial rivalry with Michigan State originated out of a battle—intellectual as well as political—over the future of the state's economy. In the end, all students were the winners.

Photo: Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library

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February 11, 2013

Trapped in transit

Researchers have been trying to design drug delivery systems that allow nanoparticles to navigate tissues and the interiors of cells, allowing medicines to be more effective at lower doses and with fewer side effects. U-M engineers have discovered that these particles have one more hurdle to overcome in order to be effective: escaping the bloodstream.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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February 8, 2013

Garden of mystery

An exhibit of photographs of African American folk gardens and their creators is on display through March 10 at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Traveling throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, photographer and author Vaughn Sills captured these rare gardens, a disappearing element of the American landscape.

Photo: Vaughn Sills

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February 7, 2013

Ancient text app

The U-M Library’s most famous papyrus, known to scholars as Papyrus 46, is now available in the form of an app for iPhone and iPad. Users of “PictureIt: Epistles of Paul” can now flip through high-resolution images of the 3rd century codex — the oldest known copy of the Letters of St. Paul — just like a book.

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February 6, 2013

Overcoming writer’s block

The Sweetland Center for Writing’s Dissertation Writing Institute, now in its 10th year, is helping to boost doctoral program completion rates of U-M graduate students. Compared with national rates of 50-60 percent, institute students complete at a rate of 88 percent. The Sweetland Center also offers less structured help with dissertation writing year-round.

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February 5, 2013

Inspiring entrepreneurs

MPowered, an organization created to further entrepreneurial passion and resources within the U-M community, recently hosted its annual Startup Career Fair at the Pierpont Commons and Duderstadt Center on North Campus. More than 1,500 students and 100 different startups participated in the event this year.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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February 4, 2013

Seeing the forest for the trees

As part of an internship for her Program in the Environment concentration, one College of Literature, Science, and the Arts student spent her summer in Heidelberg, Germany, at a camp for children with cancer. While there, she received an up-close look at how nature and space can provide comfort to those dealing with illness.

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February 1, 2013

Winners on and off the court

Members of the Michigan men’s basketball team, which is off to its best start in program history, recently took time out of their busy schedule to greet patients, share stories and sign autographs at Mott Children’s Hospital. Their visit created plenty of giggles and put big smiles on even the littlest faces.

Photo: Courtesy of the U-M Office of Undergraduate Admissions