January 03 - December 28, 2005

December 28, 2005
• Center addresses the science of obesity, weight gain and metabolism

December 23, 2005
• Surge in consumer confidence due to lower gas prices

December 22, 2005
• The end of cheap gas: U.S. automakers are running on empty

December 21, 2005
• A rolling performance; puppets included

December 20, 2005
• Your sweet tooth may really be in your brain's 'pleasure hotspot'
• Studies examine stress and health among U.S. troops in Iraq

December 19, 2005
• Teen smoking rates continue to decline
• Teen drug use down but progress halts among youngest
• U-M faculty salary increases average 3.7 percent
• U-M Regents to meet on Fridays in 2006

December 15, 2005
• Science of evolution populates LSA theme semester
• Regents approve design for major Student Activities Building upgrade
• U-M campuses picked for national effort to promote dialogue on diversity
• Why do some people gain weight when others don't?

December 14, 2005
• Women in science, engineering: U-M makes ADVANCE permanent
• Developing countries should negotiate in their own economic interests

December 13, 2005
• Research: Modeling cell's messengers

December 12, 2005
• U-M Regents meeting Dec. 15
• Who understands math well enough to teach it to third graders?
• U-M develops scalable and mass- producible quantum computer chip

December 09, 2005
• UMTRI wins $25 million contract to help drivers avoid crashes
• U-M faculty win 2005 Academic Freedom Awards
• Glacial pace of erosion was not so slow, new technique shows

December 08, 2005
• 'Songs of Innocence' nominated for Grammy Awards
• Block M Records: New recording label at U-M
• Peter and Barbara Benedek give $1 million for enhanced student opportunities at U-M

December 07, 2005
• U-M sole North American recipient of Alcoa Foundation grant
• Royal Shakespeare Co. returns for three-week residency with classics

December 06, 2005
• Choosing the best kidney for transplantation

December 05, 2005
• Violent video games desensitize players to real-world violence
• Regents to meet Dec. 15

December 02, 2005
• Event announcement: U-M president to participate in national summit for research and development
• 1,000th U.S. execution puts spotlight on justice system
• Overfishing threatens inland waters, study concludes

December 01, 2005
• Crystal sponges excel at sopping up CO 2
• Anatomical dolls can be a benefit in uncovering child sex abuse
• Super-fast quantum search achieved with individual atoms
• Event announcement: U-M hosts human health and animal disease discussion

November 30, 2005
• Titan gives clues to Earth's early history

November 29, 2005
• Unobserved actions of mutual funds can predict performance
• Event announcement: 'Barnum's Nightingale' to play at Clements Library
• Nanothermometer could lead a new class of nanodevices

November 28, 2005
• New method gives patients tooth implants in one hour

November 23, 2005
• Event announcement: Panel discussion—'Science and Spirituality: Searching for Common Ground'
• Auto expert calls Health Care for Hybrids a stroke of genius
• Confidence improves due to lower gas prices

November 22, 2005
• Study confirms physical toll of stressful events
• U-M experts available to discuss holiday stress

November 21, 2005
• U-M professor named one of top in U.S.
• Lonely in an aging crowd: U-M studies count the ways
• New tool makes cell membranes faster, cheaper
• U-M Library specializing in children's books
• U-M accepts bid for sale of historic property

November 18, 2005
• U-M awards honorary degrees to four leaders
• Michigan's job-loss streak will hit six years in 2006
•Exposure to high levels of noise increases blood pressure

November 17, 2005
• Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute launched by U-M
• U.S. economy: More jobs, but higher interest rates
• Building a better hydrogen trap

November 16, 2005
• Who's in first? Easier, faster football ranking system developed at U-M
• New Center for Value-Based Insurance Design opens with symposium

November 15, 2005
• Research: In environmental policy, we get what we pay for
• Single case of meningitis at U-M; student doing well

November 14, 2005
• Older brains "rise to the challenge''
• Supertaster mice could help make sense of one of our senses
• Exercise can lower blood sugar as well as drugs
• U-M Regents meeting Nov. 17
• Fulbright fellowships: 29 U-M students awarded

November 10, 2005
• Racial discrimination lawsuits indicate Voting Rights Act still needed
• Go with the FLOW: Great Lakes science curriculum available online

November 9, 2005
• Regents to meet Nov. 17

November 8, 2005
• Event announcement: U-M conference will feature national and state economic forecasts
• Event announcement: U-M explores diversity from a complex systems approach
• Event announcement: Former Malaysian leader/political prisoner to discuss human rights
• U-M ActiveU! program promotes employee physical fitness
• Girls more likely to abuse prescription pain meds, study finds

November 7, 2005
• IT training and policies could reduce computer incidents on campuses

November 3, 2005
• U-M launches National Center for Institutional Diversity
• Asleep in the deep: Model helps assess ocean-injection strategy for combating greenhouse effect
• U-M public domain works now online and searchable through Google Print

November 1, 2005
• Event announcement: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies welcomes director, opens institute
• Business historian Richard Tedlow will give McInally Lecture
• Law students release voting discrimination findings; panel to discuss Voting Rights Act
• U-M diversity exhibit goes on the road again
• U-M celebrates its 15th Native American Heritage month
• Event announcement: Author discusses new book on sufficiency and a sustainable future

October 31, 2005
• U-M Law students achieve fund-raising goal

October 28, 2005
• Five U-M faculty elected as Fellows of AAAS
• October consumer confidence falls again

October 27, 2005
• Disabilities decline unequally for older Americans

October 26, 2005
• U-M 2005 enrollment sets another record
• U-M technology transfer continues growth in 2005

October 25, 2005
• U-M LSI Director Alan Saltiel elected to Institute of Medicine
• Traffic deaths among kids are more than four times higher on Halloween
• U-M experts simplify the president's tax reform panel report

October 24, 2005
• Antibacterial soaps no better at cleaning your hands
• Towsley Foundation gives $1.5 million to School of Music
• Mars has captured people's imagination for centuries
• State Human Services official to address child welfare at Fauri Lecture
• Expert inspires men to take a stand against domestic violence

October 21, 2005
• Regents approve design of new building for Ross School of Business
• New Athletic Campus academic center named for alumnus Stephen Ross
• University investments post strong gains in FY 2005
• Student Publications Building named for Stanford Lipsey
• 45 years: U-M celebrates Peace Corps birth
• Former jailed artists in Linkage Project stage multimedia exhibition

October 20, 2005
• Mammoth moms heavily invested in offspring
• Latino Performer José Torres Tama at U-M

October 19, 2005
• Event announcement: Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps to honor WW II alumni
• Women's health event features nationally renowned journalists and experts

October 18, 2005
• Do emotions belong at the bargaining table?
• Human genetic diversity supports 'Out of Africa' model
• New genetic link to high blood pressure found

October 17, 2005
• GeoPocket: A classroom tool for the GameBoy generation
• U-M partners with The Henry Ford for Disney conference
• Rare immune cell is key to transplant's cancer-killing effect
• NSF awards $7.6 million for ISR National Election Studies
• More male chimps means more territorial patrols, study shows
• U-M Regents meeting Oct. 21
• Gap found between white, black women with chronic pain

October 13, 2005
• Kids' schoolwork suffers when mentally ill mothers waiver on discipline
• Geologist urges seismic shift in process for selecting EarthScope study sites
• Creeping crinoids! Sea lilies crawl to escape predators, new video shows

October 12, 2005
• Event announcement: Symposium to focus on underrepresented groups
• What's the future of higher education in Europe?
• Traffic crashes down in Michigan
• Experts available to discuss earthquakes and their damage
• Bus links U-M students to arts and cultures

October 10, 2005
• Neighborhood quality not a factor in effect of spanking
• Leader of hunt for Iraqi WMD speaks at U-M
• Regents to meet Oct. 21 at U-M-Flint

October 07, 2005
• Publisher Lipsey gives $3 million to U-M to aid student journalists
• Event announcement: U-M experts discuss historic elections in Poland

October 06, 2005
• Event announcement: University of Michigan's solar house team in international competition
• Fair housing workshop slated in U-M School of Social Work
• Lessons from Katrina for urban and social welfare policy

October 05, 2005
• U-M hosts naming ceremony for Walgreen Center, Miller Theatre
• Wallenberg Medal recipient who inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' available to media

October 04, 2005
• U-M Law School creates Web link about Supreme Court nominee Miers

October 03, 2005
• Columbus is still widely admired, U-M study shows
• U-M makes train history available online

October 02, 2005
• Event announcement: Former M.I.T president discusses U.S. Intelligence at Towsley Lecture

September 30, 2005
• Record plunge in consumer confidence

September 29, 2005
• U-M steps up efforts in clinical research
• Scientists create two-sided nanoparticles
• Martha Cook welcomes new resident

September 28, 2005
• Ignacio Carrión, Spanish author, to speak at U-M
• Media advisory: Bill Gates to deliver Goff Smith Lecture at the University of Michigan
• Event announcement: Imagining America to announce Tenure Team Initiative (TTI)
• Quality improvement saves lives, heart-attack study shows
• Doing housework hurts wages of young and middle-aged women

September 27, 2005
• U-M Dentistry collaborates with Apple to podcast lectures
• University of Michigan announces summer Hopwood winners
• Event announcement: First Amendment champion Floyd Abrams to deliver 2005 academic freedom lecture

September 26, 2005
• Domestic violence cuts employment gains by women on welfare
• To move fragile chromosomes, tiny motors give a nudge, not a shove
• Post-stroke tests not used often enough, especially in women

September 22, 2005
• Keeping old appliances leaves owners out in the cold
• Wall of bread: A tasty art form

September 21, 2005
• U-M statement on Google library project

September 20, 2005
• Two U-M graduates named 2005 MacArthur Fellows
• U-M nurses produce educational film on patient's 'good death'
• Comprehensive Diabetes Center launched
• Over the hill? Aging isn't the end for sex, relationships

September 19, 2005
• U-M launches center for stem cell biology
• Students to storm the stadium for Katrina

September 16, 2005
• Event announcement: Hero of Rwandan genocide receives 15th Wallenberg Medal
• Event announcement: Panel commemorates 1965 Voting Rights Act
• The Michigan Difference total reaches $1.83 billion
• University of Michigan Museum of Art announces temporary location
• Bursley Hall Blue Apple to become food emporium
• Regents approve Hill Dining Center, Mojo renovation

September 15, 2005
• Democracy must rise from security, U-M study shows
• Skull study sheds light on dinosaur diversity
• Gramlich, economic experts to speak at Social Security reform panel
• School of Music: 125 years of tradition and a strong future
• Self-applied acupressure may reduce sleepiness
• Biomedical laboratory named after Ann and Robert H. Lurie
• Regents name Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Drama Center
Katrina related
• MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATE: Hurricane Katrina: U-M responds

September 14, 2005
• U-M team learns about the origin of fat cells
• As worms turn, food returns to campus
• Drug targets and discovery at U-M Life Sciences Institute
• Media advisory: U-M Detroit Center open, media invited, researchers/officials available
• Conference explores plagiarism, originality in online era of copy and paste

September 13, 2005
• Event Announcment: Levin and other speakers to celebrate Constitution Day at U-M
• Event announcement: In the wake of disaster: Current issues facing post-tsunami Indonesia

September 12, 2005
• Regents meet Sept. 15
• Film director Lynch to speak on consciousness, creativity
Katrina related
• U-M housing gateway for Katrina evacuees
• Media advisory update: Hurricane Katrina: U-M responds

September 9, 2005
• MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATE: Hurricane Katrina: U-M responds

September 8, 2005
• Center for Risk Science kicks off with symposium Sept. 15-16
• MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATE: Hurricane Katrina: U-M responds
• Levin to discuss national security at Rosenthal Lecture

September 7, 2005
• Forrest named vice president for research at the University of Michigan
• U-M researcher will be part of White House Conference on Aging
• Businesses: Models for Peace?
• U-M law experts available to discuss U.S. Supreme Court
• U-M Regents to meet Sept. 15
Katrina related information
• Benefit concert at U-M to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina
• Panel to discuss Hurricane Katrina disaster response
• U-M creates housing clearinghouse for Katrina victims
• Katrina Media Advisory

September 6, 2005
• Wake up, doc: Lack of sleep affects young doctors just like alcohol does
• Event announcement: 10th Annual University of Michigan Energy Fest 2005 Sept. 13-15
• Heritage, hate and support for the Confederate flag

September 2, 2005
• Drilling tiny tunnels gets easier in a big way
Katrina related
• University of Michigan mobilizes to help Katrina recovery
• U-M experts available to discuss toll of Katrina, rebuilding, recovery

September 1, 2005
• Live every 10 minutes: Great Lakes data from new buoy
• U-M Responds to Hurricane Katrina
• Testing your political knowledge? Correct answers may involve time, money
• Residual votes declined in Florida, Michigan with updated voting equipment

August 31 , 2005
• Social support curbs depression among African-Americans
• Families need help coping with loved one's cancer, too
• NIH grant funds hearing-loss research

August 29, 2005
• U-M Law School's "Roberts" compilation becomes U.S. Library of Congress resource
• U-M experts available to discuss poverty in U.S. Census Bureau report

August 26, 2005
• Consumer optimism sinks as gasoline prices rise

August 25, 2005
• Media advisory: U-M prepares for move-in, 6,000 freshmen
• Family Myths: New book uncovers their origins
• Listen: The sounds of painting

August 24, 2005
• U-M European Union Center awarded grant

August 23, 2005
• Elderly with disabilities benefit from multiple forms of caregiving

August 22, 2005
• Asthma inhaler abuse associated with other drug use in teens
• Face the facts: Female pols suffer from "face-ism"

August 18, 2005
• U-M experts available to discuss gas prices

August 17, 2005
• U-M joins IWW celebration of 100 years of labor activism

August 16, 2005
• Teen height predicts adult earnings
• Widowed elders have less stress living closer to children
• Look out: Asteroid's near-miss may be home run for scientists
• Immune system attacks on hearing studied
• Leptin-signaling protein maintains normal body weight
• More is better, at least in angioplasty

August 15, 2005
• U.S. economy: Slower growth, but more jobs and lower oil prices

August 09, 2005
• U-M student picked for history honor

August 08, 2005
• U-M adds new real estate development program

August 04, 2005
• AATA Link service resumes Aug. 29; combines with U-M Oxford/Trotter Shuttle
• Researchers synthesize tooth enamel's structure in the lab
• Long prison sentences have minimal effects on young criminals

August 03, 2005
• U-M prepares for student move-in, traffic changes

August 02, 2005
• Genotyper could diagnose patients, identify new flu strains quickly

August 01, 2005
• Women prefer female colonoscopists
• U-Michigan experts available on education topics

July 29, 2005
• Consumers remain optimistic despite high gas oil prices
• Campus and community benefit from successful MRide program

July 28, 2005
• U-M's Gramlich named interim provost

July 27, 2005
• U-M solar car team wins

July 26, 2005
• Gerald R. Ford Library celebrates 50th anniversary of Presidential Libraries Act

July 25, 2005
• Shopping for school supplies: An old ritual

July 21, 2005
• U-M budget for Ann Arbor campus to increase tuition, financial aid
• Mutual funds: The downside of introducing B and C class shares
• New eye/diabetes building project approved
• Neuroscientist wins Russel award

July 20, 2005
• In the era of e-mail, teens should learn to write the forgotten essays

July 19, 2005
• Four U-M faculty receive Fulbright Scholar Award

July 18, 2005
• Study finds women connect sex with submission
• Scientists discover more about how cancer cells form and grow
• A "cool solution" of vegetable oil could save the metalworking industry billions
• Chemical "Band-Aid" prevents heart failure in mice with muscular dystrophy

July 14, 2005
• U-M Momentum starts cross-country solar car race

July 13, 2005
• U-M Library receives grant for saving Michigan history

July 12, 2005
• When caregiving is over, some have lasting grief
• A rare bird? Genetic analysis says not so

July 11, 2005
• U-M Regents to meet July 21

July 7, 2005
• Experts available on London terror, mass transit safety

July 6, 2005
• Poor corporate governance reduces the value of excess cash

July 5, 2005
• The rich die differently from you and me, study shows
• Consumer confidence improves in June

July 1, 2005
• Ball named interim dean of U-M School of Education
• Experts available to discuss Michigan's ozone smog

June 30, 2005
• U-M names new Ginsberg faculty director
• U-M Creative Writing program graduate's first novel debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Best Sellers list
• Subatomic particles: An art form

June 29, 2005
• U-M's Gosling wins prestigious international prize

June 28, 2005
• Circulatory system on a chip lets scientists mimic heartbeat
• Women's health suffers under welfare reform, study says

June 27, 2005
• New book to aid legal profession with child welfare cases

June 24, 2005
• Joint Institute with Shanghai Jiao Tong University created
• Summer Discovery Cruises highlight art, science and history of Lake St. Clair, lower Detroit River

June 23, 2005
• Minimally invasive surgery treats early lung cancers
• Event announcement: U-M School of Dentistry sponsors annual migrant clinics June 20-July 29
• Papyrology project receives NEH funding

June 22, 2005
• Self-esteem strategies needed for people with mental illnesses

June 21, 2005
• Wealthy retirees opt for fun in the sun—and low state taxes
• Event announcement: U-M's National Poverty Center to hold lecture about marriage initiative

June 20, 2005
• Event announcement: Public invited to two free lectures
• Weiss named dean of Rackham Graduate School

June 17, 2005
• U-M life scientists receive $5.1 million from economic development grants
• U-M committee recommends short-term extension of contracts pending followup by Coca-Cola
• Camps aim to teach kids with Down syndrome to ride a bike

June 16, 2005
• Hybrids are becoming mainstream
• U-M's Habitat for Humanity: Helping President Carter build homes
• Fossils tell the hole story of killer drillers and their prey
• Regents approve Observatory Lodge renovation plans

June 13, 2005
• Event announcement: U-M/MSU team kicking off Traverse City revitalization effort
• Students invention brings home environmental AWARE-ness

June 08, 2005
• Bridges and buildings "sense" cracks, damage with wireless devices

June 07, 2005
• Four Michigan residents recognized by Bentley Foundation
• Event announcement: School of Dentistry sponsors annual mouth guard clinic July 16
• 2005 LSA Sidney J. and Irene Shipman Scholarship winners announced
• Women overestimate breast cancer risk
• U-M Regents to meet June 16

June 06, 2005
• UMMA receives $1.5 million challenge grant, $1 million gift
• Preliminary admissions numbers predict increases in minority enrollment, large freshman class for fall 2005
• National rip current awareness week began June 5
• Sakai, OSPI and uPortal Convene first Community Source Week
• Sakai Project expands Global Commercial Support with HarvestRoad, Ostrakon, Sun Microsystems and Unisys
• Sakai announces new additions
• Open Source Portfolio Release 2 now available

June 03, 2005
• Verbal sexual content on TV more powerful than visual images

June 01, 2005
• Program boosts graduation rates
• Event announcement: UMTRI celebrates 40 years of transportation research
• A radical solution for environmental pollution

May 27, 2005
• Back to the future: Weakened financial prospects and record home sales

May 26, 2005
• U-M study shows devotion to Islam is not linked to terror
• Exposure to gun violence boosts odds of teens acting violently
• Statins decrease risk of colon cancer
• Sleep-related breathing problems linked with asthma
• IT professionals: Forget experience, get an MBA

May 24, 2005
• Event announcement: Sen. Carl Levin will discuss global climate change at U-M's Ross School of Business
• Solving real world problems: This work is all play
• Life Sciences doc David Sherman wows 'em in Guinea

May 23, 2005
• Clues to planet formation revealed

May 20, 2005
• U-M names Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows
• Housing rates increased for 2005-06 academic years

May 19, 2005
• State should keep the Single Business Tax, but with changes
• U-M Housing rates increased for 2005-06 academic year
• U-M Regents approve changes in residency guidelines
• U-M Regents approve Mosher-Jordan renovation

May 18, 2005
• Event announcement: World experts on childlessness, adoption, reproduction meet at U-M
• Gramlich returns to Ford School of Public Policy

May 16, 2005
• Regents meeting May 19
• Doula work a labor of love, does not deliver financial rewards
• Racial differences seen among disabled elderly in home care
• Baldrige-winning hospitals a 'revolution' in management

May 13, 2005
• U-M School of Music names new dean

May 12, 2005
• Livingston Awards for Young Journalists announces finalists
• Older people are better at picking their battles, studies show
• U-M and MSU partner to improve Traverse City's downtown

May 11, 2005
• Robot walks, balances like a human
• Former University of California president to deliver Cantor Lecture

May 10, 2005
• $10 million gift will benefit U-M business undergrads
• Drug use differs considerably among Hispanic subgroups
• Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage

May 09, 2005
• Regents to meet May 19 at U-M-Dearborn
• Ultimate body camera makes its debut at U-M

May 06, 2005
• Startups hold their own in commercializing early-stage inventions

May 05, 2005
• University of Michigan writers get $5 million advance

May 04, 2005
• U-M researchers make bendable concrete
• Greenest academic building in Michigan at U-M

May 02, 2005
• Tobacco authority named dean of public health at U-M

April 29, 2005
• Consumer confidence sank in April

April 28, 2005
• Oakland County will rebound with modest job growth
• University of Michigan establishing Detroit Center at Orchestra Place
• The University of Michigan in Detroit: A sampling
• Project shows need for better monitoring of river restoration
• Six U-M faculty selected to Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 26, 2005
• Four U-M faculty win prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships
• IBM joins educational open-source Sakai Project

April 25, 2005
• University of Michigan scholars hit the road, heading your way
• Three hundred pounds of history? Priceless.
• Social integration seen as key to racial harmony
• New days, dates for Jewish exhibition
• U-M program a role model for aiding group relations
• U-M Hopwood Awards give top writers $114,500

April 22, 2005
• U-M nanotechnology institute will develop medical and biological applications of ultra-small science

April 21, 2005
• Event announcement: Fourth LSI Symposium to discuss cancer
• U-M to ask state for capital improvement funding

April 20, 2005
• Erb family gives U-M $10 million to develop ecologically and socially responsible business
• State's greenhouse gas emissions up 9 percent over 12 years
• Professor part of 35th anniversary "Our Bodies, Ourselves"
• U-M to hold spring commencement exercises
• Oral cancer campaign urges Detroiters to get checked
• U-M program a role model for aiding group relations

April 19, 2005
• Disabled at work: Hidden cost of jobs for older Americans
• Some who seem healthy might be at risk of heart attack

April 18, 2005
• Insider trading laws matter to stock market development
• LSI adds top scientists to interdisciplinary faculty
• How cuckoos became the con artists of the bird world
• Scientists control super fast frequencies
• U-M student wins Churchill Scholarship, one of 11 nationwide
• U-M researcher leads development of health care standards
• Churchill selected as vice president and secretary of U-M
• Regents meeting April 21

April 15, 2005
• Experts examine aftermath of destruction in Southeast Asia

April 13, 2005
• Regents to meet April 21

April 12, 2005
• U-M team recovers ancient whale in Egyptian desert
• University of Michigan student to present research on Capitol Hill
• A lonely walk home for Paul Revere

April 08, 2005
• U-M student wins Churchill Scholarship, one of 11 nationwide
• $25M grant from Mott Foundation for children's/women's facility

April 07, 2005
• U-M awards first Thomas Francis Jr. Medal to William Foege
• U-M measures changing attitudes of Roman Catholics
• Why women shy away from careers in science and math

April 06, 2005
• Memories of polio live on in witnesses
• Sense of belonging helps people suffering depression
• Mothers with mental illnesses benefit from extended family support
• U-M students in national competition building home of the future

April 05, 2005
• Money doesn't buy happiness—except when disability strikes

April 04, 2005
• Scientists use manufacturing methods to reconstruct mastodon
• Pope John Paul II remembered at University of Michigan Wednesday
• Consumer confidence declined slightly in March
• Chronic inflammation caused by too little stomach acid leads to gastric cancer

April 01 , 2005
• U-M to host culinary history symposium

March 31, 2005
• Need-based scholarships make success more likely
• World class African art collection donated to U-M Museum of Art
• Event announcement: Choose your side: Cats or dogs
• Event announcement: U-M hosts conference on disability studies
• U-M professor's portraits featured in 'Faces of the Fallen'

March 30, 2005
• Event announcement: Author will discuss America's so-called culture war on moral values
• Event announcement: Groundbreaking for laboratory addition set for April 15
• Event announcement: U-M, U. of Cape Town to host affirmative action symposium

March 29, 2005
• 'Portrait of a People' to open at U-M
• U-M Library features Google digitization discussion

March 25, 2005
• U-M Exhibit: From fashion illustration to illustrating WWII

March 24, 2005
• Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterle to speak at U-M
• U-M experts available to discuss topics related to Schiavo case
• Event announcement: Photo exhibit sheds new light on genetic conditions

March 23, 2005
• Earnings surprises catch Wall Street analysts off guard
• A talking house: U-M students devise plan to control drinking
• Women's equity expert Martha Burk to speak at U-M March 29
• 50th Anniversary celebration of the polio vaccine set for Rackham

March 22, 2005
• Snake-like robot conquers obstacles
• Columnist Katha Pollitt to discuss sexism in the media
• New web tool helps doctoral students finish dissertations
• U-M students to show their research at the State Capitol
• X-rays signal presence of elusive intermediate mass black hole
• Event announcement: U-M marks 40th anniversary of first Vietnam teach-ins

March 21, 2005
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute taps U-M scientist
• U-M hosts 33rd annual pow wow
• Shoah testimonies to reside at U-M, available to the public
• Event announcement: U-M hosts a celebration of Jewish heritage

March 18, 2005
• Event announcement: U-M to host workplace wellness conference March 23

March 17, 2005
• U-M unveils Arthur Miller Theatre design
• Information technology visionary to address U-M commencement

March 16, 2005
• Searching for the ?missing link? between obesity and diabetes
• Probing the promise and perils of nanoparticles
• Polymers with copper show promise for implanted sensors
• U-M team makes synthetic mother of pearl
• In emergency, flu vaccine could be made quickly in existing facilities
• Taking aim with nanoparticle PEBBLEs

March 15, 2005
• America will gain 4 million jobs by the end of next year

March 14, 2005
• Cell phone survey shows love-hate relationship
• Regents meeting March 17 begins at 2 p.m.

March 9, 2005
• Segregation is bad medicine, UM study suggests

March 8, 2005
• Welfare workers should ask about domestic abuse
• Parents who watch teens too closely may create problems
• Regents to meet March 17
• Outsider art from the inside
• 26th Annual Conference on the Holocaust: A World Forever Changed

March 7, 2005
• University presidents: TACOM important to state, critical to Defense
• New U-M program sets up D.C. internships
• Event announcement: U-M symposium examines FCC media ownership regulations
• University of Michigan names Human Rights Fellow
• Warnings about false claims often backfire with older consumers

March 4, 2005
• Consumers fear fewer jobs created by slower pace of economic growth

March 3, 2005
• Saliva test may spot gum and heart disease

March 1, 2005
• Internet Public Library scores a perfect 10
• Mutual funds may bite the hand that feeds them—but not always
• Advisory: Experts available on Pope John Paul II

February 28, 2005
• M-PACT: U-M increases financial aid to 2,900 Michigan students
• Professor named to federal health care study group

February 24, 2005
• Astronomers eclipse record for most distant massive object
• Saturn's A Ring has oxygen, but not life

February 23, 2005
• Frankel family gives $20 million to Judaic Studies at U-M
• Event announcement: Sociologists to discuss poor women, motherhood at U-M lecture

February 22, 2005
• Special report: University of Michigan knows flu

February 21, 2005
• Scientists discuss future of science in the Bush administration
• New student mental health campaign aims at men with depression
• New web site touts educational value of diversity

February 20, 2005
• U-M scientist to talk about tissue engineering at AAAS

February 18, 2005
• Three U-M faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 17, 2005
• Ross School of Business to create new state-of-the-art facilities
• Six U-M faculty honored with Thurnau professorship
• African Americans are underrepresented on corporate boards
• University Librarian William Gosling to step down April 1

February 16, 2005
• Creating better citizens means winning at least three battles

February 15, 2005
• Plunge in customer satisfaction may spell trouble for the economy

February 14, 2005
• U-M professor wins state award for 'community service' teaching
• Regents meeting Feb. 17

February 11, 2005
• Arthur Miller: Acclaimed playwright and U-M alumnus dies at 89

February 10, 2005
• Nancy Burns to direct U-M Center for Political Studies at ISR

February 09, 2005
• Working moms need to negotiate better terms on childcare burden
• Regents to meet Feb. 17

February 08, 2005
• Website offers new aid to survivors of sexual violence
• Event announcement: Roe v. Wade attorney to speak on women and leadership
• Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium: Biological Research in the Post-9/11 Era
• Event Announcement: Brahms "Requiem" bookends music professor's career
• U-M designer hatches emergency shelter

February 07, 2005
• U-M artists explore food, from tiller to table
• Event announcement: 2001 Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz to give Citigroup Lecture

February 04, 2005
• Economic growth expected to moderate: Job growth still key issue for consumers
• U-M music students to perform at Kennedy Center

February 03, 2005
• NSF International provides $250,000 annual scholarship fund to the U-M School of Public Health
• Even in heaven, stars can only get so big
• Standard & Poor's upgrades U-M's bond rating
• James S. Jackson to direct U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR)

February 02, 2005
• Black history revealed by 19th Century cookbooks
• Ethics in public life task force to hold public forum
• U-M scientists develop first micro-machined mechanical cochlea
• Advisory: U-M experts available on Pope John Paul II

February 01, 2005
• Positive emotions slash bias, help people see big picture details
• Gene therapy promising for growing tooth-supporting bone
• Event announcement: Social activist Emmett Carson will speak Feb. 8 at the Ross School

January 31, 2005
• As hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles gain sales, jobs could be lost

January 28, 2005
• Law School develops collaborative pediatric advocacy clinic
• Event announcement: Women of Color Task Force annual career conference
• University of Michigan experts available on Middle East

January 27, 2005
• U-M scientists and engineers vital participants in Huygens mission to Titan
• A good marriage protects widowed from depression

January 26, 2005
• North Quad to feature study of media, information technology
• Household wealth: Better school performance, behavior

January 25, 2005
• U-M program offers holistic health services at area schools
• Study dissects the racial gap in violence

January 21, 2005
• DNA molecules used to assemble nanoparticles
• U-M Law School announces three public service fellowships
• Event announcement: Michigan's Ross School of Business' annual FuturTech Conference will take place Jan. 27-28

January 20, 2005
• U-M's Public Safety adds radar units
• Early U-M application numbers show gains over 2004

January 15, 2005
• New way of making fuel cells lowers costs
• Regents to meet Jan. 26

January 13, 2005
• Expert: More data needed on what's effective for hot flashes
• Organic gardening tips now available through U-M Library

January 12, 2005
• An alternative explanation of why and when firms issue equity
• Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
• U-M experts can discuss Social Security reform, retirement saving
• U-M experts available to talk about tsunami's ongoing effect

January 11, 2005
• Gift from alumnus enhances library's transportation collection
• Ebony's Lerone Bennett Jr. will give MLK Day address Jan. 17

January 10, 2005
• Event announcement: U-M Rosenthal Lecture to focus on the causes of terrorism purposes

January 06, 2005
• Study: 7 percent of college students used prescription drugs as stimulants for non-medical purposes
• Event announcement: Experts to discuss potential for influenza pandemic
• Event announcement: Renowned Polish poet Zagajewski to lecture at U-M

January 05, 2005
• Event announcement: Award-winning poet to attend U-M's Hopwood ceremony

January 03, 2005
• Why is Mona Lisa's smile cracking?
• Study looks at patient safety in children's hospitals
• Event announcement: Times of London editor Sir Peter Strothard to speak