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January 2005-Present
January 04, 2007
•Five university presidents convene for U-M School of Education

January 03, 2007
•U-M updates contacts for media
•Architecture and urbanism in the age of globalism

January 02, 2007
•U-M experts, resources available for coverage related Ford’s life


December 22, 2006
•New model explains ups and downs of flu epidemics

December 21, 2006
• Decline in daily smoking by teens has leveled-off
• Illicit drug use down among teens, prescription drug use remains high

December 20, 2006
• U-M, MSU, Northwestern and Project 2061 win $11 million to reform science education

December 14, 2006
• President Clinton to deliver spring 2007 commencement address
• Local ownership not key to public affairs TV programming

December 13, 2006
• Flu shot effective against drifted influenza; nasal spray vaccine less so.
• Does he love you so?  Maybe it really is in his face…

December 11, 2006
• U-M Board of Regents meet Dec. 15
• Bankruptcy Reform Act: No help to consumers in debt
• Exploring the deep fascination, impact of music

December 07, 2006
• U-M Board of Regents meet Dec. 15
• Maternal weight, glucose tolerance affect Mexican-American newborns

December 04, 2006
• U-M student named 2007 Marshall Scholar
• U-M purchases rare map of Northwest Territory
• U-M nursing students serve the community
• Frankel Fund is looking to invest in U-M startups


November 30, 2006
• Area and age help explain tropical rainforest biodiversity
• Paying off mortgage early may be the wrong choice

November 29, 2006
• ‘eBayaday’: U-M curators transform auction Web site into art gallery

November 28, 2006
• MSU, U-M, Wayne State create University Research Corridor
• U-M students don masks and wash hands for influenza study
• U-M expert available to discuss U.S. Supreme Court case about EPA

November 27, 2006
• November Surveys of Consumers: Holiday shopping—looking for discounts
• Google and U-M librarian to speak on research tools, applications

November 22, 2006
• Twenty-one U-M students named Fulbright Fellows

November 17, 2006
• U-M mourns death of Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler
• U-M Regents approve renovation designs for Michigan Stadium
• Michigan's job-loss streak is the longest since Great Depression
• Entrepreneur and basketball hall-of-famer Dave Bing to speak at U-M winter commencement

November 16, 2006
• U.S. economic growth will remain moderate

November 15, 2006
• Scientists find new way to manipulate DNA

November 13, 2006
• U-M launches new suicide prevention program
• Regents meeting set for Nov. 17
• U-M conference will feature national and state economic forecasts

November 9, 2006
• U-M Regents to meet Nov. 17

November 8, 2006
• U-M Regents to meet Nov. 17
• U-M President Mary Sue Coleman:  ‘Diversity matters at Michigan’
• U-M composer Bolcom receives National Medal of Arts from White House

November 7, 2006
• Car-sharing arrives on U-M campus
• Ford School of Public Policy panel to interpret mid-term election results
• Brazilian nonprofit founders to speak at WDI

November 6, 2006
• Snap judgments are the best way to pick election winners
• Tiny worm provides model for the genetics of nicotine dependence
• U-M to respond to election results

November 3, 2006
• U-M experts available to discuss global warming.

November 2, 2006
• UMTRI and university partners awarded grant to study wheelchair transportation safety
• BP group chief executive to give Sixth Annual Peter M. Wege Lecture

November 1, 2006
• Live webcast: Corporate strategies that address climate change

October 31, 2006
• U-M study: Suicide attempt rate for blacks higher than previously reported
• Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie
• Fossil is missing link in elephant lineage
• Grand opening set for Arthur Miller Theatre
• U-M experts available to discuss midterm elections
• U-M Law, Business put on SOX: Conference on Sarbanes-Oxley Act

October 30, 2006
• U-M forms new advisory committee on public art

October 27, 2006
• U-M takes author's writing a long way from Tipperary
• Resilient Consumers: October Surge in Confidence
• One small snip from man; one giant leap for the genome

October 26, 2006
• Take childhood behavior seriously, study shows
• Insights into honey bee sex gene could bring sweet success in breeding

October 25, 2006
• Tall girls, short boys: Using hormone therapy to shape children's height to social norms
• U-M boomer making her mark on government

October 24, 2006
• U-M law expert offers employment tips regarding blogging

October 23, 2006
• Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options
• U-M Department of Dance earns accreditation; recognition bolsters international reputation
• Researchers awarded $1.2 million training grant for cancer epidemiology

October 20, 2006
• University investments post strong gains
• Nobel Prize recipient to give annual Ta-You Wu Lecture in physics
• Saturday Morning Physics lecture series resumes for the fall
• Experts available on athletes, World Series impact

October 19, 2006
• Embattled lives: mastodon tusk 'scars' record a history of combat
• U-M 2006 enrollment tops 40,000; freshman class returns to normal levels
• Looking like an in-group member plays factor in school performance: U-M study
• Left and right hands rely on different senses

October 18, 2006
•Research: Proposal 2 could have ‘adverse health effects’ on state’s minorities
•Climate-change strategies help companies stay ahead of the curve

October 17, 2006
•Curtain rises on Royal Shakespeare Co. residency, long-term cultural-economic impact expected

October 16, 2006
• U-M and Detroit school work together to raise math standards
• Embattled lives: mastodon tusk 'scars' record a history of combat

October 12, 2006
• Researchers make nanosheets that mimic protein formation
• Free oral health screenings on Dental Health Day at U-M
• First detailed pictures of asteroid reveal bizarre system

October 11 , 2006
• Columbia's Snyder to discuss strategies for the rule of law
• U-M maps add controversy and depth to Shakespeare’s plays
• U-M awarded federal transportation center to study safety and mobility
• New U-M Ford School building: More programs, vibrant learning environment

October 10 , 2006
• For Good or Ill?Affirmative Action for Women
• Study fails to find cancer link to marijuana use
• Four U-M faculty elected to Institute of Medicine

October 09 , 2006
• Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski to visit U-M
• Schram selected as director of U-M's Michigan Public Media
• Youths involved with gangs, drugs more likely to carry weapons
• U-M dance professor discusses cultural impact of the legendary Martha Graham

October 06 , 2006
• U-M conference challenges the politics of health and health care

October 04 , 2006
• Hail to the hornworts: New plant family tree sheds light on evolution of life cycles
• Event announcement: Mobile Secretary of State Branch Office to visit U-M on last day to register
• Event announcement: U-M panel discusses the impact of affirmative action on professions
• Why can't a woman bid more like a man? U-M study asks
• Event announcement: Wired editor-in-chief to speak at i-Conference of the iSchools Project

October 03 , 2006
• Event announcement: Domestic violence addressed during Tamara Williams lecture

October 02 , 2006
• U-M fall summit on diversity Oct. 9
• U-M inventors to be showcased
• University of Michigan reports another growth year in tech transfer

September 29, 2006
• Molecular scissors help cancer cells break out and spread
• Consumer confidence strengthens: Decline in gas prices sparks positive expectations
• UMMA's exhibit features haunting images of a life slipping into history

September 28, 2006
• U-M president addresses access at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
• Wallenberg honoree rescued Lost Boys of Sudan
• Teen ridicule shapes consumer behavior and brand awareness

September 27, 2006
• Experiences of racial discrimination harm mental and physical health
• Shakespearean Sonnet Slam honors great bard with a dose of 21st-century hipness
• U-M Library offers free demo in searching and using digitized materials
• Susan Love to kick off U-M effort to fund research on women's health

September 26, 2006
• U-M, PBS, federal officials bring together nation's top literacy experts
• Flight Institute established with $4 million gift from The François-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation

September 25, 2006
• Eisenbergs give $5 million to U-M Institute of Historical Studies
• Life Sciences Institute announces five new faculty

September 22, 2006
• Residential Life Initiatives: Projects to upgrade residence halls continuee
• Regents approve request for site preparation for North Quad

September 21, 2006
• U-M study suggests vitamin K deficiency as an osteoporosis risk factor
• It works: Intervention improves students' academic outcomes
• U-M Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote: Author Sandra Cisneros explores complexity of Latino identity
• Experts available on Thailand coup, southeast Asia

September 19, 2006
• 21st Century Jobs Fund grants $5.8 million to U-M research
• University establishes Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute
• Ross School will feature nonprofit entrepreneurship projects

September 18, 2006
• U-M filmmaker lifts veil on censorship
• U-M library exhibits imaginary worlds from children's books
• Regents meeting set for Sept. 22
• Better gas mileage is Detroit's safest route to fiscal health
• Winfield named chief health officer at U-M
• N.Y. Times reporter Uchitelle to give lecture on consequences of layoffs

September 14, 2006
• U-M study: Teens' racial identity can affect school achievement
• U-M hosts media discussion: Can you print that?
• Ferns provide model for tiny motors powered by evaporation
• New leader named for U-M's diversity center
• Existing vaccine facilities can handle flu pandemic
• Ringing in new antibiotic drugs

September 13, 2006
• New Voter Resource: "A Decision-Making Guide to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative"
• Dingell and jurists celebrate Constitution Day at U-M
• UMMA breaks ground for landmark expansion
• Branching takes polymers to new heights

September 12, 2006
• Regents to consider sale of MCARE to Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Informal 'quotas' are common, study shows
• U-M Regents to meet Sept. 22

September 11, 2006
• Study to forecast side-effects of pollution policy

September 08, 2006
• U-M Regent David Brandon gives $4 million to The Michigan Difference
• New switch found for turning off a tumor signal

September 07, 2006
• U-M will co-sponsor tax policy conference in Washington, D.C.

September 06, 2006
• Law School sponsors screening of award-winning documentary 'Lost Boys'
• Older stem cells don't just wear out, they actively shut themselves down '

September 05, 2006
• 11th Annual U-M Energy Fest 2006: Sept. 12, 14
• U-M study examines energy conservation issues on campus

September 01, 2006
• Consumer confidence weakens: pace of decline slows significantly in late August

August 31, 2006
• Study: Minorities often consider other races, especially whites, their competitors
• MBooks: University of Michigan Library transforms research through digital archive
• U-M's Detroit admissions office moving to Orchestra Place

August 30, 2006
• Model shows how to make Chesapeake Bay healthy
• Non-coding DNA may cause multi-gene macular degeneration
• Global citizenship: Year-long program and courses
• Students compete for Block M Records deal

August 29, 2006
• Global Feminism: Feminisms in China, India, Poland and the U.S.
• Ford School's Rosenthal Lecture: Juan Cole reflects on Sept. 11, fight against al-Qaeda

August 28, 2006
• Type A personality is not linked to heart disease in large study
• Hurricane Katrina showed importance of disaster assistance reform
• Diverse pre-cancerous cells can cooperate to produce cancer

August 25, 2006
• U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz to receive Champion of Science Award

August 24, 2006
• U-M faculty available to discuss U.S. Census Bureau poverty figures
• Physics researchers chosen to study space mission

August 23, 2006
• Business failures are good for the economy

August 21, 2006
• Rehydrate–your RNA needs it

August 18, 2006
• Practice Plunge: U-M School of Public Health moves to Detroit for day

August 17, 2006
• U-M experts available to discuss fifth anniversary of Sept. 11
• Tepid growth predicted for U.S. economy
• Scientists find 'pinwheels' in Quintuplet cluster

August 15, 2006
• Some residents near Midland Dow plant have higher levels of dioxins
• U-M study finds some prostate cancer patients potentially overtreated

August 14, 2006
• Early retirement: Is it better to spend it at work or at play?
• Two-thirds of pregnant women with clinical depression aren't receiving any treatment

August 11, 2006
• Media advisory: News conference to present results of Dioxin Exposure Study

August 10, 2006
• Time of day tempers tadpoles' response to predators

August 09, 2006
• Invasive species alter habitat to their benefit
• Michigan Stadium employees to receive emergency training

August 08, 2006
• Agriculture and tropical conservation: rethinking old ideas
• U-M expands M-PACT, replacing loans with grants

August 07, 2006
• U-M professor's nanotechnology company secures $30 million investment
• Study demonstrates successful HIV-prevention program for Latino youth

August 03, 2006
• U-M experts available to discuss Cuba, Fidel Castro

August 01, 2006
• Estrogen probably not the only factor in menopausal bone loss
• U-M experts available to discuss a decade of welfare reform

July 31, 2006
• Stigma regarding suicide perceived to be the same for blacks, whites
• Mars surface probably can't support life
• Inter-state climate change efforts can reduce global warming, U-M expert

July 28, 2006
• Consumer confidence stabilizes as gap widens between income groups

July 26, 2006
• In tunneling physics, a decades-old paradox is resolved
• Reuters to distribute University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on an exclusive basis
• Pre-life molecules present in comets

July 25, 2006
• Ancient global warming drove early primates' dispersal
• How can identical twins be genetically different?

July 24, 2006
• U-M analysis indicates more television dramas redefine women's roles
• Want to lose weight? Try sleeping more
• Selfish genes make humans selfless, new theory suggests

July 21, 2006
• U-M budget includes moderate tuition increase, major investment in financial aid

July 20, 2006
• Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors
• Experts available on higher education policy, tuition, access, trends
• New U-M parking structure to open

July 19, 2006
• Executives continue to play dating games with stock options

July 18, 2006
• Scientists coax nerve fibers to re-grow after spinal cord injury
• Middle school students eyeing nanotechnology, science careers
• U-M Tech Transfer adds three to National Advisory Board
• U-M receives APPA award for excellence
• U-M International Institute units awarded $7.7 million in grants

July 17, 2006
• Regents meeting set for July 21

July 14, 2006
• Leading U-M stem cell scientist available to discuss Senate vote

July 12, 2006
• Chemists make superstar reaction more accessible

July 06, 2006
• Established eBay sellers get higher prices for good reputations

July 05, 2006
• Drug dials down the energy within cells, U-M researchers find

July 03, 2006
• New sleep gene discovery wakes up scientists

June 30, 2006
• U-M's Vloet wins UPAA national university photographer of the year award
• Inflation top concern of consumers

June 29, 2006
• Runaway problem loses its urgency to finding missing children
• Why money doesn't bring happiness
• Are elite universities losing their competitive edge?
• U-M study: Minorities report various factors contribute to diabetes-related emotional distress

June 27, 2006
• Americans more focused on achievement, less power-hungry
• Oregon's Potempa named dean of U-M School of Nursing
• Dental students making free mouth guards for student/athletes July 15

June 26, 2006
• CEW report outlines potential impact of Michigan ballot proposal to end affirmative action
• Study: More support needed to aid disconnected low-income women

June 23, 2006
• Global warming goes deep

June 22, 2006
• U-M programming wins top Emmy awards
• With this ring: No bliss from cell phone noises in college classes

June 20, 2006
• Scientists find the reason behind black holes' light shows

June 19, 2006
• Earliest hominid: Not a hominid at all?
• Victory and defeat: Are you a wolf or a sheep?
• NIH renews agreement with U-M ISR to study health, retirement

June 16, 2006
• Washington, Lincoln and Franklin as advertising pitchmen
• Regents reappoint Mary Sue Coleman to second term as U-M president
• Joan and Sanford Weill endow Ford School deanship
• U-M Museum of Art reaches $35.4 million fund-raising goal for historic expansion and restoration project

June 15, 2006
• Lakeside summit to examine scientific integrity issues

June 14, 2006
• More states adopting aggressive renewable energy policy
• Iraqi attitudes: Survey documents big changes

June 13, 2006
• Leptin found to control appetite and limb development in frogs
• Huesmann to direct ISR Research Center for Group Dynamics
• U-M, Perrigo name 2006 undergraduate research fellows
• U-M professor, Pew Center official to discuss report on state renewable energy policy

June 12, 2006
• Regents meeting June 16 begins at 9 a.m.
• U-M School of Social Work, Ozone House collaboration to focus on runaway youth
• U-M education dean to advise White House on math policy
• Parallel evolution: proteins do it, too

June 9, 2006
• U-M dancers and carillon sonata featured at Summer Festival

June 8, 2006
• More than one-third of disaster victims may suffer from stress disorder

June 7, 2006
• Dental students from U-M to provide oral health care to migrant workers
• Rankings impede profitable joint ventures, U-M study

June 6, 2006
• Most children diagnosed with autism at 2 have same diagnosis at age 9
• U-M Regents to meet June 16
• Firms with hard-to-read annual reports have lower earnings

June 5, 2006
• New U-M program looks at policy influences on science, technology
• Tiny wireless Geiger counter detects radiation

June 1, 2006
• Adult children of mothers with mental illness show problems
• Innovative U-M biology courses win Howard Hughes teaching grant
• Hurricanes and the happiness index: U-M study tracks the time path
• Floating pile of rubble a pristine record of solar system's history

May 31, 2006
• Professor makes personal gift to advance environmental justice
• Study explores how we make health decisions involving risks, benefits

May 30, 2006
• U-M study: Reading First federal literacy program is working
• Symposium: Continuing a tradition of excellence in NMR

May 26, 2006
• Consumer confidence sinks in May

May 25, 2006
• U-M Library launches Deep Blue: More access to U-M scholarship
• U-M survey: Ban cell phone use in cars

May 24, 2006
• Cure for reading glasses may be in view

May 23, 2006
• New analysis of networks reveals surprise patterns in politics, the web
• If all drivers were polite, they would get where they're going faster
• New beach signs in English and Spanish warn swimmers to be aware of dangerous rip currents
• Barry Rabe receives EPA Climate Protection Award

May 22, 2006
• Arnold and Constance Pohs Give $1 million for Communication Studies; Athletics receives $250,000

May 19, 2006
• Study reveals a disproportionately high number of minorities and poor live near toxic waste facilities
• Big House renovations to improve game-day experience
• Designs approved for new baseball, softball facilities

May 16, 2006
• U-M appoints coordinator of China initiatives
• School-based health center program celebrates 10-year anniversary

May 10, 2006
• Electronic stability control is a lifesaver in rollovers
• Regents to meet May 19 at U-M-Dearborn

May 09, 2006
• Evolutionary forces explain why women live longer than men
• The world becomes classroom for students, faculty in U-M program
• Survey: Advisers 'play powerful role' in shaping academic talent pool
• University of Michigan names Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows

May 05, 2006
• U-M Museum of Art receives $1 million for Chinese gallery in new addition

May 04, 2006
• Intervention needed to help sexually abused women cope with trauma

May 03, 2006
• New study finds keys to success for asthma programs
• Expanding waistlines triggered by your genes

May 02, 2006
• More than 200 high school science students and teachers to compete in U-M Physics Olympiad

May 01, 2006
• U-M Road Scholars visiting 11 Michigan cities this week

April 28, 2006
• Consumer confidence remains steady despite surge in gas prices

April 27, 2006
• U-M scientist on shipboard team that achieves scientific first

April 26, 2006
• U-M Library puts anarchism pamphlets online
• Oakland County on the right road to sustain economic success

April 25, 2006
• University of Michigan spring commencement

April 24, 2006
• University of Michigan unveils innovative medication program

April 21, 2006
• 75th Hopwood celebration awards $142,050 to U-M student writers
• U-M housing rates increase for 2006-07
• Latest Stamps gift builds scholarships and North Campus auditorium
• U-M study finds gender differences in political interests

April 20, 2006
• "The Value of Values" inaugurates ISR speaker series on Americans' Evolving Values
• Ford School to offer undergraduate degree in public policy

April 19, 2006
• When art speaks to the Arb
• Art Museum says goodbye to some old friends

April 18, 2006
• Spying on synapses: new methods for revealing nerve-muscle activity in live animals
• Pharmacy students to help seniors evaluate Medicare Part D

April 17, 2006
• Regents meeting April 21 begins at 9 a.m.

April 13, 2006
• U-M recording studio renovation to improve acoustics
• Binge behavior/addiction linked to stress, tripling desire for sugar
• U-M-led team gets grant to develop materials to bend lightwaves backwards
• Go figure: Weight loss one of the worst reasons to exercise
• African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: the skin off their backs

April 12, 2006
• Molecular insights into metabolic disease
• Researchers say we can't count on plants forever for CO2 storage

April 11, 2006
• Five U-M faculty win Guggenheim Fellowships
• Statement on water damage at University of Michigan residence hall

April 10, 2006
• Cell phone aids recovery process for alcoholics
• The Future of Black Studies: Conference celebrates U-M center
• Exhibit of colonial photography shows glimpse of past

April 06, 2006
• 'Elite' college students don't earn higher pay or status
• U.S. falling behind in embryonic stem cell research, study says

April 05, 2006
• Wayne County job losses will be moderate through 2008
• Michigan team singles out cancer stem cells for attack

April 04, 2006
• Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecturer: Affirmative action question requires reframing

April 03, 2006
• Highly taxed stocks get higher return
• Researchers win money to develop breath test to detect breast cancer
• The sixth sense—your place in space
• U-M sponsors walking through time in U.S. and Africa
• Kids behave and sleep better after tonsillectomy, University of Michigan study finds

April 01, 2006
• Epidemic of job insecurity takes a major toll on worker health

March 31, 2006
• Consumer confidence rises due to optimism among higher income households
• U-M experts available to discuss immigration debate

March 30, 2006
• Responding to Nature: Conference honors retiring U-M professor

March 29, 2006
• Immigration goes nationwide, heightening public interest
• American health care depends on immigrant nurses

March 28, 2006
• Newspaper publisher/civic leader Philip Power aids U-M publications

March 27, 2006
• Baxter honors 75 years of Hopwood and generations of great writers
• Carbon nanotube absorption measured in worms, cancer cells

March 23, 2006
• Firms benefit when execs spend less time doing their core jobs
• Award-winning journalist Woodward to speak about the Ford years
• New Center for Law, Ethics and Health hosts Sen. George Mitchell
• What are stem cells, exactly? U-M responds
• International Supernova Cosmology Project Leader to speak at U-M

March 22, 2006
• Think your friends know you? Think again
• Expect Respect: U-M program promotes awareness

March 21, 2006
• You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours: Chimps point to spot they'd like groomed
• Women and money: The last taboo

March 20, 2006
• Warming trend may contribute to malaria's rise
• U-M students will present research in Lansing
• Dose of Realty: Medical students blog
• Center for Genetics in Health and Medicine will help bridge the gap between science and medicine

March 17, 2006
• Celebrated journalist Amanpour is U-M commencement speaker
• Best-selling author of 'You're Wearing THAT?' to speak at U-M
• Falcons or music at Burton Tower? Maybe both

March 16, 2006
• Steady growth predicted for America's economy through 2007

March 15, 2006
• Detroit radio executive named interim director of U-M's Michigan Public Media

March 14, 2006
• Block M Records now available on the iTunes Music Store
• U-M law professor, alumnus to give U.S. Supreme Court arguments
• For many older widows, grief is short-lived
• Pow Wow: Popular community event to enliven Crisler for 34th year
• Ross School of Business partners with Apple iTunes

March 13, 2006
• U-M launches Spanish language news service, Web site
• Does type II diabetes cause Alzheimer's, researcher asks
• National Center for Institutional Diversity names fellows
• U-M hosts national town hall meeting on health care March 22
• U-M Regents to meet March 17

March 09, 2006
• Citigroup Lecture to feature former adviser in Arab-Israeli negotiations

March 08, 2006
• 'Eye for an eye'claims justice is about getting even, restoring balance
• Researchers take new approach to defeating Gram-negative bugs

March 07, 2006
• The Polar Bear Expedition: Where history and the future meet
• Lt. Gen. David Petraeus to speak about 'soldiering in Iraq'

March 06, 2006
• U-M receives $1 million foundation grant to increase community college transfers
• Can tax policy curb workaholism?
• U-M Regents to meet March 17
• Probiotic microbes could be a key to good health
• Restless legs sending your partner to the other room?
• Should you get a high-tech 'snapshot' of your heart?
• Too much of a good thing: Expert warns of overuse of over-the-counter pain medication
• Irregular-heartbeat procedure gives patients long-lasting relief & improves quality of life, rigorous study shows

March 03, 2006
• Event announcement: U-M Wellness in Workplace Conference celebrates 25th year
• Lucky winner in Weather Dance will go tornado chasing
• Consumer confidence weakens in February

March 02, 2006
• Professor bridging the gap between youth culture and school culture
• Event announcement: Symposium to discuss impact of digitization on libraries, universities, government, information policy, publishing and education

March 01, 2006
• U-M student wins prime position with Philadelphia Orchestra

February 28, 2006
• U-M announces first Weiser Fellowship winners

February 27, 2006
• Art becomes sci-fi in 'Flocking Party' Web site

February 24, 2006
• Event announcement: U-M hosts national forum: 'What is your health worth?'
• Media advisory: U-M president to discuss innovation challenges in science and technology at the National Press Club

February 23, 2006
• Washington, Lincoln and Franklin: Advertising pitchmen?

February 22, 2006
• Wallace and CBS archives deposited at University of Michigan
• Students use break to spring into action, learning
• Researcher looks for more targeted way to deliver cancer drugs

February 21, 2006
• New student-run Frankel Fund is ready to invest in U-M startups
• U-M's award-winning organization hosts prisoner art show

February 20, 2006
• Stressed out women more likely to miscarry early
• Event announcement: European Union ambassador to U.S. to speak at U-M

February 17, 2006
• U-M English lecturer wins Story Prize
• U-M research nears $800 million mark in fiscal year 2006
• Six awarded 2006 Thurnau professorships; undergraduate teaching award becomes career honor
• UMHS unveils design for new children's, women's hospital

February 16, 2006
• U-M provides glimpse into past

February 14, 2006
• Pests and the power law: researchers discover biology behind common pattern
• Less is more, gene study shows
• U-M researcher part of D.C. panel about prescription drug abuse
• Quantum breakup is no heartbreaker

February 13, 2006
• Study finds room for improvement in angioplasty
• Lovers and liars: How many sex partners have you really had?
• Road chat: Talking to passengers can be as dangerous as using a cell phone
• Snakebot could revolutionize search and rescue
• Navajo Supreme Court to hear double jeopardy case at U-M Law School
• U-M tops list of graduate degree volunteers in U.S. Peace Corps
• Regents meeting Feb. 17

February 09, 2006
• U-M museum of art receives more than $6.5 million in new leadership gifts
• U-M expert to lead national nursing home study
• 'Songs of Innocence' wins four Grammy Awards
• Diaries of the 21st century: U-M offers free blogs for students, employees
• U-M's Atkins to lead new federal Office of Cyberinfrastructure
• U-M Board of Regents to meet Feb. 17

February 08, 2006
• CEOs of Black Enterprise and Executive Leadership Council will speak at U-M

February 07, 2006
• EBRD president to give Citigroup Lecture

February 06, 2006
• U-M, community leaders to unveil details of Traverse City's waterfront study
• New cochlear implant could improve hearing

February 03 , 2006
• Intelligent design meets the First Amendment
• Confidence rides gas price waves: When up means down
• Experts available to discuss federal efforts to make U.S. competitive
• New method reveals how RNA 'jiggles and wiggles'

February 02 , 2006
• Steve Ford to discuss the media's impact on first families
• Distinguished University Professors take place at podiumm

February 01 , 2006
• Poor and racially mixed neighborhoods have fewer supermarkets
• A Remarkable Legacy: Hopwood Winners from Arthur Miller to Elizabeth Kostova
• U-M Dentistry offers free care on Give Kids a Smile Day, Saturday
• U-M program boosts Detroit science test scores

January 31, 2006
• Parents find success discussing child behavior problems in group setting
• Scientists spot solitary stem cells in living bone marrow
• U-M pill-splitting program reduces copays for prescription drugs

January 30, 2006
• Obese children twice as likely to have diabetes
• U-M launches Michigan Channel
• U-M experts available to discuss Super Bowl ads
• Andy Kirshner to present ‘Museum of Life and Death'

January 27, 2006
• U-M honors Hopwood, the 'father' of generations of top authors

January 26, 2006
• SOX fails to stop stock-option manipulation by executives

January 24, 2006
• Davidson Institute hosts conference on China energy constraints, implications

January 23, 2006
• End-of-life wishes vary among racial and ethnic groups, and between genders

January 20, 2006
• National rates for bariatric surgery on the rise, especially among youth

January 19, 2006
• Four universities announce program to increase minorities in science, math
• Number of U.S. entrepreneurs reaches eight-year high
• Free oral health screenings offered on Dental Health Day, Feb. 18
• Grant brings 'deep' Web to surface
• Family and neighborhood impact school outcomes

January 18, 2006
• Client defections: Companies are careful about the company they keep
• National rates for bariatric surgery on the rise, especially among youth

January 17, 2006
• Islam and Democracy:   Survey shows what Iraqis want

January 16, 2006
• U-M Regents meeting Jan. 20; note new schedule for 2006

January 13, 2006
• Family history, neighborhood affect teen behavior problems
• Couples who attend church together more likely to stay together

January 12, 2006
• Event announcement: U-M hosts event on connection between animal and human health
• Event announcement: University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman to speak at 'Wolverine Day' at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church

January 11, 2006
• U-M's 19th MLK Symposium uses spirited words to 'break silence'
• U-M honors Hopwood, the 'father' of generations of top author

January 10, 2006
• Event announcement: String theory expert to give lecture at U-M
• Event announcement: Four universities kick off program to attract, retain minorities in science, technology, engineering and math
• Scientists detect indentation in spacetime from a spinning black hole

January 9, 2006
• $2.5 million Great Lakes center to link research, teaching
• Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley will speak at Ross School

January 6, 2006
• Award-winning program commissioned for mural

January 5, 2006
• Event announcement: Experts discuss inter-group relations in different societies
• Event announcement: 'Hip-hop' scholar Michael Dyson will give MLK Day lecture

January 4, 2006
• Event announcement: U-M president to speak about access to higher education at Bethel A.M.E. Church of Saginaw
• Event announcement: President Coleman to participate in U.S. University Presidents Summit
• Event announcement: Polish artist brings work to U-M
• Event announcement: New Orleans' brass band The Hot 8 to perform and teach at U-M

January 3, 2006
• UT's Sullivan selected as U-M provost
• U-M appoints constitutional scholar to Law School faculty
• Personal problems increase risk of long stays on welfare

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