2008 News Releases

July 3, 2008
• Learn how to fall like a skydiver to reduce risk of hip fracture
• U-M instrument shows what planet Mercury is made of
• U-M experts available to discuss the need for expanded embryonic stem cell research

July 1, 2008
• Gift positions U-M as national leader in studying risks to public health

June 30, 2008
• Love thy neighbor? States that lower drinking age hurt others
• Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study

June 27, 2008
• New U-M project probes Americans' values

June 25, 2008
• Mixed backgrounds improve organizational innovation, creativity

June 24, 2008
• U-M experts available to discuss 2008 presidential elections
• Late-life remarriage: Stepfamilies make caring more complex

June 23, 2008
• Connection to acclaimed choreographer gains international notice

June 19, 2008
• U-M Ann Arbor General Fund budget includes $107 million for financial aid
• U-M contains costs, invests in future
• Childhood aggressive behavior can lead to alcohol abuse as adults
• If it's hard to read, is it hard to do?

June 17, 2008
• Provost to brief media about the Ann Arbor campus 2008-2009 operating budget
• U-M Dental students provide oral health care to migrant workers
• Exercise reduces hunger in lean women but not obese women
• Economic growth hurt health progress in late 20th century Sweden

June 16, 2008
• Web site shows daily tornadoes across the country
• University of Michigan Regents to meet June 19

June 13, 2008
• Microchip sets low-power record with extreme sleep mode
• U-M scientist to speak at NASA Mars lander press briefing

June 12, 2008
• Applications to U-M Ann Arbor reach historic high

June 11, 2008
• U-M's Frankel Fund announces new investment

June 10, 2008
• U-M Life Sciences Institute bridges "Valley of Death" with new fund
• ‘Saucy’ software update finds symmetries dramatically faster
• Study: More frequent, but shorter, poverty spells among single mothers after welfare reform
• U-M Regents meeting June 19
• Extreme weather formation and aftermath experts available

June 9, 2008
• Urban transportation: An emerging market
• U-M researchers discover traits of aggressive form of prostate cancer

June 6, 2008
• Forum to focus on math and mechanics behind life processes
• Big boom in boomer knee replacement surgeries

June 5, 2008
• U-M receives $5.2 million for LSA Fellowships from librarian

June 4, 2008
• U-M joins $7 million project to study autism early intervention

June 2, 2008
• U-M's campus in the north woods celebrates centennial session
• U-M simulations predicted Mars lander would hit subsurface
• U-M conservators join archaeological dig in Israel

May 30, 2008
• Even low levels of air pollution may pose stroke risk
• IU Kokomo’s Person recommended as new chancellor of U-M-Flint
• U-M names Regents Merit Scholars
• Community interventions can help vaccinate at-risk people
• U-M announces Engineering Dean’s List

May 29, 2008
• URC analysis: State can become a leader in alternative energy
• URC backs two 'revolutionary but feasible' energy projects
• Times reporter offers behind-the-scenes analysis of CIA
• U-M survey asks whether 'green' economy is color-blind

May 28, 2008
• U-M scientists selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
• Good news for a fast-wrinkling generation: Some anti-aging methods work

May 27, 2008
• Powerful emotions affect how voters seek political information

May 25, 2008
• U-M/China relationship continues to strengthen
• Globalization making U.S., China higher ed more intertwined
• URC and Chinese leaders complete high-level talks, exchanges

May 23, 2008
• UMHS awarded $8.9M for Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center

May 22, 2008
• U-M scientists remove thousands of aspens to glimpse forest's future
• Peace on earth, good will toward women

May 20, 2008
• Presidential nominations: Years of experience matter little
• Michigan to host major training program for EducationUSA overseas advisers

May 19, 2008
• Drug brings relief for many IBS patients who experience constipation

May 15, 2008
• U-M cultural change yields business intelligence payoffs
• U-M unveils updated master plan for North Campus
• U-M room and board rates approved for 2008-09

May 14, 2008
• Compound has potential for new class of AIDS drugs
• Panel on Sustainable Urban Transportation

May 13, 2008
• Racism not an issue in firing of NBA coaches

May 12, 2008
• Would you allow your child to participate in medical research?
• New U-M Business Engagement Center opens

May 9, 2008
• Experts available on Myanmar, Southeast Asia, cyclone formation

May 8, 2008
• U-M's Kelsey Museum receives federal grant
• U-M Regents meeting May 15

May 7, 2008
• U-M study: Asthma inhaler misuse widespread among anti-social teens
• Allan to serve as acting dean of U-M’s SNRE

May 6, 2008
• Mouse can do without man's most treasured genes
• Physicist confines plasma components in a trap within a trap
• U-M establishes Center for Educational Outreach and Academic Success, appoints director
• Women and heart attack: Study finds failure to recognize symptoms, failure to treat appropriately

May 5, 2008
• Iron supplements might harm infants who have enough
• U-M to add 25 interdisciplinary junior faculty

May 2, 2008
• The future of computers to be discussed at symposium
• U-M offering new undergraduate concentration in Polish

May 1, 2008
• U-M anthropologist elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 30, 2008
• New insights into cause of diabetes emerge from U-M research
• Heat transfer between materials is focus of new research grant
• Study: Estrogen fuels female need for power and control

April 29, 2008
• Five U-M faculty elected as AAAS fellows
• Big partnerships take effort, but pay off in the end
• New dean for U-M's Architecture and Urban Planning

April 28, 2008
• Brain-training to improve memory boosts fluid intelligence

April 26, 2008
• Diag commencement a first; Woodruff shares life lessons, hope

April 25, 2008
• Latina/o Culture Professor Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes receives Circle Award

April 24, 2008
• Pinpoint microwave resolution could lead to wireless power transfer
• UMTRI approved to extend program that helps drivers avoid crashes

April 23, 2008
• Michigan telescope helps give astronomers insights into blazars
• U-M Stamps Studios foster artists' autonomy, creativity
• U-M recruits top Pfizer researchers
• U-M Spring Commencement 2008: How to get around
• Divine intervention: Blacks use prayer to cope with stress
• Presence of certain antibodies signals healthier teeth and gums
• The spring in your step is more than just a good mood
• Five outstanding U-M seniors have stories to tell

April 22, 2008
• U-M commencement on the Diag; Woodruff delivers address
• 'Energy Futures' theme semester examines political and social dimensions of energy policy
• Black women have urinary incontinence less than half as often as white women

April 21, 2008
• Users of Yahoo Answers seek advice, opinion, expertise
• Green energy experts share ideas online and on WWJ

April 18, 2008
• Special graduation celebrations offer individualized recognition of diverse groups
• No place like home: Katrina's lasting impact
• Alcohol abuse increases after Hurricane Katrina; large burden of post-traumatic stress in population

April 17, 2008
• U-M study: Work hassles hamper sleep
• Oakland County economy: A little more pain, then some gain

April 16, 2008
• U-M drama students heading to Kennedy Center stage

April 14, 2008
• U-M undergrad students present their findings at research symposium
• Michigan on iTunes U now available
• Many U-M students experience trauma, study finds
• University of Michigan Regents to meet April 17
• Dalai Lama to deliver U-M Wege Lecture on Sunday

April 11, 2008
• U-M hosts local site for national China Town Hall forum
• New conservation map maximizes species protection in biodiversity hotspot
• New lab will 'change the way people live' in Mich. and beyond

April 10, 2008
• Michigan plans for boom from energy/green breakthroughs
• Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources

April 9, 2008
• Safer, easier system for remote explosive detection
• Dalai Lama presents U-M sustainability lecture
• Secrets of cellular signaling shed light on new cancer stem cell therapies
• U-M Regents meet April 17

April 8, 2008
• What the new nanolab means for the university, state and region
• Filipino migrants send money to family; investment finances new businesses, education

April 7, 2008
• Versatile coating for biomedical devices lets them interact with live cells
• U-M professor Ashutosh Varshney chosen as a Carnegie Scholar
• Student engineering projects on display at Design Expo

April 6, 2008
• Scrimmage science: football images illustrate membrane protein interactions

April 3, 2008
• One large organic shade-grown coffee, please—with extra bats
• Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
• Leaders and best: Seven U-M faculty named Guggenheim Fellows

April 2, 2008
• Festifools features giant puppets on Ann Arbor streets

April 1, 2008
• Rising prison population an undeclared national crisis
• Weight a minute: Obese people want fair treatment from employers
• U-M President Mary Sue Coleman’s statement on Toyota

March 31, 2008
• Black women caregivers rely on nurturing family bonds to stay positive
• Photojournalist to speak in recognition of the 5th anniversary of Iraq war
• U-M receives full accreditation for research involving human subjects
• Non-traditional Internet sources: Less credibility?
• Potential association of type 2 diabetes genes with prostate cancer

March 28, 2008
• World-renowned astrophysicist to speak at U-M

March 27, 2008
• U-M researchers involved in oldest European human fossil find
• Chinese auto conference will be held at the University of Michigan

March 25, 2008
• U-M 'ballast-free ship' could cut costs while blocking aquatic invaders
• Why don't kids walk to school anymore?
• Students to inventory used medical equipment for developing countries

March 24, 2008
• Caricature exhibit strikes a defiant chord

March 20, 2008
• Food for thought: Privatizing school lunches may impair learning
• Lecture: Letters from the Holocaust, 1938-1946
• Robert H. Lurie Nanolab expected to bolster state economy
• U-M names honorary degree recipients for commencement

March 19, 2008
• Maybe fine china really does make food taste better
• Diverse art show challenges conventions of growing old
• Changing stress levels can make brain flip from ‘desire’ to ‘dread’

March 18, 2008
• Tough economic sledding will get smoother by year's end

March 17, 2008
• Stamps dedication celebrates U-M North Campus transformation
• Pokes at powerful reveal long struggle for human rights

March 14, 2008
• Small-business job fair fosters entrepreneurship in engineering

March 13, 2008
• Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development
• U-M education dean on U.S. panel: math improvements ‘vital’
• Search committee appointed for U-M Center for the Education of Women director

March 11, 2008
• Baker named 2008 Distinguished University Innovator
• Play the U-M Weather Dance game during the Big Dance
• 21 win latest round of Hopwood writing awards

March 10, 2008
• Why disability rates are dropping among older Americans
• U-M adds voice, text messaging for emergency notification
• Joint press release of the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America and the University of Michigan

March 7, 2008
• $17 million grant supports predictive science and supernovae research
• Fluorescent organic nanoparticles help illuminate cellular proteins

March 6, 2008
• Researchers control growth rate of replacement blood vessels, tissues
• Quasicrystal mystery unraveled with computer simulation
• Small group sessions can help teens resolve ethnic conflicts, biases

March 5, 2008
• William Davidson Institute partners with Goldman Sachs to help 10,000 women
• Unique locks on microchips could reduce hardware piracy
• U-M event addresses eliminating food deserts in Detroit

March 4, 2008
• Achievement gaps within racial groups identified for first time
• Free tickets for U-M Dalai Lama lecture gone; pay tickets for related events still available
• U-M seminar examines role of private sector in K-12
• Unusual brand logos and images work well
• Urban kids who feel safe look to future, avoid danger
• Hope for stem cell research is focus of new documentary

March 3, 2008
• Non-medical use of prescription medications linked to other types of drug abuse among college students, U-M study finds
• A serious look at comedy: U-M panel draws 'Stewart' writers

February 29, 2008
• World-acclaimed artist to lecture on film, music, language
• U-M symposium: The Shia, Modernity, and the Legacy of Musa al-Sadr
• Panel discussion: The Future of Islam

February 28, 2008
• Quantifying Earth's copper: Study puts numbers on nonrenewability

February 27, 2008
• Indiana manufacturers battle back against foreign competition

February 26, 2008
• Symposium: Women in health care and bioscience
• College of Literature, Science, and the Arts raises more than $91 million for undergraduate scholarships

February 21, 2008
• Cold conspirators: Ice crystals implicated in Arctic pollution
• New computer network security threat identified

February 20, 2008
• U-M researchers release most detailed global study of genetic variation
• Loss of resources caused depression in Gaza refugees
• Epicenter of new tourism: Tintern Abbey and tourism in Wales

February 19, 2008
• URC investing in 'revolutionary but feasible' energy ideas
• First college student group to work with China CDC
• The Caribbean in New York

February 18, 2008
• U-M engineering professors elected to National Academy
• Study suggests we like HMOs as long as participation is voluntary

February 15, 2008
• U-M scientists develop tool to probe role of oxidative stress in aging, disease
• Michigan laser beam believed to set record for intensity
• U-M digitized books: One in eight—million that is

February 14, 2008
• U-M president leads delegation to Ghana and South Africa
• U-M report: Michiganians willing to pay extra for renewable energy production
• Yes, dear: Romantic relationships can make you defensive, 'avoidant'
• U of Cape Town leader to receive U-M honorary degree
• Six faculty awarded Thurnau Professorships

February 13, 2008
• Stocks of bad companies often outperform those of good ones
• Missing link shows bats flew first, developed echolocation later

February 12, 2008
• New findings contradict a prevailing belief about the inner ear
• University of Michigan Regents to meet Feb. 14

February 11, 2008
• U-M artists-designers reveal link between research, self-expression
• Trimpin pushes the limits of music and sculpture in a new project that evokes an historic era
• Do co-workers engage or estrange after hours?
• Activist dedicates life to combating sex trade

February 8, 2008
• Women of Color Task Force conference: success in a global economy

February 7, 2008
• Knee brace generates electricity from walking

February 6, 2008
• NPR's Totenberg to lecture on U.S. Supreme Court's impact on women

February 5, 2008
• Avian origins: new analysis confirms ancient beginnings
• Don't blame the trees: social factors, not forests, dictate disease patterns

February 4, 2008
• U-M researchers identify cells that cause nervous system disease
• Birds, bats and insects hold secrets for aerospace engineers
• Seeing our spouses more negatively might be a positive
• Scarnecchia named U-M vice president and general counsel
• Computer simulations and climate change to be discussed at talk
• U-M Regents meeting Feb. 14

February 1, 2008
• 24 Michigan colleges launch jobs portal: 1,200 openings online
• Free oral health screening for children

January 31, 2008
• Community workshop offers local economic help
• Youths in child welfare system behave better with early intervention

January 30, 2008
• The future of the book: A conversation with Newsweek's Levy
• Hidden art could be revealed by new terahertz device
• Mercury's magnetosphere fends off the solar wind
• Indonesian ambassador keynotes Asia Business conference at U-M

January 29, 2008
• "Synergy: The Changing Direction of Environmental Health" – 13th Annual Toxicology Symposium
• U-M space instrument findings to be revealed at NASA news conference
• Mask-wearing students take to U-M campus starting this week
• Writers, poets to gather at U-M conference honoring bookshop owner Karl Pohrt
• U-M begins landmark study of toddlers with autism

January 28, 2008
• U-M expands services for student veterans
• Experts available to discuss Gov. Granholm's energy proposals
• Changing economic factors, social norms delay transition to adulthood

January 25, 2008
• Will tax rebates work?

January 23, 2008
• Ants and avalanches: Insects on coffee plants follow widespread natural tendency

January 22, 2008
• U-M Dance Co. presents homage to great composer
• A good fight may keep you and your marriage healthy

January 18, 2008
• Work force and economic development agencies team up in tough times
• Eclectic concert blends musical genres

January 17, 2008
• U-M research spending tops $800 million for first time

January 16, 2008
• Saturday Morning Physics lectures to focus on the universe

January 14, 2008
• Voters respond favorably to touch screen voting equipment
• Teen drivers would benefit from greater restrictions
• University of Michigan Regents to meet Jan. 17

January 13, 2008
• Study suggests genetic connection between short stature and arthritis
• Study locates cholesterol genes; finds surprises about good, bad cholesterol

January 11, 2008
• U-M's King events: Stars, social activists from film, sports and music
• U-M instrument at work in planet Mercury flyby
• U-M Regents meeting Jan. 17

January 10, 2008
• Popular opinion not always so popular
• When parents are absent from schools, educators' intervention helps
• Tiki Barber will give U-M Ross School's MLK Day address
• One book's journey through time

January 8, 2008
• Americans pay the most for prescription drugs and still don't take them

January 7, 2008
• Electric sand findings could lead to better climate models

January 3, 2008
• U-M School of Social Work, Skillman to host economic forum to improve Detroit neighborhoods
• Catheter chaos: Hospitals mixed on UTI prevention
• In-hospital defibrillation delays studied
• Heart patients find education programs lead to better health
• Device prevents potential errors in children's medications

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