News Releases
July 2, 2009
• Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
July 1, 2009
• Impact of unemployment and gas prices on vehicle fuel economy
June 30, 2009
• New lab-on-a-chip measures mechanics of bacteria colonies
June 25, 2009
• Smartphone app by U-M students promotes good deeds
June 24, 2009
• Students create portable device to detect suicide bombers
• U-M receives NASA grant to study humans, adaptation and climate change on Mongolian Plateau
• U-M experts available on health care reform
• Lasers can lengthen quantum bit memory by 1,000 times
• U.S. seniors "smarter" than their English peers
June 22, 2009
• U-M expert available for Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act
• Not their parents' basement: Students open business incubator on ground floor of Ann Arbor building
• Simple steps are effective in stopping spread of flu symptoms
• U.S. auto industry: Broad, sweeping changes needed
June 19, 2009
• Richner: Next chairman of U-M Board of Regents
June 18, 2009
• U-M plans largest ever investment in financial aid
• U-M Tech Transfer clarifies policy to encourage student entrepreneurs
• UM-Flint proposes tuition for 2009-2010
• U-M researcher and colleagues predict large 2009 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'; Chesapeake Bay's oxygen-starved zone likely to shrink
• Researchers use math to reduce jet lag
• CLOSUP receives Kellogg grant to analyze priorities, goals among state government officials
June 17, 2009
• Ross School's Frankel Fund announces new investment
• First direct evidence of lightning on Mars detected
• Playing video games for better, not worse
• LSI Faculty Member John Kim named 2009 Pew Scholar
June 15, 2009
• U-M provost to brief media about proposed Ann Arbor campus 2009-2010 general fund budget
June 11, 2009
• U-M Regents meeting June 18
• U-M conference: Safer, more productive and efficient heavy trucks
June 9, 2009
• U-M names new director of energy institute
• URC presidents will join CEOs, U.S. officials at National Summit
• When young men are scarce, they're more likely to play the field than to propose
June 8, 2009
• Archeological evidence of human activity found beneath Lake Huron
• Older black men feel productive, achieve prestige at church
• U-M experts available to discuss rise in youth sports injuries
June 4, 2009
• Declining road fatalities: Less driving not the only cause
• Cause marketing: Altruism or greed?
June 3, 2009
• Small molecules mimic natural gene regulators
June 2, 2009
• Why dishing does you good: U-M study
• Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women
May 29, 2009
• U-M performances celebrate a century of dancing at U-M
• Slicing chromosomes leads to new insights into cell division
May 28, 2009
• U-M’s CLOSUP finds smoke-free Legislation doesn’t hurt bars or restaurants; gaming industry impact unclear
• Michigan national leader in life sciences despite recession
• Mason hired as first executive director of Michigan's URC
• U-M experts available to discuss auto industry issues
May 27, 2009
• Get a first glimpse of the new University of Michigan solar car
• U-M ISR celebrates 60 years of social science in the public interest
May 26, 2009
• New screening developed to offer intervention to dementia caregivers
May 22, 2009
• VP Stephen Forrest: New board chair of Ann Arbor SPARK
May 21, 2009
• U-M experts available to discuss U.S. Supreme Court confirmation process
• Ross MBAs Take 2009 MIT Clean Energy Prize
• Hopwood writing awards presented to 32
• U-M students part of massive tornado field study
• U-M researchers involved in primate fossil find
May 20, 2009
• U-M first to sign new digitization agreement with Google
May 19, 2009
• Thriving in tough times: Workshops can help organizations, people
• U-M will again allow university-sponsored travel to Mexico
May 15, 2009
• Snail venoms reflect reduced competition
May 14, 2009
• U-M maintains top bond ratings
• U-M purchase of former Pfizer facility nears completion, paving the way for research expansion and job creation
• Regents approve building soccer stadium
• U-M room and board rates approved for 2009-10
May 13, 2009
• Game theory and machine learning offer better bidding strategies
• First URC seed grant produces major return on investment
May 12, 2009
• Finances can shape kids' intentions about college
• Climate change driving Michigan mammals north
• Presidents to testify before state Senate panel Friday
May 11, 2009
• Millions of research records now available through online search
• U-M Regents meet May 14 at Dearborn campus
May 8, 2009
• Bacteria create aquatic superbugs in waste treatment plants
May 7, 2009
• New GM and U-M institute focused on fuel efficiency, reinvention of the automobile
May 6, 2009
• Partnership for an Innovation Economy: building ties between the U-M and the business community
• New interactive teaching tool to be available for large lectures
May 5, 2009
• Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s
• Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
May 4, 2009
• Boys will be boys: kids think gender-related behavior is inborn
• Does anti-piracy software on video games open security risks on users' computers?
May 1, 2009
• Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms
April 30, 2009
• Students design low-cost surgical lamp for developing nations
• Study: When a child's birth is unplanned
• Oakland County's resiliency will aid its economic recovery
• U-M experts available to discuss auto industry issues
• Logistics for U-M spring commencement; Google co-founder Larry Page to give address
• Connecting centuries of winemaking with American history
April 29, 2009
• U-M responds to swine flu outbreak
April 28, 2009
• Michigan astronomer to search in space for precursors of life
• Google Earth aids discovery of early African mammal fossils
• Bernstein Symposium features former EPA chiefs
• Three U-M faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
April 27, 2009
• For news media: University of Michigan experts available to discuss swine flu
• Understanding the link between corporate and evangelical practices
• President Obama names U-M Dean Rosina Bierbaum to national science advisory council
• U-M celebrates a century of dance on campus
• Partnership for an Innovation Economy: building ties between the U-M and the business community
• Town and gown join to support U-M family and fund ALS research
• DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center in solar energy at U-M
April 23, 2009
• Seven-year itch? Boredom can hurt a marriage
• U-M to discontinue operation of WFUM-TV
• U-M's Center for Sustainable Systems launches education tools
April 22, 2009
• Climate Savers at U-M to host free e-waste recycling events
• Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure
• Astronomers see active galactic nuclei in a new light
• Actor Montalbán's grandson, U-M student, pays tribute to grandfather
• Tutorial focuses on U-M funding
April 21, 2009
• U-M announces smoke-free campus beginning in 2011
• Experts to review sectors of promise for state's economy
• Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
April 20, 2009
• U-M launches field testing of safety system for passenger cars
• Caregivers feel good about themselves and job in modified intervention program
• Baby mammoth studies validate U-M researcher's techniques
• Ronald Inglehart selected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 17, 2009
• High definition nanomovies reveal how RNA dances with drug partners
April 16, 2009
• U-M spinoff Lycera to receive $36 million financing
• Spine-tingling vest wins Feel the Music competition
• U-M Regents approve Couzens Hall renovation
April 15, 2009
• Should teachers be licensed on effectiveness or experience?
• Alzheimer's: New findings resolve long dispute about how the disease might kill brain cells
April 14, 2009
• Neighbors4Neighbors Web tools help the unemployed help themselves
• Recession speeds change: More jobs require degrees, others cut
April 13, 2009
• Second annual Michigan Future economic report to be released
• U-M Regents meeting April 16
April 9, 2009
• Guggenheim Fellows awarded to two U-M faculty
April 8, 2009
• Public health workers lack guidance for solving ethical dilemmas
• U-M's Chicago summit to assist automotive communities
April 7, 2009
• Gene therapy appears safe to regenerate gum tissue
April 6, 2009
• New age of innovation: U-M's Prahalad and Krishnan share ideas
• U-M advances state's economic development
• Bridging the gap between wireless sensor networks and the scientists who use them
• Displaced workers get tuition help for U-M public health training
April 1, 2009
• How best to exploit the power of popular computer programs
• Opening attendance at U-M Museum of Art surpasses estimates, points to dynamic future
March 31, 2009
• Jones named U-M associate vice president and dean of students
• U-M's Sparling offers evocative tribute to Cezanne
• Research brought $1.3 billion in NSF grants to Michigan since 2000
March 30, 2009
• LSI's Innovation Partnership targets deadly diseases through novel initiative
• U-M SNRE launches school, community program to promote environmental stewardship
• U-M undergraduate research celebrates 20 years
• Presidential Primary 2008 polls: What went wrong
• U-M experts available to discuss auto industry
March 26, 2009
• Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies lecture on the Russo-Georgian War
March 25, 2009
• UMMA's grand promise transcends art, builds community
• U-M experts: True economic impact of Final Four
March 24, 2009
• Hughes named director of U-M Academic Success Program in Intercollegiate Athletics
• More competitors, less competition
• Yeast biology yields insights into human knowledge expansion
• Team Algal Scientific wins Clean Energy Prize
• Subprime mortgage crisis: Failure to predict failure
• A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards' tail-shedding abilities
March 23, 2009
• U-M researcher's idea jells into potential new disease-detection method
• Ten genes identified in connection with sudden cardiac death
• U-M redefining scholarly publications in the digital age
• Spanking creates defiant, aggressive children
• Plastic protein protects bacteria from stomach acid's unfolding power
March 20, 2009
• Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies colloquium on promoting democracy from the ground up
March 19, 2009
• Palestinian and Israeli youth to speak at U-M
• U-M in global challenge to Power Down for the Planet
• Google co-founder among nine to receive U-M honorary degrees
March 18, 2009
• Student business ideas compete for top Clean Energy Prize
• Scientists closer to understanding how to control high blood sugar
• Anticipation building for UMMA reopening
March 17, 2009
• U-M engineer's memristor chip could lead to faster, cheaper computers
• Liquid saltwater is likely present on Mars, new analysis shows
• Spotlight shines on U-M alumni returning for anniversary concert
March 16, 2009
• Temper, temper: Lifetime of aggressiveness leads to negative outcomes
• URC research officials to testify on Michigan's transformation
March 12, 2009
• Weather Dance game combines meteorology and basketball
• Employer healthcare cost containment starts with a healthy community
• U-M School of Social Work to hold Jewish Communal Leadership Program Inauguration
• U-M Wolverine Venture Fund invests in Arbor Photonics
March 11, 2009
• The Ross School's new building is open for business
March 10, 2009
• Yahoo!-sponsored workshop includes 24-hour student hackfest
• Nanotech coating could lead to better brain implants to treat diseases
March 9, 2009
• U-M Regents meeting March 19
• New nanoporous material has highest surface area yet
• Nobel Prize winner James Heckman to speak at U-M conference
• U-M launches new embryonic stem cell research consortium
March 6, 2009
• Svejnar to speak about Europe’s political and economic challenges
• CLOSUP panel to discuss state's corrections policies, prison population
• Sarter delivers Charles M. Butter Professorship lecture
March 5, 2009
• Sustainable transportation: Swiss, Michigan and Ann Arbor officials to discuss challenges and opportunities
• PowerNap plan could save 75 percent of data center energy
March 4, 2009
• Study: Gambling offers mental relief, entertainment for undocumented Mexican immigrants
• U-M scientist to investigate role of equatorial Pacific in global climate system
• Harvard sociologist's talk: "Being Black and Poor in the Inner City"
March 3, 2009
• Students help to bring the Internet to rural Africa
• U-M panel to feature 'Afghanistan—The Once and Future War'
• Power trip: CEOs and firm performance
March 2, 2009
• Pescovitz recommended as U-M executive vice president for medical affairs
• Black teens, especially females, at risk for suicide thoughts and attempts
• Evocative composition fine-tuned at U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance heads to Carnegie Hall
February 26, 2009
• New building design withstands earthquake simulation
• USA Learns helps immigrants learn English
February 25, 2009
• University of Michigan chemist and local life sciences company patent new biological assay
February 24, 2009
• U-M fisheries biologist named new Michigan Sea Grant director
• Former South Korean minister of unification/presidential candidate visits U-M
February 20, 2009
• U-M Center for Russian and East European Studies panel to feature "Afghanistan—The Once and Future War"
• Lecture and workshop: Urban-rural connections, sustainability
February 19, 2009
• U-M study: Violent media numb viewers to the pain of others
February 17, 2009
• U.S. lawmakers to discuss, celebrate new battery lab at U-M
February 16, 2009
• U-M Musical Theatre building legacy, reputation as top program
• Impact of 3D measurement and imaging technology on engineering, manufacturing
• Economic policy must balance short-term gains with long-term stability
February 15, 2009
• Scientist models the mysterious travels of greenhouse gas
February 13, 2009
• Women of Color Task Force hosts annual career conference
February 12, 2009
• Former welfare recipients seek to balance jobs and family
• UMMA ready for unveiling, historic reopening
• Succession plans prevent unhealthy organizational behaviors
• Provost's message to the U-M community
• University of Michigan statement on state budget
February 11, 2009
• Congressman Dingell to speak at U-M
• 'Mapping the River' performance melds science and art
• Guilty pleasure? It's all in the mind's eye
February 10, 2009
• U-M researcher's idea may soon simplify financial aid process
• U-M Regents meeting Feb. 19
• International study required for U-M art & design students Cross-cultural engagement fosters broader perspective, creative insights
• Most seniors have drug coverage, study shows
February 9, 2009
• New UMMA symbolizes promise in tough economic times
• Project uses cell phones as computers in the classroom
• Happy hospitals make happy patients
• University reaches out to small businesses with new program
February 6, 2009
• U-M Bone & Joint Center receives $175,000 grant
• U-M's LSA expands spring and summer course offerings to meet growing student demand
• U-M faculty members lead bold effort to launch national network of energy-innovation institutes
February 5, 2009
• Poor people suffer disproportionately from chronic infections
• Living with a spouse can improve the health of Chinese elderly
• Family support lowers depression among girls in juvenile justice
February 4, 2009
• Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals
• Engineering students' medical data logger enables national clinical drug trial
February 3, 2009
• UMTRI will test crash-warning system for commercial trucks
February 2, 2009
• Astronomy of the 21st Century Distinguished Speaker Series brings top national experts to campus
• Final tally: The Michigan Difference raises $3.2 billion
• AmEx CEO Ken Chenault to speak at the Ross School
• Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line
January 28, 2009
• U-M researchers define challenging carbon-emissions targets for U.S. auto industry
• Getting smart: Environment vs. genes
• Saturday Morning Physics lecture series focuses on astronomy
• U-M scientist to create global maps of CO2 using Orbiting Carbon Observatory data
• Former mayor of Palermo, Sicily and current Italian MP to speak at U-M
January 26, 2009
• Former ambassadors will discuss American diplomacy at U-M's Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
• U-M again in top five for Peace Corps volunteers
January 23, 2009
• GM battery czar Denise Gray to speak at MLK event
• U-M experts available to discuss impact of job layoffs, economy
• U-M Walgreen Drama Center receives architectural award
• 19 win latest round of Hopwood writing awards
January 22, 2009
• U-M plans Basketball Player Development Center
• Marian Wright Edelman to speak about children's advocacy at Citigroup Lecture
• Two U-M cancer researchers share Damon Runyon Foundation award
• U-M's new living learning community to focus on global studies
• Tax rebates not a quick fix for the economy
January 21, 2009
• Hotspots in developing countries will fuel demand for global energy
• Panel to look at Michigan's economy in 2009 and beyond
January 20, 2009
• China expert to discuss U.S.-Chinese relations under Obama
• Google co-founder, U-M alum Larry Page to present commencement address
• U-M Regents meeting Jan. 22
January 19, 2009
• Former surgeon generals, founder of Children's Defense Fund, and entrepreneur/professor to address youth health
January 16, 2009
• A new approach to moral education
January 15, 2009
• Six U-M doctoral students win $50,000 Graham Fellowships to support environmental sustainability research
• Divisive figure from presidential campaign to address critics
January 14, 2009
• Smart bridges under development with new federal grant
January 13, 2009
• Daily Show comic will yuk it up at U-M on MLK Day
• Ecological design provides Genesee County a roadmap for maintaining vacant properties, enhancing neighborhoods
• Civil rights historian Taylor Branch will give MLK Day address
• Tachi Yamada of the Gates Foundation will discuss global health
• Violence and values in the Middle East: Lebanon survey
• U-M experts available to discuss auto industry, Detroit auto show
January 12, 2009
• U-M and GM open $5M advanced battery research lab
• Accreditation assessment team invites public comment
January 9, 2009
• U-M aquatic ecologist Scavia named new Graham Institute director
January 8, 2009
• Climate Savers at U-M: Go green in 2009, save money, the environment
• Social anxiety disorder puts welfare recipients at risk for economic hardship
January 7, 2009
• U-M’s Universe Theme Semester brings astronomy down to Earth
• World-renowned astrophysicist to speak at U-M
January 6, 2009
• Exonerations correct only a small fraction of false convictions
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