U-M Jumps to No. 10 in Ranking of Schools with Most Students Abroad
Posted On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Institute of International Education, Mary Sue Coleman, students develop capabilities, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan surged to No. 10 in a ranking of U.S. schools with the most students studying abroad in 2011-12—a big jump from the No. 16 spot last year, a key survey of global education trends said Monday.
The strong growth reflects U-M's ongoing commitment to helping students ...
Archiving mass atrocities gives victims a chance to uncover the truth
Posted On Sunday, November 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Cambodia, Guatemala, Hosni Mubarak regime, Iraq, John Ciorciari, Paraguay, Serbia, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Egyptian protesters feared security agents were shredding and burning documents of abuses under the Hosni Mubarak regime, so in March 2011 they stormed the former headquarters of the secret police to seize them.
Such documents have immense power to shed light on the workings of deposed regimes and the abuses ...
Revolution in Brain Science Demands Higgs Boson-Type Collaboration
Posted On Sunday, October 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: interdisciplinary collaboration, U-M Institute for Social Research, U-M Office of Research, University of Michigan, Wayne State University
ANN ARBOR—Social and life scientists from the University of Michigan and other universities are calling for a new model of cross-disciplinary collaboration to advance understanding of the human brain.
Their paper, "Neuroscience meets population science: What is a representative brain?" appears this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary holds huge untapped economic potential for Alpena area U-M study finds
Posted On Saturday, October 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Alcona and Presque Isle countries, Researchers, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, University of Michigan
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena is a unique natural marine environment and historic ship graveyard with the potential to be a major tourism and new business driver in northeastern Michigan, according to University of Michigan researchers.
U-M's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy, in conjunction ...
Maverick filmmaker’s collection joins Orson Welles and Robert Altman archives
Posted On Saturday, October 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Hollywood mainstream, modern filmmaker, nuanced themes, Return of the Secaucus 7, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Perhaps more than any modern filmmaker, John Sayles personifies American individualism. From his 1979 directorial debut "Return of the Secaucus 7" to his forthcoming release "Go for Sisters," he has thrived outside the Hollywood mainstream, using his films to explore such complex, nuanced themes as race, class and gender ...
Vehicle Fuel Economy Drops in September
Posted On Saturday, October 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Brandon Schoettle, fuel economy, Michael Sivak, Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. reached an all-time high in August, but slipped to its lowest mark in nine months during September, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in ...
Time to rethink misguided policies that promote biofuels to protect climate
Posted On Thursday, September 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: carbon neutral, energy researcher, John DeCicco, journal Climatic Change, photosynthesis, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Policymakers need to rethink the idea of promoting biofuels to protect the climate because the methods used to justify such policies are inherently flawed, according to a University of Michigan energy researcher.
In a new paper published online in the journal Climatic Change, John DeCicco takes on the widespread but ...
Third Century Initiative Funds New Round of Learning Projects
Posted On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Medical school, School of Public Health, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Since coming to the University of Michigan in 2003, Anne Mondro has dedicated her research and studio work to discovering how creativity impacts health care, especially its effects on aging and memory loss. Over the decade, the associate professor in the Stamps School of Art & Design has brought ...
Ten U-M Doctoral Candidates Named Dow Sustainability Fellows
Posted On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Dow Sustainability Fellows Program, Interdisciplinary, Patrick Harlin, Tommy Jenkinson, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Ten doctoral students from six schools and colleges at the University of Michigan are starting the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program today, marking the first cohort of interdisciplinary Ph.D. fellows in this innovative program, which launched in spring 2012.
The Dow Sustainability Fellows Program seeks to cultivate future leaders by bringing ...
Long-Held Assumption About Emergence of New Species Questioned
Posted On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Daniel Rabosky, evolutionary biologists, National Academy of Sciences, Rabosky and Matute, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Darwin referred to the origin of species as "that mystery of mysteries," and even today, more than150 years later, evolutionary biologists cannot fully explain how new animals and plants arise.
For decades, nearly all research in the field has been based on the assumption that the main cause of the ...
U-M Seeking Volunteers for U-M/Notre Dame Night Game
Posted On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Ambassador Program, Ann Arbor community, Athletic Department, football night game, Mary Jo Desprez, University of Michigan, Volunteer
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan Division of Student Life, the Athletic Department and the City of Ann Arbor are seeking volunteers to serve as community ambassadors for a football night game on Sept. 7.
The ambassador program provides highly visible volunteers to assist local community members and visitors by creating a ...
Reducing Computer Viruses in Health Networks
Posted On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Archimedes Research Center, computer viruses, cybersecurity awards, malware., Professor Kevin Fu, Professor Michael Bailey
ANN ARBOR—The hospital IT networks and medical devices that doctors rely on to treat patients are susceptible to their own maladies—computer viruses and other malware.
Whether a bug accidentally finds its way into a system, or an attacker intentionally injects one, researchers believe such breaches are happening more often with the ...
GVSU, WMU Join Forces for Study of Family Owned Businesses
Posted On Monday, August 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Grand Valley State University, Haworth College of Business, Seidman College of Business, Western Michigan University
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—The Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University and the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University have launched a study to explore the magnitude of family owned businesses in the region. The study will involve a series of surveys sent to the approximately 12,000 ...
SPH Dean Philbert Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Posted On Monday, August 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: FRSC, Martin Philbert, neuropathic states, Royal Society of Chemistry, toxicology, University of Michigan School
ANN ARBOR—Martin Philbert, professor of toxicology and dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been admitted a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Located in Cambridge, England, the RSC is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Designation as a Fellow represents the ...
New Executive Director Appointed at U-M’s Zell Lurie Institute
Posted On Sunday, July 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Robert H. Lurie, Ross School of Business, Samuel Zell, Stewart Thornhill, U-M Board of Regents, University of Michigan's
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business will appoint Stewart Thornhill to executive director of the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, pending approval of the U-M Board of Regents.
In this role, which he will assume ...
A Snow Line in an Infant Solar System: Astronomers Take First Images
Posted On Sunday, July 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: ALMA, chemical compounds, clump together water, falling temperatures freeze, Rocky Mountains
ANN ARBOR—Like the elevation in the Rocky Mountains where the snow caps begin, a snow line in a solar system is the point where falling temperatures freeze and clump together water or other chemical compounds that would otherwise be vapor. Astronomers believe snow lines in space serve a vital role ...
U-M’s entrepreneurial spirit creates mini business for Detroit nonprofit
Posted On Saturday, July 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Daniel Williams, Entrepreneurship program, Green Industries building, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Daniel Williams leans over, putting his face within inches of a sheet of quarter-inch-thick glass and squeezes the glass cutter.
A soft plunk sounds in his corner of Cass Community Social Services' Green Industries building in Detroit as a small four-inch square of glass lands on a mat. The 28-year-old ...
Subconscious prejudice does not influence white opinion about Obama, policies benefitting blacks
Posted On Saturday, July 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: 2008 presidential elections, candidate evaluations, mplicit prejudice, President Obama, racial policy attitudes, voting behavior
ANN ARBOR---A subconscious prejudice against blacks may not have an effect on how whites feel about President Obama or policies intended to benefit blacks, a new study indicates.
"These findings differ from previous research, which suggested that subconscious negative attitudes toward blacks—also referred to as "implicit prejudice"—eroded the white vote for ...
