Beliefs on Bway to Lose Weight Can Torpedo New Year’s Resolutions
Posted On Friday, January 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Brent McFerran, Psychological Science, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—People setting a goal to lose weight in 2013 may want to first ask themselves if diet or exercise is more important to success.
Whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise can predict whether he or she will gain or lose weight, ...
Calvin’s Atudent Newspaper Partners With ‘The Rapidian’
Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Abby Zwart, Chelsea LaForge, Grand Rapids, Holly Bechiri, hyperlocal, Renato Delos Reyes, The Rapidian
The feed for The Rapidian, Grand Rapids’ self-described “hyperlocal” online citizen journalism news source, is busier thanks to a recently established partnership between The Rapidian and Chimes, Calvin College’s student newspaper.
This partnership encourages Calvin student writers to cross-post relevant articles from Chimes onto The Rapidian, an arrangement that gives students ...
Chronic Worriers At Higher Risk For PTSD
Posted On Saturday, December 29, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: epidemiology, journal Psychological Medicine, Michigan State University, Naomi Breslau, studies post-traumatic
People who worry constantly are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to new Michigan State University research published in the journal Psychological Medicine.
Many people experience traumatic events such as the death of a loved one, being assaulted or witnessing violence, but only a small minority develop PTSD, said ...
U-M Arts And Culture: Understanding Race And More
Posted On Sunday, December 23, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Art of Empire, Benjamin West, filmmakers, Understanding Race, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan website "Montage" highlights the latest news and features about the arts, culture, creative endeavors, collaborative projects and upcoming events. This week's top features include:
Understanding Race: Few subjects provoke as strong a visceral response as the topic of race. One-hundred-and-fifty years after the United States was ...
Super-Fine Sound Beam Could One Day Be An Invisible Scalpel
Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Doctors routinely, focal accuracy, high-pressure sound waves, Nature's journal Scientific Reports
ANN ARBOR—A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ultrasound approach say it could lead to an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery.
Today's ultrasound technology enables far more than ...
Environmental Threat Map Highlights Great Lakes Restoration Challenges
Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: comprehensive map, Ecosystem, environmental stressors, Great Lakes, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR – A comprehensive map three years in the making is telling the story of humans' impact on the Great Lakes, identifying how "environmental stressors" stretching from Minnesota to Ontario are shaping the future of an ecosystem that contains 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
In an article published ...
International Students Pump Up Local Economy
Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: global economy, International students, Michigan’s economy, NAFSA, US Economy Academic
With a global economy that is increasingly interconnected, it is no surprise that corporations and events around the world can have a strong influence on Houghton. What may be a surprise is that, according to a recent report from NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, international students pump tens of ...
