par par EAST LANSING, Mich. 'e2'80rdblquote The Michigan State University College of Nursing today hosts the dedication ceremony for the new Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research, a three-story, 50,000-square-foot center for students, researchers, practitioners and educators to come together to shape the future of health care.par par The dedication begins at ...

par par ANN ARBOR'e2'80rdblquote Nicholas Triantafillou, a senior at the University of Michigan, has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.par par Triantafillou is majoring in mathematics and computer science in the Honors Program in U-M's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He also is a course assistant for the ...

ANN ARBOR—From health disparities and managed care to infant mortality and environmental causes of obesity, researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health will present a wide range of research during the American Public Health Association 140th Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27-31 in San Francisco. Researchers from the ...

DATE: 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 EVENT: Robert Post, dean of the Yale Law School and the Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, will give the 2012 University of Michigan Senate's Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom. "The Constitutional Meaning of Academic Freedom" is free to the public. Post, an ...

ANN ARBOR—Americans are nearly united on a couple of ideas about fairness: that all people should be treated justly and people in the world should live in harmony. But there's less agreement on how to do that, a point sure to be underscored tonight in the debate between President Barack Obama ...

Sarah Aciego ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan researcher is among 16 scientists from universities across the country named as 2012 recipients of the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Each fellow will receive an unrestricted research grant of $875,000 over five years. Sarah Aciego ...

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: Evocative: Choreographer/dancer Peter Sparling explores the issue of translation in a seven-screen video installation. Exhibit runs through Oct. 19. Joys and perils of romance: The ...

ANN ARBOR—Researchers at the University of Michigan have determined how the hormone leptin, an important regulator of metabolism and body weight, interacts with a key receptor in the brain. Leptin is a hormone secreted by fat tissue that has been of interest for researchers in obesity and Type 2 diabetes since ...

ANN ARBOR—While opportunities for girls to participate in high school sports increased during the 1990s, progress toward gender equity slowed and, perhaps, even reversed direction during the 2000s, according to a new report. The report, released today by the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls ...

ANN ARBOR—An international team of scientists, including a University of Michigan graduate student, has demonstrated that a clear difference exists between the marine microbial communities in the Southern and Arctic oceans, contributing to a better understanding of the biodiversity of marine life at the poles. The most comprehensive comparison of microbial ...

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan experts are available to lend their insights on the U.S. vice presidential debate, which will be held Thursday, Oct. 11. The topics will address various foreign and domestic issues. DEBATES Aaron Kall, director of the U-M Debate Program and Debate Institute, can discuss the debates and the impact ...

ANN ARBOR—Compendia Bioscience, founded in 2006 by a University of Michigan medical school professor and one of his grad students, was acquired Monday by Life Technologies Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The private Ann Arbor-based company with 34 employees markets an oncology database that pharmaceutical companies use to develop ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — From Oct. 8 to Oct. 13, Michigan State University is celebrating Spartans all over the world by recognizing their ground breaking achievements and looking forward to the awe-inspiring impact they’ll continue to have with the Homecoming 2012 theme "Spartans Will Make History." Because of his many contributions ...

Oct. 04, 2012 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University will use a $1.5 million grant to help India manage its forests and reduce the developing nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The grant, awarded by USAID, is part of an overall $14 million effort to build the nation’s capacity to measure ...

Oct. 04, 2012 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Sparrow Health System and the Michigan State University College of Nursing are working together on a new partnership to provide innovative clinical learning experiences for nursing students on a dedicated clinical unit at Sparrow Hospital. The Dedicated Education Unit is a national model to promote ...

Oct 04, 2012 "Campus Sexual Assault Policy: Problems and Progress," hosted by the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women, is a two-day conference that will address student sexual misconduct under Title IX in the context of the April 2011 policy guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education ...

In a new collaboration, researchers from Michigan Techological University’ and Portage Health are working together to study sleep disorders, focusing on sleep apnea. Based in Portage Health’s Sleep Disorders Center in Hancock, Jason Carter and Dr. Carl Smoot are trying to assess what causes sleep apnea, what makes it worse, and ...

Sept. 21, 2012 EAST LANSING, Mich. — WKAR is launching the first of a monthly Community Cinema series with a screening of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” The first screening will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the Communication Arts and Sciences Auditorium. Reserve seats ...