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 ...
Motivational Coach Dr. Winifred Bragg to Speak at UA
Posted On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ALABAMA Tags: Anatomy of Success, Dr. Winifred Bragg, Smith Hall, University of Alabama alumna, University of Michigan
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Winifred Bragg, author of the upcoming book “Anatomy of Success” and a University of Alabama alumna, will present a lecture, “How to Turn A Missed Opportunity into Success,” Thursday, Oct. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall on the UA campus.
During her lecture, Bragg ...
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 ...
Historian Wosh Recognized by Society of American Archivists
Posted On Monday, September 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: Archives and Public History, Brigham Young University, Peter Wosh, Society of American Archivists, University of Michigan
Peter Wosh, director of NYU’s Archives and Public History program, has received the 2013 Council Exemplary Service Award given by the Society of American Archivists (SAA).
The award, presented during SAA’s annual meeting in August, honors his work as the SAA Publications Editor.
“The award recognizes a special contribution to the archives ...
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 ...
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 ...
U-M Experts Available to Discuss NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Case
Posted On Saturday, June 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Edward Snowden, Jim Hathaway, Michael Traugott, National Security Agency, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR---As the extradition case involving National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden continues to become more convoluted, University of Michigan experts are available to share their perspectives. They include:
Jim Hathaway is an internationally recognized authority on refugee law whose work has been cited by the most senior courts of the ...
U-Michigan Experts Available to Discuss Supreme Court Ruling on Human Gene Patents
Posted On Saturday, June 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Beverly Yashar, Dr. Sofia Merajver, Gonçalo Abecasis, Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR— The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that human genes may not be patented. The University of Michigan has several experts available to comment on the implications of the ruling.
Shobita Parthasarathy is an associate professor at the Ford School of Public Policy who wrote an expert declaration on behalf of ...
U-M’s Abecasis Recognized in Annual Hottest Research Ranking
Posted On Friday, June 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Biostatistics, Felix Moore Collegiate, Gonçalo Abecasis, homson Reuters ScienceWatch, scientific researchers, University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR—For the second year in a row, Gonçalo Abecasis, the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been named one of the most influential scientific researchers of the year.
Abecasis appears on the Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch "Who and What Was Hot ...
A New Laser Paradigm: An Electrically Injected Polariton Laser
Posted On Friday, May 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MICHIGAN Tags: Charles M. Vest, James R. Mellor, Physical Review Letters, University of Michigan, University Professor of Electrical Engineering
ANN ARBOR—Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated a paradigm-shifting "polariton" laser that's fueled not by light, but by electricity.
Polaritons are particles that are part light, and part matter.
"We report the first electrically injected polariton laser—a truly transformative result," said Pallab Bhattacharya, the Charles M. Vest Distinguished University ...
