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Climate clues
Nov 17, 2014In a study published online in Science, researchers from the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences show for the first time that sunlight, not microbial activity, dominates the production of carbon dioxide in Arctic inland waters.
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Big Advances for Small Discoveries
Nov 10, 2014A new $46 million Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering is letting researchers study the forces at work at the smallest scales to advance nanotechnologies in energy, manufacturing, healthcare and biotechnology.
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Putting Great Ideas To Work
Nov 3, 2014Fiscal year 2014 set new records for tech transfer performance at U-M with 439 new inventions, 148 agreements and 14 startups launched — all derived from U-M research discoveries — demonstrating the growing participation and success of U-M faculty in tech transfer activities.
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"Into the Wind"
Oct 27, 2014“Into the Wind” initially started as an effort involving several U-M departments and then grew to include partners from Grand Valley State and the Muskegon community. The performances featuring dance students, alumni and faculty were designed to inspire dialogue about wind as a source of energy.
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Professor White's Diag
Oct 20, 2014When Andrew Dickson White arrived at U-M in 1857 he saw it as a scrubby field that was not a fit place for learning. Without permission, he began planting and caring for trees on the Diag. Gradually some of his students began to join him. Today, more than 14,000 trees stand on the Ann Arbor campus.
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Documenting Dissent
Oct 13, 2014Students and scholars now have a new resource to mine. U-M alumnus and activist Tom Hayden has committed his personal documents, photographs, recordings and government files revealing the nation's political evolution from the mid-20th century to the present to the Joseph A. Labadie Collection.
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Gershwin Piano Makes Music on Campus
Oct 5, 2014A restored 1933 Model A Steinway piano, owned by George Gershwin, is being unveiled by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at a free public concert Oct. 10. It was donated to the school in 2013 by Marc Gershwin, George Gershwin’s nephew, to mark the creation of the U-M Gershwin Initiative.
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100 Years of Aerospace at Michigan
Sep 29, 2014U-M started the first aeronautics program in the country in 1914. The department has gone on to graduate more than 6,000 engineers. Its graduate program is ranked No. 1 among public institutions and its undergraduate program is ranked No. 2 by U.S. News & World Report.
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Sport and the University
Sep 22, 2014The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts’ Sport and the University theme semester hopes to paint a clearer picture of the relationship between athletics and academics — both the awesome and the controversial aspects — through new courses and special programs.
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Paradox of Play
Sep 15, 2014The U-M Museum of Art is hosting Paramodel, a site-specific installation that features a network of blue-colored model railroads that fill surfaces in and beyond the gallery, constructing a world of “play” intersecting with the real world. This is Paramodel’s first solo exhibition in the U.S.
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Star-Spangled Bicentennial
Sep 8, 2014This week marks the bicentennial of the “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Mark Clague, a U-M associate professor of musicology and expert on American music has been busy performing and sharing insights on the anthem across the country. On campus, there are several events planned to mark the occasion.
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Getting Connected
Sep 5, 2014U-M has more than 1,400 student organizations covering a wide range of interests. Each year, information fairs allow students to explore how they can get involved on campus. Festifall takes place Sept. 9 on the Central Campus Diag and Go North! Fest happens Sept. 11 on the North Campus Diag.
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Making Michigan History
Sep 1, 2014In a ceremony filled with pageantry and tradition, the Board of Regents formally installed Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., as the university's 14th president Friday, Sept. 5.
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Campus Comes To Life
Aug 25, 2014There's definitely a buzz in the air in Ann Arbor. U-M students are back in town and ready to start the new school year. There are a variety of Welcome Events happening across campus to help students get back into the "spin" of things.
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Entering the EEG-EGG
Aug 18, 2014Lia Min, a Project LIAison fellow sponsored by the Life Sciences Institute and the Stamps School of Art & Design, created an exhibit exploring the intersection of neuroscience and art. Her fellowship is part of U-M’s efforts to bring the life sciences and art closer together.
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National Champs
Aug 11, 2014The U-M Solar Car Team has won the American Solar Challenge for the fifth consecutive time. Michigan raced its car, Quantum, against 22 other teams of college students in the 1,700-mile race, which happens every other year on a different course.
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New lightweight metals institute
Aug 4, 2014A new $148 million American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute plans to open this fall in the city of Detroit. This public-private partnership is co-led by U-M, the Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI and The Ohio State University.
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Blooming agave
Jul 28, 2014The rare blooming of the American agave plant at U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens is underway. The more-than-80-year-old plant, which has grown so tall that it pokes through conservatory's ceiling, will bloom and then die, but not before leaving behind some genetically identical "pups."
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Growing Community
Jul 20, 2014Over the last year and a half, U-M classes, groups and individuals from a variety of disciplines have been coming to the Campus Farm at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens to learn about not only growing food, but also growing community though collaboration.
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Michigan in Ethiopia
Jul 17, 2014Chronicling researchers and students partnering with medical professionals in this East African country.
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U-M’s 14th president leads university into its third century
Jul 14, 2014Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., starts his tenure as the 14th president of the University of Michigan this week. Legend has it that the president spins the Cube in Regents Plaza each morning to set the university in motion.
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Nurses as Designers
Jul 7, 2014The School of Nursing recently hosted 26 Hillman Scholars from U-M, the University of North Carolina and the University of Pennsylvania for a three-day meeting exploring how design and technology, and partnerships with disciplines such as engineering, can improve health care.
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Go Back In Time Online
Jun 30, 2014The U-M Museum of Paleontology recently created an online repository of 3D and 2D representations of fossils to showcase specimens from the UMMP collections. The site is intended to provide access to students and researchers around the world to enhance the usefulness of these resources.
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Computer Science with Soul
Jun 23, 2014U-M students in a software engineering class have been making tools to help a girl with cerebral palsy connect with the world around her. While they've come up with several promising custom technologies, they're also hoping to fill a void in the marketplace for affordable assistive technologies.
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Summer hot spot
Jun 16, 2014The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is on campus June 13-July 6 with mainstage shows at the Power Center and free live music and films on Ingalls Mall. U-M is a founding partner of the festival, which has been a favorite local tradition for more than 30 years.
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