January 5 - December 23, 2004
PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVES
December 23, 2004
• Students to flex policy analysis muscles in Small Arms Forum
• Synthetic biology: Researchers mass produce genes on a chip
• Confidence edges upward
but slower economic growth expected
December 21, 2004
• Cigarette
smoking among American teens continues eight-year decline
• Overall teen drug use continues gradual decline; but use of inhalants rises
December 20, 2004
• U-M
continues modest salary program for 2004-2005
• University of Michigan focusing on Cultural Treasures of Middle East
December 17, 2004
• What
should Celebrex and Bextra patients do?
• U-M Team Momentum to start 'rayce' at Auto Show
December 16, 2004
• Tedesco to resume faculty role;
accepts visiting position at Columbia
December 15, 2004
• Stock investors' returns are lower than they think
• Stock repurchases are replacing dividends
• Nation's oldest teaching center moves to heart of U-M research center
• Heart disease, work performance, mental health all connected
December 14, 2004
• Google/U-M project opens the way to universal access to information
• Introductory engineering class hits on formula to attract women
• Event announcement: 2004 election results impact U.S.-European relations
• To
help your mind, take steps to help your heart
December 13, 2004
• Religious ritual evolved with society in Mexico
December 10, 2004
• MRide
increases ridership on AATA and U-M systems
December 08, 2004
• U-M study: Why men are attracted to subordinate women
• Chemical cousin of anti-anxiety drugs holds promise for psoriasis
treatment
• U-M Board of Regents to meet Dec. 16
December 07, 2004
• U-M center linking social and health divides expanding
• U-M celebrates King with former HUD director, author
December 06, 2004
• Event
announcement: Exhibit by Art & Design faculty opens Friday
• Experts
available for coverage of Ukraine, Russia
December 03, 2004
• U-M
education program launches online news service for young people
• U-M geochemist and student on Antarctic expedition team
December 02, 2004
• Hello, hello, Earth?
• Easily influenced consumers play it safe when making purchases
• Civil rights leader to deliver lecture on math revolution
• New method measures emotional quality of daily experience
December 01, 2004
• Household stocks: The fewer, the better
• U-M students teach professors about research commercialization
• Does quitting smoking really make you gain 10 pounds?
November 30, 2004
• Online, social loafers become productive when given a challenge
November 29, 2004
• Seven Michigan residents recognized by Bentley Foundation
• Sidney J. and Irene Shipman Scholarship winners announced
• Astronaut's eyes may become windows on the bloodstream
• Med School receives $5.9-million NIH grant to study anthrax
November 24, 2004
• Pills, profits, sex and science: Social psychologist to speak at U-M
• Middling level of confidence: More spending and more saving
• U-M physics student awarded Marshall Scholarship
• U-M engineering student wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
November 23, 2004
• Community award to fund child and family research
November 22, 2004
• From mobility to accessibility: Creating sustainable transportation
• St. Petersburg String Quartet in residence at U-M
• Five U-M faculty elected as Fellows of AAAS
• New
$44 million gift, accelerates search for Type I diabetes
cure
November 19, 2004
• Michigan's economy will add jobs for the first time in four years
November 18, 2004
• Coppola recognized as 2004 State Professor of the Year
• New dining center approved by U-M Regents
• Two
honorary degrees at winter commencement
• American economy will continue on a steady growth path
• Autism: Why do some develop then regress?
• Event announcement: Performance artist explores our prosthetically-enhanced future
• Event
announcement: International conference: ‘Reframing Infectious Disease’
November 17, 2004
• Americans are not bitterly divided
• U.S. children and teens spend more time on academics
• Roadway deaths up after 9/11 due largely to local driving
November 16, 2004
• High anxiety: Consumers turn to chocolate and cigarettes
• U-M celebrates naming of Arthur Miller Theatre
• Life under economic pressure: Project traces the past impact
• Regents meeting Nov. 18 begins at 2:30 p.m.
November 15, 2004
• Diabetes among older Americans cost $133.5 billion in 1990s
• Diverse group is the best solution for problem-solving tasks
• U-M Tech Transfer adds four to National Advisory Board
November 12, 2004
• U-M hiring of female professors doubles in math and sciences
• President
Ford celebrates groundbreaking of new Ford School of Public Policy
November 11, 2004
• Event announcement: General Mills CEO Stephen Sanger will speak about innovation
• U-M, state of Michigan gain from $70 million nanotech access grant
November 10, 2004
• Food
for thought: American culinary history center opens
November 9, 2004
• Implanted devices cut heart death risk
• Event announcement: U-M conference will feature national and state economic forecasts
• Event announcement: Gerald R. Ford visit marks 90th anniversary, new era at public
policy school
• Women lag in emergency heart treatment
November 8, 2004
• U-M
Board of Regents to meet Nov. 18
• Native American Heritage Month connects community
• Eighteen U-M students receive Fulbright award for 2004-05
• Advisory: U-M experts available on Elizabeth Edwards' cancer diagnosis
• U-M
School of Art & Design dedicates studios in honor of Maskells
November 5, 2004
• Everyday evolution: Scientists offer examples to biology teachers
• University of Michigan/Detroit partnership wins national honor
• Advisory: U-M experts available on Arafat, Middle East, related stories
November 4, 2004
• U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
November 3, 2004
• Libraries collaborate to make Muschenheim image archive
• U-M launches series of human rights initiatives
• Event announcement: Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin will speak about business ethics
November 2, 2004
• First
human trial of bioartificial kidney shows promise for acute renal failure
November 1, 2004
• Student’s winning invention enables “animal
on a chip”
• Treatment sometimes absent for children of mothers with mental illness
• People cause more soil erosion than all natural processes
• Event announcement: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Scalia to give lecture at U-M Law School
October 29, 2004
• High oil prices and lagging job prospects diminish consumer confidence
October 28, 2004
• Researchers detect methane on Mars
October 27, 2004
• Charles Walgreen gives $2 million to establish professorship in pharmacy
• Researchers: Religious faith shortens hospital stays, aids recovery
• U-M pond becomes scene of sculpture
October 26, 2004
• Immune system in a bottle could help prevent flu vaccine shortage
• Evidence
that smoking affects brain’s natural “feel good” chemical system
• "M GO BLUE for Mott" wristband
campaign underway
October 25, 2004
• Companies in crisis: Money helps preserve positive relationships
October 22, 2004
• Professor helps Navy recruits deal with stress of training
• Event announcement: Noam Chomsky to deliver 2004 Davis, Markert, Nickerson Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture
• Event announcement: Tax guru Joel Slemrod to discuss Bush and Kerry tax plans
October 21, 2004
• Event announcement: Two-day workshop on reproductive and human rights
October 20, 2004
• Event announcement: Paul Laudicina of A.T. Kearney to speak at Ross School of Business
October 19, 2004
• U-M
composer wins governor's award
October 18, 2004
• Regents meeting Oct. 21 begins at 2 p.m. in Flint
• Three U-M faculty selected for IOM membership
October 15, 2004
• U-M’s
National Poverty Center gets $1 million grant renewal
October 14, 2004
• U-M 2004 enrollment sets records at every level
October 13, 2004
• U-M professor to test flu shot and nasal spray flu vaccine side by side
October 12, 2004
• For love or money, marriage is here to stay
October 11, 2004
• Regents to meet Oct. 21 at U-M-Flint
• Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to speak at Law School
October 08, 2004
• Residence and academic facility slated for Frieze site
• Oct. 29 event looks at Bush/Kerry health plans
• Scientists see ubiquitin-modified proteins in living cells
• Scientists to study why African-American women have more pregnancy problems
• U-M hosts performance of Glenda Dickerson's new work
• Teamwork among scientists and colleges results in IntraLase IPO
• New award honors David Hermelin
October 06, 2004
• Event announcement: Science is fascinating: Fall 2004 Saturday Morning Physics schedule
October 05, 2004
• New addition to Bentley Library opens
• Event announcement: Jewish women and feminism: Honoring writer Marge Piercy
• Events Announcement: Michigan Union celebrating 100 years with events
• U-M on-campus crime reports drop in 2003
• U-M team treating mouth wounds by engineering tissue grafts
• Stock buy recommendations from brokers who seldom give such advice fare better
October 04, 2004
• Economist and author Julianne Malveaux to speak at CEW anniversary
• Warm
weather boosts mood, broadens the mind
• Continued strong growth for U-M technology transfer in 2004
October 01, 2004
• Consumers
cite concerns about rising oil prices and slowing growth
September 30, 2004
• U-M
Web site goes bilingual with launch of En Español
• U-M leads $4 million project to preserve poll and survey data
• Experts available to discuss diversity in health care work force
September 29, 2004
• U-M experts available to discuss presidential debates
• Local economy doesn't drive voters' choices, study says
September 28, 2004
• Reps from 10 nations to discuss foreign policy challenges
• Assistant secretary of state to deliver inaugural lecture
September 27, 2004
• University of Michigan announces Hopwood winners
September 24, 2004
• Asking teens to chart life events helps explain risky decisions
• How individuals handle victory impacts ability to learn, hormonal levels
• Twenty-five
years later: the "Black English case"
September 23, 2004
• U-M housing plan calls for new and renovated halls, dining facilities
September 21, 2004
• U-M World Values Study explores why religion endures
• Regents meeting Sept. 23 begins at 2 p.m.
September 17, 2004
• Event announcement: Saudi Arabia and the U.S.: Crisis or Opportunity?
• U-M study: High-speed Internet spurs social interaction
September 16, 2004
• Consolidating companies do better if founders stay involved
September 15, 2004
• Researcher looks at racial identity as part of healthy lifestyle
September 14, 2004
• 'Leaky' marriages are becoming more common, U-M study
• Comics, speakers, films highlight month of diverse activities
September 13, 2004
• "Michigan Football Memories" DVD
available, based on program that airs statewide Sept. 16
September 10, 2004
• Dental
student calls on dentists to take patients’ blood pressure
• New structure to provide 800 spaces of faculty and staff parking
September 09, 2004
• Event announcement: N.Y. Times writer to speak about how welfare reform affected mothers and
their children
• New York City real estate developer Stephen M. Ross gives $100 million to University of Michigan Business School
September 08, 2004
• U-M study: Spanking can lead to more bad behavior by children
• Event announcement: C.K. Prahalad will give McInally Lecture
• Experts available for coverage of Chechnya, Russia
September 07, 2004
• U-M Career Center wins national award
• Event announcement: Democracy in the Middle East? Transitions to and from democracy
• Ahead of its time: U-M Computing Center celebrates 45 years
September 03, 2004
• Broken arms and collateral damage: clues to predator-driven evolution
• $3.7 million NIH grant to support Public Health building project
September 02, 2004
• Turning the poor into consumers creates huge growth markets
September 01, 2004
• Advisory: U-M resources, experts available for Sept. 11 coverage
August 30, 2004
• Researchers
violate Bell’s inequality with an atom and a photon
August 27, 2004
• U-M prepares for 6,000 freshmen with 200-plus activities
• Resilient
consumers remain engine of expansion
August 25, 2004
• Strep disrupts blood clotting to infect humans
• U-M diversity exhibit goes on the road
• U-M experts available to discuss poverty in U.S. Census Bureau report
August 24, 2004
• Finding the right formula for a community of chemists
August 23, 2004
• EarthScope: Looking into North America
• In gene regulation, small is beautiful
August 20, 2004
• Event announcement: U-M to host two events on best practices in media business Sept. 20
August 19, 2004
• U.S. economy: Solid, but not spectacular, through 2006
• Buying stocks? Don't listen to investment banks
August 18, 2004
• Researchers show how to assemble building blocks for nanotechnology
• U-M plans fall move-in, temporary traffic flow changes
August 17, 2004
• Sept. 11 affected children's mental health beyond New York City
August 13, 2004
• No laughing matter: Late night talk shows can turn young adults into cynics
August 12, 2004
• Jalen Rose endows scholarship for Michigan students
• Use it or lose it: Seniors need to socialize to keep communication skills
August 11, 2004
• U-M makes historical reprints available
• Knowledge workers, not factory jobs, are key to prosperity
August 09, 2004
• U-M offers experts for back-to-school stories
August 06, 2004
• Power motivation research: Feel your pain or feel lonely at the top?
August 04, 2004
• Michigan's three largest universities create high-performance research
network
August 03, 2004
• Goals unlikely to protect Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry
August 02, 2004
• Sensitivity to seasonal changes affects disease-causing bugs' success
• Women in male-dominated fields feel conflicted
July 30, 2004
• Businesses can win the battle between work and family
• U-M Surveys of Consumers: Robust job growth expected to continue
July 29, 2004
• U-M Detroit Arab American Study portrays a complex population
• 9/11 boosted U.S. need for spiritual support, faith
• Advisory: U-M experts available to discuss emergency contraception
July 28, 2004
• U-M scientist involved in mission to Mercury available for comment
• Software offshoring: Big savings, quality concerns
July 27, 2004
• Real leaders embrace change, regardless of title or position
• U-M alumnus fulfills dream with $1 million gift
• A fishy fix for conservation concerns
• Drug to fight virus in transplant patients moves forward in trials
July 26, 2004
• U-M, AATA to provide unlimited bus access through AATA'S MRide Program
• Media
AdvisoryReminder: Auto conference registration continues
July 21, 2004
• Musical theater workshop finds home at U-M
• Let them fail: Encourage employees to experiment
July 20, 2004
• Seat belt law does not spur police harassment, though some disagree
• Movies can raise or lower hormone levels
• Researchers overcome barrier to shrinking wireless devices
July 16, 2004
• Architect named for Kelsey Museum project
July 15, 2004
• U-M budget, tuition increase contingent on state support
• Boomers’ unexpected
ethos: work until we drop?
• Annenberg Foundation gives $2 million toward new building for Ford School of Public Policy
• Two public health professors lead values and society program
July 14, 2004
• U-M secures $40 million government research contract
• Event announcement: U-M School of Dentistry hosts annual free mouth guard clinic Saturday
July 13, 2004
• Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured?
July 12, 2004
• Smart cruise control eliminates traffic jams
• Regents meeting July 15 begins at 1:15 p.m.
• U-M prof to address FDA for approval of periodontal tissue
engineering
July 9, 2004
• Screening potential hires for carpal tunnel not cost effective
July 5, 2004
• Old
is young: The modern advantage
July 2, 2004
• U-M
institute presents latest literacy research
June 30, 2004
• U-M scientists involved in mission to Saturn available to comment
• ADVISORY: U-M experts available to discuss Rift Valley fever
June 29, 2004
• Basic RNA enzyme research promises single-molecule biosensors
• New market for developers: homebuyers want view of woods, not large lawns
June 28, 2004
• Program tackles state's reading achievement gap, 70% reach goals
• Scientists say Wnt protein prevents obesity by inhibiting fat cell development
June 25, 2004
• Job growth continues as fears of rising inflation fade
June 24, 2004
• Lake slime offers lessons for environmental policy
• Most powerful laser to date produced at U-M; technology could revolutionize cancer treatment
• Hospital standards for high-risk surgeries save lives
June 23, 2004
• Sakai Project releases open source collaboration and learning environment software
June 21, 2004
• Auto industry's annual Traverse City conference Aug. 2-6
• Grant to examine how faculty are affected by dual ladder career tracks
• Orientation
under way at U-M for incoming students and parents
June 18, 2004
• U-M undergraduate awarded prestigious fellowship
June 17, 2004
• U-M unveils landmark design for major expansion of Museum of Art
June 16, 2004
• Plans for Walgreen Drama Center announced
• Pulsed
dye laser therapy does not improve acne
June 14, 2004
• Early intervention lessens impact of autism
June 11, 2004
• U-M: 29 Fulbright winners
• Event announcement: U-M's National Poverty Center will host three-day symposium
• Self-regulation, board action can douse potential executive 'flameout'
• Michigan Business School's new India Center opens this month
• Study helps explain island populations' susceptibility to exotic diseases
June 10, 2004
• Employers can save by helping employees get more active
June 09, 2004
• U-M’s
child advocacy program marks 10th anniversary
• U-M scientists part of new DOE-funded fusion science center
June 08, 2004
• Advisory: Experts can discuss historic SpaceShipOne
• Obesity in developing countries compares to U.S. yo-yo dieting
• U-M scientists find cancer's genetic core
June 07, 2004
• Latest
increase in ACSI bodes well for economy
• Pay or go away: What would spammers do?
• Stamps gift enhances experience for art and design students
• Experts available for coverage related to Ronald Reagan
June 04, 2004
• Dementia often leads to nursing home admission
• Imagery helps older people remember medical advice
• U-M archaeological team to explore Grand Traverse Light station site
• U-M team designs unique tree house for kids with special needs
June 03, 2004
• Experts available for D-Day-related coverage and features
• Librarians give pointers to find quality health information online
June 02, 2004
• U-M researcher co-discovers meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa
• Museum
of Art receives three leadership gifts totaling $2.5 million for renovation project
• New
U-M Center – CARSS – launches its first two projects
• Taking
kids with special needs to new heights - unique tree house for wheelchair, vent-dependent
kids
June 01, 2004
• Scientists propose ecology for a crowded planet
• The iceman cometh to U-M
May 28, 2004
• Consumer
confidence declines in May
May 27, 2004
• Most of us are poor judges of our own abilities
May 26, 2004
• Pursuing self-esteem harmful; focus on goals rather than yourself
• Workers need to feel they're making a difference
May 25, 2004
• Born to Die Young? U-M study examines the risks of being male
• From Michigan to Broadway
• Obesity affects transition to work from welfare, study shows
• U-M Law School develops collaborative pediatric clinic
• Sakai Project expands with Hewlett Foundation grant to Foothill-De Anza Community College District
May 24, 2004
• Researchers use physics formula to develop map-making computer program
• Experts available on female aggression and aggression research
• Slovakia and U-M collaborate for scholars and projects
• U-M
experts available to discuss Olympic Games
May 21, 2004
• Great Lakes swimmers: Beware of potentially deadly rip currents
May 20, 2004
• Insurance shifts harm poor kids' care
• U-M
planning underway for FY2005 budget cuts
May 19, 2004
• U-M offers new MBA/Educational Studies dual degree
• From fryer to fuel tank, U-M students make a case for waste elimination and
energy recovery
• U-M researcher studies swimmer's itch incidence and risk factors
• Researchers develop new method of mapping percolation
• U-M Life Sciences Institute celebrates grand opening, unveils two centers, four new faculty
• Parents overestimate children's bike, car safety habits
May
18, 2004
• Event announcement: U-M's observatory celebrates 150 years; its telescopes still intact
• Is the market moral? U-M policy expert debates issue in new book
May 17, 2004
• U-M experts available to discuss Iraqi prison treatment
• Regents meeting May 20 in Dearborn begins at 1:30 p.m.
• Health-conscious women not getting colons checked
• University of Michigan announces Hopwood winners
May 14, 2004
• The
Michigan Difference campaign launched with $2.5 billion goal
• Life Sciences Institute announces new centers, new faculty
May 13, 2004
• U-M researchers receive grants for hydrogen research
• Homelands
project wins first Imagining Michigan Award
May 12, 2004
• Four U-M professors named AAAS fellows
• U-M holds Brown event on future of multicultural teaching
May 11, 2004
• University
of Michigan to kick off billion-plus fund-raising campaign: The Michigan Difference
• The
buzz about cicadas: Noisy bugs to emerge after 17 years underground
• Detroit poet laureate's archives housed at U-M
• U-M program helps career changers and urban school districts
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation gives $5 million to School of Public Health
• U-M Regents to meet May 20 in Dearborn
• Cooling
the head prevents brain injury in newborns
May 10, 2004
• Army
salutes U-M students’ recommendations
• Living wills don't work, study says
May 07, 2004
• Rx pain drugs scarce in minority areas
• Freezing technique successful for early-stage breast cancer
May 06, 2004
• Electric Martian dust devils could prove hazardous for space travelers
May 05, 2004
• Event announcement: Rockets whiz, laser beams bounce in Physics Olympiad at U-M
May 04, 2004
• Mutual fund investors: Don't shoot for the stars
• Museum of Art receives $10 million from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation to name new wing
• Year-round asthma symptoms in kids triggered by parents' second-hand smoke, study suggests
May 03, 2004
• Insulin
pump benefits preschoolers with diabetes
• Has
Southeast Michigan really adopted the principles of lean production?
• U-M
study reveals a hidden cost of depression: Large amounts of extra help for depressed
seniors
• Teaching
families to work together improves diabetes management for low income kids, UMHS
study finds
May 01, 2004
• Dental
pulp cells may hold key to treatment of Parkinson's disease
• Iron-deficient infants score worse on cognitive and motor tests as teens
April 30, 2004
• Confidence
unchanged as job gains offset rising prices and interest rates
• Physics researchers find striking quantum spin behavior
• Scientists:
Forest emissions likely play a greater role in atmospheric cleansing than previously
thought
April 29, 2004
• Can
you hear me now? "Belly talk" popular in U.S.
April 27, 2004
• U-M study shows why it's never too late to lose
weight
• Women need not lose sleep over menopause, U-M study says
• Four faculty members chosen as Guggenheim fellows
• Two
U-M professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
• Fund
will continue to raise & grant funds for bipolar disorder research at U-M
April 22, 2004
• University's new ergopods improve access for students with disabilities
• Event
Cancellation: Conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy
• Study
examines "Grammars of Death" to learn why we died
April 21, 2004
• Longest
education reform effort produced few achievements
• Task force report recommends eight key areas for U-M
to monitor for environmental sustainability
• Guiding gas exploration: U-M research offers inexpensive tool
April 20, 2004
• Ultra-fast
laser allows efficient, accessible nanoscale machining
April 19, 2004
• Evidence
exonerates 328, but many still falsely imprisoned
• U-M Regents to meet April 22
• U-M Life Sciences Institute to host public tours, grand opening events
• Experts available on education reform and improving schools
• Depression
Center receives $10M gift
April 16, 2004
• Perrigo Co. and U-M Life Sciences Institute name
undergraduate summer research fellows
April 15, 2004
• U-M professor's top-selling book focuses on Toyota's methods
April 14, 2004
• U-M student research may help astronauts burn fuel on Mars
• $8 million gift to Kelsey Museum of the University of Michigan
April 13, 2004
• Childcare subsidies aid the transition from welfare to work
• Event announcement: WDI, Law School to host Globalization, Law and Development Conference
• U-M
Regents to meet April 22
April 12, 2004
• Event announcement: Student research at Brown v. Board theme semester capstone
April 09, 2004
• Diversity
begets diversity:Experiments confirm ecological tenet
• Expanded
banking services can benefit low-income households
• Event announcement: CEO of Intel to speak at 2003-2004 Goff Smith Lecture
April 07, 2004
• Long-forgotten samples may help save species
• William Davidson Institute at the Business School names new director
April 06, 2004
• Sakai open-source project releases draft specifications
• Event announcement: Mary Sue Coleman to receive Women in Leadership Award
• Undergraduate research, faculty mentorship celebrated at U-M
April 05, 2004
• Final move-out date is May 1 for U-M residence halls
• Companies benefit by accepting blame for poor performance
• Event announcement: School integration: Are we better off 50 years after Brown v. Board?
April 01, 2004
• U-M Public Safety rolls out motor unit
• Advisory: World Health Day: U-M researchers can discuss road safety issues
March 31, 2004
• States implement strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Job growth expected for Wayne County through 2006
• Playing fair: U-M science students confront ethical dilemmas
March 30, 2004
• Technology assists when memory falters
• Rackham celebration features photographer who chronicled Ground Zero
March 29, 2004
• New
materials added to U-M Special Collections Library
• When parents are supportive, children become healthier adults
• Nabokov collection donated to U-M
March 26, 2004
• Consumers remain confident despite scarcity of jobs and higher gas prices
March 25, 2004
• Experts
available on outsourcinga presidential campaign issue
March 24, 2004
• Event announcement: Nobel Prize winner Robert B. Laughlin to speak at U-M
• U-M teaching program brings research to life to improve education
March 23, 2004
• Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch
• New technology gives U-M dental students front row seats
March 22, 2004
• Undergraduate research celebrated at State Capitol
March 19, 2004
• Rediscover
Rackham celebration features "West Wing" actress
•
Playwright Arthur Miller plans visit to U-M
March 18, 2004
• U.S. economy will add nearly 3 million jobs in next two years
• U-M
hosts Bolcom's massive “Songs of Innocence” in April
• "Dean" of
automotive journalists to address U-M commencement
March 17, 2004
• New U-M housing director selected
March 16, 2004
• E-mail for Mohammed Hameed: U-M study shows discrimination against
Arabs
March 15, 2004
• Davidson
Institute, European Union Center to host forum on union's growth
• Indiana
Jones fan discovers 2,000-year-old papyrus in U-M library
• New journal showcases student-faculty research
• Regents meeting March 18 begins at 2 p.m.
March 12, 2004
• National Internet2 Day on television locally
• U-M
helps Michigan communities guard against bio-terror attacks
• The effect of negative stereotyping on academic performance
March 11, 2004
• Event
announcement: "Activating the Past" explores museums as gathering places
March 10, 2004
• U-M
expands access to hidden electronic resources with OAIster
• Event announcement: U-M hosts Workplace Wellness Conference March 17
March 09, 2004
• Businesses can promote peace in global economy
• U-M receives gifts to support public policy school and athletics department
March 08, 2004
• Advisory: Outsourcing experts available at the Michigan Business School
• U-M
group working to improve access to mental health resnources
• Ann Arbor Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow in March
• Researchers turn back time for acid-rain ravaged forest
• Event announcement: U-M Media Union renamed to honor James and Anne Duderstadt
• Albright to discuss Middle East democracy, international institutions
• Physics pioneers lauded at U-M
March 04, 2004
• Event announcement:
ISR Roots of Terrorism Initiative sponsors talks
March 03, 2004
• U-M earns award for protecting the environment through energy efficiency
March 02, 2004
• U-M space experts available to discuss Mars findings
March 01, 2004
• Energizing your workplace: New book shows how
• Event announcement: Legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham to appear at U-M
• Madeleine Albright will discuss today's international institutions
February 27, 2004
• Event
announcement: Son of "The Pianist" speaks of life that inspired Oscar-winning
film
• Rock
kills communism: Interview with "first lady of Polish rock"
• Concerns heighten over slow pace of job growth
February 26, 2004
• U-M study: More programs needed to aid students with mental illnesses
• Event
announcement: "Did Life Come From Mars?" Leading Mars expert to speak
at U-M
February 25, 2004
•
Print ad pictures: Less is more
February 24, 2004
• Event announcement :
Three-day conference: Doing documentary work
February 23, 2004
• U-M exhibit features art by Michigan prisoners
February 20, 2004
• Evolution caught in the act
February 19, 2004
• Event announcement: Michigan Business School's Sustainable Business Conference Feb.
27
• Detroit's digital divide not due to race
• Three professors receive prestigious Henry Russel Award at U-M
• Five U-M faculty members named Thurnau Professors
• U-M sets three-year employee parking permit rates
February 18, 2004
• Joan and Sanford Weill give $5 million for U-M's Ford School of Public Policy
building
• Executives use stock buybacks to manage performance results
• Laurita Thomas named to U-M's top human resource post
• Customer satisfaction is at its highest since
1995
February 17, 2004
• Event announcement: Race relations experts explore desegregation in modern education
February 16, 2004
• ADVISORY: U-M experts available to discuss latest interpretations of Christ
• U-M researcher: eating disorders caused by more than body image
• Regents meeting Feb. 19 begins at 2:30 p.m.
February 15, 2004
• From football conferences to food webs: U-M researcher uncovers patterns in
complicated networks
February 14, 2004
• Religion guides views of fertility treatment in Middle East
February 13, 2004
• Michigan Radio wins five 2004 MAB Broadcast Excellence Awards
February 12, 2004
• Survey of U-M freshmen shows a marked increase
in political interest
• UMTRI division changes name to reflect its broad focus
February 11, 2004
• UMHS to study burns related to children's clothing
U-M Regents to meet Feb. 19
Norovirus confirmed in viral gastroenteritis outbreak at the University of
Michigan
February 09, 2004
Economic
Research Initiative on the Uninsured launches book
February 06, 2004
Event announcement: WDI Panel: Poland's involvement in Iraq
ANNOUNCEMENT
Saturday Morning Physics announces spring schedule
Event announcement: Economist Albert Fishlow will speak at WDI panel on Brazil
February 05, 2004
Patriotism impacts stock portfolio
U-M continues to grow recycling program
February 04, 2004
Women
should ignore media's “perfect mom” image, new book says
Event announcement: Civil rights pioneer, one of Little Rock Nine, visits U-M Feb. 12
February 03, 2004
University of Michigan announces Hopwood winners
Race
and religion protect kids from drugs, U-M study finds
February 02, 2004
U-M
Jazz Festival features Count Basie Orchestra
January 30, 2004
Surge in optimism due to expected job growth in 2004
Library develops Brown v. Board of Education digital archive
Event announcement: U-M School of Dentistry to offer free dental services Saturday
January 29, 2004
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Black History Month: Beverly Tatum's insights inspire discussions
January 28, 2004
Event announcement: Michigan Business School's annual Asian Business Conference Feb. 6-7
Event announcement: Anti-hazing expert to speak at U-M Feb. 3
January 27, 2004
Event announcement:
New York Times' Keith Bradsher will discuss SUV book at U-M Feb. 4
Event announcement: U-M ISR remembers the legacy of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 26, 2004
Six (or fewer) degrees of science
January 23, 2004
Frank Ascione named dean of pharmacy at U-M
Study: muscles respond to getting on your feet after spinal cord injury
January 22, 2004
Black Americans: U-M study documents differences within the community
Event announcement:Michigan Business School's European Business Conference Jan. 30
Sakai Project Launches Groundbreaking Open Source Collaboration
January 21, 2004
Event announcement: U-M expoSItion showcases information professionals
Event announcement: U-M women's conference to offer workshops, networking opportunities
January 19, 2004
ADVISORY:
Super Bowl: Advertisers look to score
U-M expands access to its collections via the Internet
Lecture dates set for Distinguished University Professors
January 16, 2004
Event announcement:
Cuban expert Carmelo Mesa-Lago will speak at WDI seminar Jan. 21
January 15, 2004
CEO pay and earnings manipulation strongly linked
U-M researchers: Burning fossil fuels has a measurable cooling effect on the
climate
A failed star is born; the origins of brown dwarfs
January 12, 2004
U-M experts available to discuss 50th anniversary of Brown v. the Board of Education decision and the case's ongoing legacy
January 9, 2004
U-M
to host international SARS symposium Jan. 20
U-M events honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
University of Michigan Regents to meet Jan. 15
January 7, 2004
Hill
Auditorium reopens: Historic restoration, modern amenities
MEDIA ADVISORY:Hill Auditorium reopens with vibrant look, updated features
Event announcement: Noted disability scholar Adrienne Asch to visit University of Michigan
January 6, 2004
U-M researchers
explore origins of high velocity clouds in spiral galaxies
Event announcement Michigan Business School's FuturTech Conference set for Jan. 15-1
ADVISORY:
Brown sisters available for media interviews Jan. 12
January 5, 2004
Consumers
are optimistic about job growth in 2004
Substance
use is still common at age 35, U-M study finds