News and Notes
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LSA Communications Professor W. Russell Neuman Says Academe Should Be Concerned About Sustaining Investigative Journalism
- Friday, November 20, 2009
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LSA Economist Joan Crary Says The National Unemployment Rate Will Remain High For Some Time
- Friday, November 20, 2009
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LSA Biologists Jacinta Beehner And Thore Bergman Study The Social Behavior Of Gelada Monkeys
- Thursday, November 19, 2009
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LSA Chemistry Professor Brian Coppola Is Named A Professor Of The Year
- Thursday, November 19, 2009
Coppola is honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for involving students as partners in the teaching process.
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LSA Professor Piotr Michalowski Recalls Memories Of the Berlin Wall In A Photo Slideshow
- Thursday, November 19, 2009
Michalowski took many photos of the wall before it was torn down in 1989. His photos will be on display at U-M's Institute for the Humanities through December 11.
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LSA History Professor Howard Brick Says A Fight At A Recent Protest March Signals Possible Backlash Against Tea Party Protestors
- Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Although most Tea-partiers are peaceful, those who bring weapons to demonstrations show a stronger degree of alienation and threat, he says.
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LSA Political Scientist Michael Bommarito Says The House Health Care Bill Is Not Too Long To Read
- Tuesday, November 10, 2009
At 234,000 relevant words the bill is shorter than the longest Harry Potter novel, he says.
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While Her Harmonica Gently Weeps
- Friday, November 6, 2009
Glass harmonica music: invented by Benjamin Franklin, played by Vera Meyer.
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LSA English Professor Eileen Pollack Recounts The Path To Success Of Author Uwem Akpan
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
Akpan's book "Say You Are One of Them" was just chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Akpan is a graduate of LSA's MFA Program in Creative Writing, which Pollack directs.
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Operation Navigation
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009
U-M’s Business Engagement Center helps connect industry and the University.
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LSA Kelsey Museum Of Archaeology Displays Its Treasured Collections In The New Upjohn Exhibit Wing
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The new 20,000 square-foot addition, funded by a $8.5 million gift from the late Edwin and Mary Meader, opened November 1 with a public celebration.
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LSA Exhibit Preparator Daniel Erickson Enjoys A Dream Career At The Exhibit Museum Of Natural History
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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LSA Physicist Gordon Kane Says Particles Surrounding The Milky Way Appear To Be Decayed Remains Of Dark Matter
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The discovery by a team of astronomers demonstrates their ability to use data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, Kane says.
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Global Classroom
- Monday, November 2, 2009
A look at cultures and countries thousands of miles away, without leaving campus.
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A Helping Paw
- Saturday, October 31, 2009
LSA student Ali Breeding and her therapy dog visit patients at Mott Children’s Hospital.
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LSA Geophysicist Henry Pollack Says Melting Ice Could Raise Sea Levels At Least Three Feet
- Friday, October 30, 2009
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LSA Professor Henry Pollack Says The World War II Generation Is Most Willing To Recycle
- Friday, October 30, 2009
During World War II citizens felt good about conserving materials and planting victory gardens to help the war effort, he says. That generation set an example for environmental responsibility.
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An African Way of Life
- Friday, October 30, 2009
Professor Ray Silverman works to preserve culture and tradition in Techiman, Ghana.
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LSA Physicist Katherine Freese Says New Data May Solve The Mystery Of Dark Matter
- Friday, October 30, 2009
New data collected by NASA's Fermi satellite and underground experiments, such as Xenon100, will soon narrow the range of explanations for the substance that accounts for 85 percent of the matter in the universe.
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LSA Political Scientist Anne Pitcher Says Lower Voter Turnout In Mozambique's Election Will Signal Dissatisfaction With President Guegbuza
- Friday, October 30, 2009
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LSA Psychologist Marc Berman Says Urban Environments Can Impair Mental Functions
- Friday, October 30, 2009
In a new study, Berman found people walking in an urban environment were in a worse mood than those walking through a natural setting.
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1948: An Unforgettable Election
- Thursday, October 29, 2009
A young U-M journalist stays awake all night counting the election returns.
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