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U-M professor selected as a Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching senior partner
Magdalene Lampert, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor in Education, has been selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as one of five senior partners who will guide the development of the program’s agenda. The first topic is expected to be high failure rates among students in developmental mathematics in community colleges. [Read more...]
U-M Cystic Fibrosis Center receives national award
People with cystic fibrosis can expect to live a longer life despite the genetic, life-threatening disease, because of advances made at the University of Michigan Health System. At the UMHS, patients’ life expectancy has doubled and patient numbers have increased significantly since the Cystic Fibrosis Center opened in the 1970s. This month, the UMHS’s Cystic Fibrosis Center received national recognition from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an award that recognizes innovations in treatment, data collection, and innovation in quality of patient care and both clinical and basic research. [Read more...]
Era of Hope Award granted to U-M doctor
Five-year grant propels study of breast tumor suppression
A University of Michigan physician was selected for the Era of Hope Scholar Award from the U.S. Department of Defense to further studies of breast cancer prevention. Xiaochun Yu, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School, was awarded $3.7 million to expand research on new mechanisms associated with DNA damage response, treatment of breast tumors and prevention of tumor development in women who carry mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. These genetic mutations are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. [Read more...]
New NIH EUREKA awards fund highly innovative research, promise big payoffs
Four U-M faculty among 56 grantees
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $67.4 million to support highly innovative research projects that promise big scientific payoffs. The new awards are part of the EUREKA (Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) program, which helps scientists test new, unconventional ideas or tackle major methodological or technical challenges. U-M recipients of EUREKA awards are Joseph Holoshitz (Medical School), Matthew B. Soellner (College of Pharmacy), Jon-Kar Zubieta(Medical School), and H.V. Jagadish (College of Engineering). [Read more...]
University among top schools in nation for Fulbright scholars, students
Seven U-M faculty scholars and 28 U-M students have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships for 2009-10. Among the faculty scholar winners, U-M’s Ann Arbor campus led the country in the U.S. State Department-funded Fulbright awards, along with Michigan State University and the University of Oregon, each receiving seven awards. UM-Flint also produced a Fulbright Scholar. U-M faculty scholars are: Alina Clej, Language and Literature; Janet Hart, Anthropology; Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Language and Literature; Kelly Ann Kowatch, Seminar Program; Diane Larsen-Freeman, TEFL/Applied Linguistics; Mary Jo Kietzman, Language and Literature; Carl Rodemer, Art; and Albert Shih, Engineering. [Read more...]
Environmental and Social Responsibility: Ross School No. 1 in the U.S.
The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business is the best business school in the United States for integrating environmental, social, and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute's 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report. The biennial survey and ranking of business schools placed the Ross School at No. 2 worldwide. The Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto is ranked No. 1 in this year's survey. Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, which was ranked No. 1 in 2007, is ranked No. 4 this year. [Read more...]
Physics professor awarded 2010 APS Frank Isakson Prize
Duncan Steel, Robert J. Hiller Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biophysics, and Research Professor in the Institute of Gerontology, was awarded the 2010 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids from the American Physical Society. Prof. Steel received this award, "For seminal contributions to nonlinear optical spectroscopy and coherent control of semiconductor heterostructures." His research has focused on the development and application of various laser-matter interaction studies and quantum optics in fields including plasmas, optical phase conjugation, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, condensed matter physics, protein folding and quantum computing. [Read more...]
Ross Business School professor name top business thinker by Forbes
Corporate strategy sage C.K. Prahalad is the most influential management thinker in the world, according to the Thinkers 50, a biennial ranking of business gurus. Prahalad, who serves as the Paul and Ruth McCracken distinguished university professor of strategy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, tops the list for the second time running. In addition, David Ulich, professor of business administration and director of the Human Resource Executive Program at Ross, is ranked 31st on the list. [Read more...]
Two U-M faculty elected to prestigious Institute of Medicine
Ana V. Diez Roux, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health in the School of Public Health, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, and director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology in the Medical School, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Being selected for membership in the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. [Read more...]
NIH awards to 2 U-M faculty for high-risk research and innovation
NIH announced today that David Markovitz and Nikolaos Chronis are among 115 recipients of funding under the Common Fund's Roadmap for Medical Research. Markowitz will receive one of the NIH Director's Transformative R01 Awards, and Chronis is recipient of a NIH Director's New Innovator Award. These awards are given to encourage investigators to explore bold ideas that have the potential to catapult fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved health. [Read more...]