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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 named 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...]
In Search of Great Professors
Newsweek featured U-M's Kathleen Canning, Professor of History, Women's Studies and German, and Director of the Eisenberg Institue for Historical Studies, as one of the nation's best professors. [Read more...]
U-M gets national recognition for sleep science
The University of Michigan Center for Sleep Science isn’t dozing off when it comes to comprehensive patient care, research, and education. It is now one of only three institutions to be named a Comprehensive Academic Sleep Program of Distinction by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The recognition is based on evidence of across-the-board achievement as demonstrated by an accredited Sleep Disorders Center, externally funded research, peer-reviewed publications, a nationally accredited training program for sleep specialists, and productive mentorship of future sleep researchers. [Read more...]
Award furthers an understanding of cyberinfrastructure
Assistant Professor Steven Jackson of the School of Information has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his work in cyberinfrastructure and science policy. Jackson, who coordinates the Information Policy specialization in the Master of Science in Information program, sees emerging collaborative technologies as a critical component of national and international debates on science, innovation, and development policy. “Some of the best young faculty members across the United States are recognized each year by these prestigious awards,” says Thomas Finholt, associate dean of research and innovation at SI. “The School of Information is justly proud of Steve for earning this award.” [Read more...]
Taubman School Dean selected as National Design Awards juror, attends White House 10th anniversary event
U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Dean Monica Ponce de Leon was selected as one of nine jurors for the 2009 National Design Awards. First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the White House ceremony for the winners and finalists of the 2009 awards and served as honorary patron for the awards program held July 24, 2009. An award ceremony will take place at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, in the fall. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the awards.[read more...]
U-M professor named secretary of new National Academy of Environmental Design
Joan Iverson Nassauer, a professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, has been elected the first secretary of a new national organization of designers. The group, the National Academy of Environmental Design (NAED), is focused on reshaping national research priorities to more fully incorporate sustainable design as a means of responding to pressing global challenges including climate change, species extinction and a wide range of epidemics and toxins affecting human health. [read more...]