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LSA alumni Karen and Karl Gotting Return to Ann Arbor To Enjoy Retirement
Friday, July 04, 2008
In an ABC News story the Gottings discuss how their attraction to UM influenced their choice about where to retire. |
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LSA alumnus Rev. Uwem Akpan Gives Voices to Africa's Lost Children
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Uwem, a graduate of the creative writing program and a Jesuit priest, tells the children's stories in his new book Say You're One of Them. |
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LSA Creative Writing Program Director Eileen Pollack's New Book Focuses On Dentists
Monday, June 30, 2008
Three of the six stories in her new book, In the Mouth weave dentists into the plots. |
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LSA Professor Brad Bushman Discusses The Danger of Violent Video Games
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Bushman, an expert on media-related violence, cautions parents about the overuse of violent video games during summer vacation. |
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LSA Political Scientist Ken Kollman Says Vice Presidential Candidates Add Regional Appeal
Friday, June 27, 2008
The ideal candidate will help Obama and McCain win states that they can't win alone. |
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LSA Creative Writing Program Also Fosters Business Savvy
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Sean Norton, assistant director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, tells the Chronicle of Higher Education the program also informs students about careers in writing. |
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LSA Professor Brad Bushman Says New Uniforms Could Change Airport Screeners
Friday, June 20, 2008
Transportation Security Administration airport screeners may command more respect with new shirts and badges. |
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LSA Alumna Stephanie Izard Wins The Top Chef Title
Friday, June 13, 2008
Izard, a chef from Chicago, beat out 15 other contestants to become the first woman to win the top honor. |
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LSA Alumna Mildred Sommer Donates $5.2 Million For Graduate Fellowships
Friday, June 06, 2008
Sommer, a 1928 LSA graduate, bequeathed the majority of her estate to the College to help future scholars. |
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LSA Professor Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Mercedes Pascual is seeking to determine how global climate change affects the outbreaks of infectious diseases. |
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LSA Researcher Christoph Vogel Studies Aspens At The U-M Biological Station
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Starving aspen trees may produce a more diverse forest that could reduce greenhouse gases. |
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LSA Fred Cuny Professorship Is Acknowledged In Chronicle Of Philanthropy
Friday, May 23, 2008
Robert Donia and Jane Ritter made a $2.5 million gift to endow the professorship. |
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LSA Instructor Margaret Noori Works To Preserve The Ojibwe Language
Friday, May 16, 2008
Noori says moving the endangered language forward protects it from extinction. |
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LSA English Professor Laura Kasischke's Novel Is Released As A Movie
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Kasischke's novel "The Life Before Her Eyes," comes to life on the big screen, starring Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood. |
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New LSA Faculty Will Be Part Of An Interdisciplinary Initiative
Friday, May 09, 2008
LSA professors will collaborate with colleagues in engineering, natural resources, medicine, nursing and public health. |
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LSA Professor Howard Markel Describes His Work As A Substance Abuse Counselor
Thursday, May 08, 2008
In a New York Times essay, Markel recounts a client's efforts to stay sober. |
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LSA Astronomer Hugh Aller Obtained One of the Closest Views Inside A Black Hole.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Aller is part of a team that confirmed theories about how the cosmic sinkholes spew out jets of particles. |
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LSA Political Scientist Vincent Hutchings Says Race Still Influences Voting Patterns
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Regardless of who wins the Democratic nomination racially polarized voting patterns will remain a reality, Hutchings says. |
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LSA Psychologist Susanne Jaeggi Says Memory Training Increases Brain Power
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Structured training in working memory can improve intelligence, according to Jaeggi's new study. |
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