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An oboe for the brain
What do U-M profs, technology start - ups, and brain probes have in common?
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Photo highlights from the 2012 Sugar Bowl.
- Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
- U-M top U.S. public university in World University Rankings
- The Doors' disaster at Michigan
Too sweet!
A U-M study shows that kids + TV - supervision = unhealthy snacking.
'Hugo' and the history of movies
More than a fine family film, 'Hugo' is Martin Scorsese's homage to early movies -- and part of a tradition of films about film.
Surprise reunion
From Ghana to Michigan, a teacher and student meet again.
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Fretmentor
Fretmentor is an informational and instructional music site for guitar, banjo and mandolin, for all styles of music relative to playing these fretted instruments. It also includes a children's guitar section as well as a detailed history of the banjo, mandolin and guitar. For new students and more experienced players alike, fretmentor is an interactive site that will teach you not only how to play the instrument but will inform you about the instrument, its origin and its history. (Also check the fretmentor blog.)
Henna Babar Ali
Henna Babar Ali was awarded the prestigious Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Medal in March 2007 for her contribution to literature in Pakistan. On her site she posts poetry and music with which she promotes peace and hope, in Pakistan and around the world.
Falker Investments
Since graduating from Michigan and a stint in the U.S. Navy, Jack Falker has had a 45-year plus career in the practice and teaching of corporate finance. Challenged by his graduate students to practice the methods he was "preaching," Jack began a new investment practice about 15 years ago, specifically focusing on the stocks and bonds of economic value creating (EVA) companies. Since then, working with his son Peter, Falker has put everything he ever learned as a corporate treasurer, adjunct finance professor, and investor relations consultant into conservative, valuation-based, equity and fixed income management for both individual and institutional clients. The Falker's share their wisdom and take on financial events in their blog Falker Investments.
Boy Gourmet
UM-Flint Alum David Custer is serving up all-natural gourmet products and showing you how to make simple and easy dishes on his website www.boygourmet.com. Custer is an Emmy-Award-Winning journalist now combining his passion for TV and cooking. His website features recipes, videos, all-natural products and he keeps his followers up-to-date with where he will be and what's going on in the world of the Boy Gourmet.
Wall Street Cheat Sheet
Only days after the S&P 500 crashed to the depths of hell at 666, the Hoffman brothers, Derek and Damien, launched Wall Street Cheat Sheet: the fastest growing financial media site on the web. Like a samurai, their mission is to cut through the bull and bear s--- with extraordinary insights, a fresh voice, and razor-sharp wit. The brothers are official contributors to The Huffington Post, CNNMoney, Minyanville, SeekingAlpha, Zero Hedge, and GreenFaucet, and their work has been cited in top finance and trading outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Financial Times, The Big Picture, Real Clear Markets, The Atlantic, Business Insider, and others.
My Essay Editor
Katherine Chapekis Sietsema (BA Linguistics, 1990) announces the launch of www.myessayeditor.com, a service for students composing personal statements and essays as part of the undergraduate or graduate program application process. This one-on-one collaboration will help each applicant refine the details of their experience, polish their writing, and stand out from the crowd.
Baroque Sicily
I blog about living in southeast Sicily. The island cast such a spell on me that in 2007 I bought a damp house with an old green door in Ragusa Ibla—a stony village where lemons roll in the streets and bees grow fat as hummingbirds, where the local gelateria offers up cream of anise and petal of rose, where public clocks as well as people are way behind schedule, where street names are snatches of poetry: Orphanage Alley, Shadow Way, Laurel Lane, Dark Lane, Street of Chillblains, Street of Ballads, Street of Sighs.
Scholarships for School
Scholarships for School simply and clearly lists all of the available scholarships for students, organized by category (major, type of student, etc). It's completely free and there is absolutely no requirement to enter any personal information. It's way better than fastweb or other registration sites, because it offers easy, well-organized access to scholarships that are worth your time and energy to apply for. Alessandra Noelting created it out of the frustration that came from her own scholarship search, and not being able to find anything useful. The site is completely transparent and lets you browse all of the available scholarships and go directly to the application. Such a simple idea, it's strange that someone else hadn't done it already.
The Gymbrats Blog
The Gymbrats is an online comic strip about a group of tween characters between the ages of 10-12. Created by Demetrius Calip (a former U-M basketball player), who was inspired by his son Demetrius Calip II. The main character, Crossover, who is 11, and his best friend Ju-Ju, talk about current events and usually slant towards sports.