- Meryl Davis, Charlie White three-peat as U.S. ice dance champs
(Detroit News, January 29, 2011)“With this performance, the Americans served notice that they are second to none.”
- Hugs Follow a 3-Second Rule
(Science, January 28, 2011)“A hypothesis that we go through life perceiving the present in a series of 3-second windows.”
- Obesity and School Lunches
(NY Times, February 4, 2011)“Children who regularly had the school lunch were 29 percent more likely to be obese than those who brought lunch from home”—a bigger effect than watching TV for two hours.
- Google’s Niels Provos battles malware on the Web
(cnet, January 19, 2011)“Provos leads Google’s Safe Browsing team, whose technology flags dangerous sites so searchers won’t have their computers compromised.”
- For Small Businesses, Big World Beckons
(Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2011)“Matt and Rene Greff, the owners of Arbor Brewing Co., were initally skeptical when U-M alum Gaurav Sikka approached them about opening a brewpub in Bangalore.”
- Post-Minimalism and Folk Ballads Fuel a Composer
(NY Times, February 1, 2011)“Julia Wolfe had no intention of studying music formally at U-M. But a class taught by Jane Heirich changed her life.”
- Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood
(NY Times, February 2, 2011)“Ever since its founding in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood has tried to revive Islamic power, yet has botched every opportunity.”
- Can Drivers Handle More Gadgets? Experts Say ‘No’
(NPR, January 25, 2011)“If your eyes are off the road, and your hands are off the wheel, that’s a problem.”
- Top 25 State Universities for Graduating on Time
(CBS MoneyWatch, January 31, 2011)Michigan ranks number 8
- New dioxin report released
(Midland Daily News, January 27, 2011)“Older age is the most important factor related to higher levels of dioxins in people’s blood, and women tend to have slightly higher levels than men.”
- Negro League baseball legend Elston Howard got his start in Muskegon
(Muskegon Chronicle, January 13, 2011)“Howell was offered a contract out of college by the Boston Braves, but opted to enroll in U-M’s dental school instead.”