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The path to economic recovery will be a marathon, not a sprint
“The unemployment rate begins to creep down but remains uncomfortably high even at the end of 2013—four-and-a-half years after the official end of the recession,” says U-M’s Joan Crary.
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U-M Ann Arbor overall enrollment, freshman applications at all-time high this fall
Enrollment on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus remains at record levels for the third consecutive year in fall 2011 with 42,716 students, according to the U-M Office of the Registrar.
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Michigan, the moon, and beyond
From even before the all-Wolverine crew of Apollo 15, the U-M College of Engineering has played a key role in American space flight.
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Careless disposal of antibiotics can create aquatic superbugs
A wastewater treatment plant can provide the perfect mating ground for carelessly disposed of antibiotics to form superbugs that are eventually discharged into streams and lakes, says U-M researcher Chuanwu Xi.
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Generation X: U-M survey paints positive portrait
Study: They’ve been stereotyped as a bunch of insecure, angst-ridden, underachievers. But most members of Generation X are leading active, balanced, and happy lives.
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3-D Woodson!
It’s said that water covers 70% of the earth, and former U-M cornerback Charles Woodson covers the rest. Now Woodson’s presence is even stronger in the halls of U-M’s Mott Children’s Hospital: he can appear on your iPad or iPhone in 3-D when you point it at a special jersey hanging on the wall.
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Fiction into film
A fun, smart class takes on the question of how books turn into movies.
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Walk-on nation
For the players we never see on Saturdays, it’s all about the love of the game.
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Preacher's kid
How a professor’s childhood faith led him to become an innovative scientist.
