Composing the nation’s future
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is not an antique fixed in time, but a living allegory that inspires us to realize democracy’s potential, says historian/musicologist Mark Clague. The song’s enduring resilience mirrors the nation’s experience, he says.
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Six new genes suggest obesity is in your head, not your gut
Is obesity all in your head? New research by an international team co-led by U-M suggests that genes that predispose people to obesity act in the brain — not on metabolic functions such as fat storage — and that perhaps some people are simply hardwired to overeat.
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U-M scientists probe limits of cancer stem-cell model; Melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, does not fit the model
Bad news for a promising new idea about cancer. The cancer stem-cell model must be reassessed because it is based largely on evidence from a laboratory test that is surprisingly flawed when applied to some cancers, U-M researchers have concluded.
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President Little's Dorms
Your life was probably changed forever by the dorm you were assigned to. But in U-M’s early years, there were no dorms.
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Turnaround?
After years of effort, false starts, and faulty decisions, the U.S. auto industry is remaking itself. U-M, with its historic ties to the carmakers, continues to push Detroit’s technology and policy forward.
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Harder than brain surgery
Chair of the University of Michigan’s Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Karin Muraszko shines as both a brain surgeon and a person. In this moving video, originally produced by Michigan Television for the Big Ten Network, Dr. Muraszko describes the challenges of brain surgery, overcoming disability and sexism, and helping families face the possible loss of a child.
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Google's Page to speak
Google co-founder and U-M alum Larry Page (’95) will deliver the spring 2009 commencement address.
Columns
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President's Message
Happy (fiscal) new year
Mary Sue Coleman presents budget and administrative updates regarding the new fiscal year on U-M’s three campuses -
Editor's Blog
We’re back, baby
Shakespeare, hammocks, and Top of the Park. Summer in Ann Arbor is back, baby. Well, almost. -
Climate Blue
How good are your coping skills?
Sometimes we’re so good at coping with weather and climate change, we don’t realize we’re doing it. -
Health Yourself
Evaluating health information, misinformation, and disinformation
Victor Katch reminds us if an online claim is "too good to be true," it probably is.
‘Title IX gave us that voice’
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendment Act, banning sexual discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding. Though its promise has yet to be fully realized, the landmark act has opened doors to some elite female athletes at U-M, featured in the ‘Title IX Series’ from MGoBlue TV. All images are by Michigan Photography. Captions were sourced from mgoblue.com.
