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In recognition of a $15 million gift to the University of Michigan College of Engineering that includes the largest sum dedicated to fellowships in the college's history, the Computer Science and Engineering Building will be named the Bob and Betty Beyster Building.
When a new strain of influenza began to sicken even healthy younger adults three years ago, public interest in getting the newly developed H1N1 vaccine started strong but declined over time even as more people were getting sick, a new study shows.
The federal government has filed child pornography charges against an ex-resident physician at University of Michigan Hospital.
Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. of Ypsilanti and the University of Michigan announced that they have received a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop a tiny implant to measure blood pressure of infants and children with heart defects.
Andrew McCarthy didn't know how to sew five weeks ago. But that didn't stop the University of Michigan graduate student in architecture from stitching up his own tent for a thesis project. Now, McCarthy is planning to put the tent to the ultimate test. He's going to sleep in it as he climbs Aconcagua -- the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.
As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is revised for the first time since 1994, controversy about psychiatric diagnosis is reaching a fever pitch, University of Michigan professors say.
The University of Michigan Health System says a hospital accrediting group isn't expected to take action following an investigation into a six-month delay in reporting suspected child porn to police.
University of Michigan police say they're investigating two arson cases after smoldering materials, maybe paper or napkins, were found in a lower-level supply closet at the South Quadrangle Residence Hall.
University of Michigan researchers have found that women who avoid close relationships and intimacy have smaller hormone responses to emotionally intimate stimuli.
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The University of Michigan School of Nursing has become the first school in the nation to partner with the Peace Corps on a nursing master's degree program, which includes 27 months of overseas service.
That cougar in the bar wearing Eau De Available cologne is just following a strategy that works all the way down the food chain to the humble fruit fly. And that "old man smell" is a turn-off among the bugs, too.
Sixteen student teams from six universities across Michigan will present their green technology solutions and vie for more than $100,000 in prizes at the Michigan Clean Energy Venture Challenge next week.
University of Michigan students interested in helping transform Detroit and urban transportation will benefit from two Alcoa Foundation grants totaling $65,000, the University of Michigan announced Wednesday.
University of Michigan researchers are calling for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage a more seamless exchange of information between electronic health records and immunization registries.
The fellowship, thought to be the first of its kind in the nation, will bring together five researchers from the University of Michigan and five Lansing policy makers to work on joint projects and learn from each other. The fellowship will include interactive seminars as well as hands-on experience.
A new 30-minute documentary offers a vivid, close-up look at the University of Michigan's solar car team at the World Solar Challenge in Australia last October.
The average fuel economy of current model year vehicles is 14 percent higher than just four years ago, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
University of Michigan ecology graduate student Jasmine Crumsey joined nearly 30 other scientists from across the country in Washington, D.C., this week to brief congressional staff members about climate change research.
Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.
Court documents show that officials with the University of Michigan waited six months before telling police that child porn had apparently been found in a locked hospital lounge used by resident physicians who care for children.
The next time you're in need of creative inspiration, try thinking outside the box -- literally.
Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.
Consumer confidence continued to improve in January due to positive news about potential job gains, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters-University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
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