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Forecasters
see US economy ready to rebound |
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Economist
Saul Hymans and colleagues predict that national economic output,
as measured by real Gross Domestic Product, will grow at 4 to 4.5
percent over the next year. |
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Talking
About Words: Is it Michigander or Michiganian? Or Michiganite? |
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Abraham Lincoln
was the first recorded user of 'Michigander,' says Prof. Richard Bailey,
an expert on the history of the English language. And Humpty Dumpty
shows how the term was put together.
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No
more than one opera a decade, says composer Bright Sheng
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an excerpt from "The Stream Flows" by Bright
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As a youth,
Bright Sheng lived through the Cultural Revolution that Mao and Madame
Mao conceived. The experience was harsh emotionally but musically
inspirational. Audiences acclaimed his opera "Madame Mao"
at its premiere earlier this year. Click here to listen to a segment
from Sheng's "China Dream" from the Naxos CD "Bright
Sheng: Orchestral Works"
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President
Coleman presents the case for universal health coverage |
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For
the past two years, U-M Preisdent Mary Sue Coleman has co-chaired
a national committee of experts who are examining the consequences
of the fact that tens of millions of Americans lack of health insurance.
The committee has discovered "not a schism between those with
coverage and those without, but a shared destiny," she says.
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Anne
Carson recites "The Wolf God" and "Short Talk on the
Sensation of Airplane Takeoff"
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Anne Carson recite "The Wolf God"
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Listen
to two poems by the Canadian writer Anne Carson. The poet, essayist,
critic and translator joined U-M's English, Comparative Literature
and Classics faculties in 2002. She is a 2000 MacArthur Fellow.
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'Quarterback/pilot'
directs take-off of new Life Sciences Institute |
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Unflappable
Jim Alford handles the complex operations of U-M's new, $100-million
Life Science Institute, readying it for the administrators who moved
this month. He oversees facilities management, grants administration,
information technology, environmental health and safety, animal care,
and purchasing teams. No, he's not really on the football team, but
he IS a pilot.
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Exhibition:
Fans make mighty cool art |
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'Memory
Breeze,' art objects made of fans, will grace the Robbins Gallery
in the School of Art & Design on U-M's North Campus from Sept.
26 to Oct. 26. Prof. Marianetta Porter's memories of Sundays in South
Carolina inspired these stirring creations.
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Michigan
announces new admissions process |
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Undergraduate Admissions will gather more information
about student applicants and give each applicant multiple levels of
review. The new process was developed over the summer in order to
comply with two June 23 U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
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Historians:
affirmative action won't fade away soon |
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"As
long as residential racial segregation continues, and local school
districts are based on that segregation, racial diversity will not
occur at that level of the educational system, and the need for universities
to provide this experience will continue," says LSA dean and
historian Terrence McDonald. |
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