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November
19, 2003
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Wolverines
vs. Buckeyes: "The greatest sports rivalry," says poll |
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In honor of the Nov. 22 game—the 100th in the series—U-M curators
have joined their OSU counterparts to develop fascinating online exhibits
rich in texts and illustrations about the history of the schools,
states and athletic rivalry. (Illus.,1901 football program.) |
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Grant
backs U-M pioneering role in proteomics |
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 Proteomics
is an important emerging field in the life sciences. While geneticists
study the genes in a specific cell or organism, proteomics researchers
focus on proteins—millions of complex molecules that do the
work of living cells. An $11.9-million, five-year grant from the
National Center for Research Resources will make Michigan a national
leader in the fast-moving field.
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Book
of the Month |
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 Food
brings families and friends and even strangers together for the holiday
season. And the connections are often made with a "Giving Christmas
Cookie"—that is, a cookie good enough to serve as a satisfying
present. Author Kristin Johnson ’94 tells how she got the "Giving"
recipe and others in “Christmas Cookies Are for Giving,”
a book chock full of exquisite recipes, useful tips and pleasing stories.
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Celebrating
Native American Heritage month |
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 "Skinwalkers,"
a film adaptation of a Tony Hillerman mystery involving Navajo cops
Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee and the two women in their lives, will be
shown at 7 pm. Nov. 19, at the Trotter House, 1443 Washtenaw. |
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Amazing
stem cell defies death |
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 U-M
researchers have defined one of the genes that make stem cells special.
Most cells in the body are programmed to stop dividing after a limited
number of cell divisions, but adult stem cells and cancer cells can
continue to make identical copies of themselves for long periods of
time, if not indefinitely. How the gene controls stem cell replication
remains a mystery, but if scientists figure that out, their ability
to fight cancer should greatly improve. (Photo shows a cell colony
that lacked the self-copying gene.) |
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Listen
to David Ruderman read "Past Perfect Tense"
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Doctoral candidate in English David Ruderman has won multiple U-M
Hopwood prizes for his poetry. |
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University
points out problems in proposed changes to higher ed funding |
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U-M President Mary Sue Coleman and the other Big Ten presidents
and chancellors expressed their concern that a bill that would penalize
institutions for some tuition increases might "harm low-income
and minority students by removing the federal aid that provides them
access to higher education." |
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The
Crooning of Tony Amore:
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 Here's
a musical treat that is two parts send-up of, and one part homage
to, Frank Sinatra. Or vice versa. Composer/librettist/performer Andy
Kirshner '00 PhD IS Tony Amore, a reincarnation of the Chairman of
the Board, singing songs that recap and re-camp Sinatra's career.
Available on CD at www.phoenixensemble.com/shop/ |
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"What
is the cost of not having high-quality public universities?"
President Coleman asks |
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Our nation needs to improve its educational system so colleges and
universities are not "so often the first place that students
of different races and ethnic backgrounds begin truly to encounter
each other," President Mary Sue Coleman tells her graduate alma
mater, the University of North Carolina. |
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Talking
About Movies |
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 Prof.
Frank Beaver discusses the memoir of actress Betsy Blair, who married
Gene Kelly at 18, starred in "Marty" and moved to Europe
during the McCarthy period. (Photo shows Blair and Kelly with daughter
Kerry in the 1940s.) |
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