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February 2005

Nanoparticles deliver drugs directly into targeted cells
 

By using nanoparticles (a billionth of a meter in size) U-M researchers have improved ways to deliver drugs right into cancer cells, either to kill a diseased cell or to mark it for attack. Image: Michigan Center for Biologic Nanotechnology

 
 
A design for a cheap and portable emergency shelter

The millions who are rendered homeless by war, natural disaster or poverty need cheap and portable temporary shelter. One day, they may use an emergency hut developed by a U-M industrial designer.

 
 
Great film performances are sometimes 'built' through great editing

Thanks to artful film editing, a famously familiar and inexpressive face like Clint Eastwood's can convey complex emotions in an unforgettable way, says our film columnist Frank Beaver.

 
 
Teaching mice to have horse sense

Janet Hoff, a researcher at the Center for Integrative Genomics, has found a way to train lab mice as effectively as she does her horses.

 
 
Documentary film "Detroit: Ruin of a City" to premiere March 18

The US premiere of "Detroit: Ruin of a City" by Prof. George Steinmetz and British filmmaker Michael Chaban will screen at 8:30 pm, March 18, as part of the March 17-19 conference, "The Ruins of Modernity." All events are free and in Rackham Bldg.

 
 
Working moms need to negotiate better terms on childcare burden

Child care is a labor of love, but a U-M study shows that working mothers tend to negotiate no better on sharing that duty with spouses than do stay-home, full-time mothers.

 
 
Consumer confidence dips as 2005 begins

After two years of steady increases, customer satisfaction in the United States has taken a dramatic and troubling downturn, the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows. The index is based on surveys conducted at U-M’s Ross School of Business.

 
 
Food-making inspires student artists aplenty

In an art course "Food: from Farming to Feasts," undergraduates worked with farmers, bakers, jelly makers and tamale chefs, then turned what they learned into art, like the ceramic shown here.

 
 
Listen to Lorna Goodison read two recent poems

"Your Ice Art, Michigan" and "The Wandering Jew and the Arab Merchant on the Island of Allspice" are from Prof. Lorna Goodison's latest volume of poetry, Controlling the Silver.

 
 
 
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Talking about words

Botoxed, burger, bra, zoo and other whacked words

<i>Botoxed, burger, bra, zoo</i> and other whacked words

Many familiar words are the remains of longer words chopped at the front or back ends, or even the middle, says Richard Bailey.

 

 

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Alumnus Arthur Miller dead at 89

Alumnus Arthur Miller dead at 89

Playwright Arthur Miller '38, '56 (Hon. Doctor of Humane Letters), died at home Feb. 10, leaving a legacy as a giant of world literature. U-M will place his name on a new campus theater that is in the planning stages.

 

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