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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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New Modular Data Center takes shape on campus

BY LIANA ROSENBLOOM

The University is opening a Modular Data Center in an effort to increase data capacity in a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly way on campus.

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University hosts Title IX conference

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BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA

Yesterday began a three-day, national conference about Title IX hosted by the University’s Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls — a collaborative organization comprising the Women’s Sports Foundation, the University’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the School of Kinesiology.

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UHS to eliminate walk-in appointments

BY JACOB AXELRAD

Starting today, University Health Services is implementing changes including the discontinuation of walk-in appointments. Students seeking medical care on campus will have to schedule an appointment prior to when they need to be seen.

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University partners with Apple, Sims Recycling for 5th annual e-Waste event

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BY ANNA ROZENBERG

Thousands of cars — and the occasional biker — made their way to the last day of the fifth annual e-Waste Recycling Event held at Pioneer High School on Saturday.

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Rock Paper Scissors giftshop to open on Main Street

BY STEVE ZOSKI

Ann Arbor residents will soon have the opportunity to shop at Rock Paper Scissors, a new gift shop on South Main Street that hopes to bring a unique combination of gifts and stationary to the heart of downtown Ann Arbor.
The company, co-owned by Tecumseh resident Lisa Roberts, and her mother, plans to open June 1 in the space formerly occupied by 16 Hands.

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At Spring Commencement, Sanjay Gupta offers life lessons

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BY PAIGE PEARCY

Over the weekend, 11,574 graduates received their tickets to leave Ann Arbor, to stop checking CTools and to never turn in another blue book exam.
In the Big House, blanketed with overcast skies, the University graduates sat for about two hours to hear speakers, including University alum Sanjay Gupta, and receive the official recognition of their degrees.

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'U' to increase childcare funds

BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA

Last week, University Provost Philip Hanlon approved the recommendations of a joint committee regarding the childcare subsidies of student parents.

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Bill intends to allow sale of alcohol at Winter Classic

BY STEVE ZOSKI

When the National Hockey League agreed to rent Michigan Stadium for the 2013 Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the conditions was that the sale of alcohol would be permitted at the Big House for the event.

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Jenson hearing postponed further

BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA

After almost a year since Stephen Jenson, a University of Michigan Health system resident, was first accused of possessing child pornography, he still has not had his preliminary exam in federal court.

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MCubed initiative funds $15 million for multidisciplinary research

BY JOSH QIAN

Like the Avengers, the University hopes to show strength in numbers by uniting professors from different disciplines as part of the recent MCubed initiative.

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'U' receives $1.3 million for nuclear energy research and education

BY JOSH QIAN

The University recently received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy that will be put toward educating future leaders of industrial energy efficiency.

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