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June 11: Inauguration of the Peter A. Ward Professorship in Pathology
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Peter A. Ward Professorship in Pathology and the installation of Kathleen R. Cho, M.D., as the first Ward Professor at 5 p.m. Wednesday June 11, in the Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building, For more information, e-mail Dawn Bednarship or call 734-998-7622.
Attend Dean Woolliscroft's office hours program
Since beginning the "office hours" program, Dean Woolliscroft has met informally with many faculty, staff and students who have provided him with valuable comments and suggestions on how to enhance our efforts and make a great school even better. Below are the days, times and locations for office hours in the coming month. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions:
Wednesday, June 18, at 9:30 a.m. in room F6245 MCHC
Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 8 a.m. location to be determined
Beware of e-mails that ask you to provide your password
A new malicious e-mail phishing attempt has been received by a number of people on campus. It tries to fool people into thinking they are responding to a message about their University of Michigan e-mail account. DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE E-MAILS!
E-mails that have been reported so far indicate that they are coming from sources such as:
"Umich.Edu Webmail Support"
"Umich Email Management"
"support at umich.edu"
Subject lines have included:
"Dear umich.edu Webmail Subscriber"
"VERIFY YOUR umich.edu EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW"
"UMICH.EDU SUPPORT TEAM"
If you ever receive an e-mail like this, DO NOT RESPOND or provide personal information. No responsible organization will ask you to divulge your password. It is important to not respond to these e-mail requests. By doing so, you could put your account at risk, or someone could open new accounts with your identity.
If you have already replied with your password, contact the Health System Compliance Office at 734-615-4759 to report an IT security incident. You should also change your password immediately. For more information on changing your password, visit www.itd.umich.edu/itcsdocs/r1162/ for Level-1 passwords and webdesk.med.umich.edu/user/reset/login.jsp for Level-2.
Watch the latest Our Global Challenge vodcast 'Working to address HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa' The latest vodcast in the Global Challenge series, features work by a Oveta Fuller, Ph.D., to help solve the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Special notice for those with MCards that are expiring in 2008 up to Feb. 2009
In an effort to keep up with the large number of Health System Employee M-Cards that will be expiring this year, Security Services is pleased to offer an added value service to regular staff as an alternative to the normal procedure for renewal.
Anyone with a Yellow employee ID card with a five-year expiration date that expires this year 2008 up to Feb. 2009 is invited to come to the Key and ID office and renew. No paperwork is necessary if there are no changes to your department or a lost card. The only requirements will be turning in your old ID card and being prepared to take an updated picture.
As part of our continuing effort to provide added value service to our staff, we will also be offering extended hours for staff working on afternoons and midnights. The extended hours will be from 10 p.m. - 2 p.m. on the following dates, June 10, 13, July 22, 25 and Aug. 19, 22.
June 12: Bo Schembechler book now available - book signing
Before his death on the eve of the 2006 Michigan-Ohio State game, legendary U-M football coach Bo Schembechler had nearly completed a book about his 37-year fight against heart disease, with the help of his U-M cardiologist Kim Eagle, M.D., and Fritz Seyferth, a former U-M football player who is now a development officer for the U-M Cardiovascular Center.
Now, that book has been published, by the Ann Arbor Media Group, and is available for purchase online and in local retailers including the CVC gift shop. Dr. Eagle and Mr. Seyferth will appear at a book signing and sale from 5 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Grizzly Peak Brewing Company at 120 W. Washington Street. All authors' proceeds from the book benefit the U-M Cardiovascular Center's Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Fund.
This book could make a great Father's Day gift for U-M football fans and people facing heart disease. It weaves together important health information and personal remembrances of Bo's career.
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community who are in the news. See who is being interviewed or where their
comments are being published at M-News
Now! June 4
--Local Electronic Newsletter, CONCENTRATE, writes about UM-CareLink
--Drs. Markel, Stern on presidential health assessments
May 29
--Ann Arbor News remembers pioneering heart patient
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Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Wednesday,
June 11, 2008
4 p.m.
Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference. Guy Rutter, Ph.D., professor, Department of Cell Biology, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, will present, "Molecular Regulation of Insulin Secretion: From A to Z?," in room 7745 Med. Sci. II.
5 p.m. Radiology Grand Rounds. Chuck Meyer, Ph.D., professor of Radiology will present, "Retrospective Registration in Radiology: Clinical Translational Impact," in MCHC Auditorium.
Thursday,
June 12, 2008 Noon Gifts of Art. Shakespeare in the Courtyard by Residential College Players, University Hospital Courtyard, Rain location UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
4
p.m. Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference. Ghada A. Soliman, Ph.D., research assistant professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, presents "Metabolic Pathways of mTOR Signaling Network: Relationship to Hyperlipidemia," in room 7745 Med. Sci. II.
Friday,
June 13, 2008 1:30 p.m. Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinical Conference. AnnaMaria Colao, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Endocrinology and chief of Neuroendocrine Unit Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, presents "Navigating Changing Paradigms: The Use of Somatostatin Analogs for Acromegaly, Neuroendocrine Tumors, and Cancer," room 1 H201 in University Hospital.
4 p.m. William W. Coon Lecture. Armando Giuliano, chief of Science and Medicine at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, will present, "History and Current Status of Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer: A Personal Perspective on Clinical Research," in the Auditorium Biomedical Science Research Building.
