Read more University of Michigan stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11296/university-of-michigan.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:10:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68116/job-loss-anxiety-hurts-more-than-no-job-at-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorried about your job? It may be better for your health if you just quit, new research suggests. Looking at studies of nearly 2,000 adults, scientists at the University of Michigan have found job loss anxiety can be more harmful to your health than unemployment, hypertension, or even smoking,...http://www.newser.com/story/68116/job-loss-anxiety-hurts-more-than-no-job-at-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 17:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51081/here-comes-kid-rock-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe auto industry may be tanking, but Michigan has a new small-scale savior: Kid Rock Beer. A Michigan brewery has landed a tax credit to produce a line of beer with the rocker's name and image, the Detroit Free Press reports. It's expected to create about 400 new jobs in...http://www.newser.com/story/51081/here-comes-kid-rock-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 17:18:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50531/discovery-spurs-hope-for-prostate-cancer-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA molecule present only in men who have the deadly form of prostate cancer may be the key to a simple urine test for the disease, the BBC reports. “It raises the possibility of telling the difference between the type of cancer that does no harm—which we term 'the...http://www.newser.com/story/50531/discovery-spurs-hope-for-prostate-cancer-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 12:59:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43357/the-culture-wars-college-football-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe cultural disconnect between conservative college football programs and America’s liberalizing culture in the late 1960s and early ‘70s is the theme of War as They Knew It , a book by Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg. The survey of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry (which continues tomorrow) through the prism...http://www.newser.com/story/43357/the-culture-wars-college-football-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38997/multitasking-is-a-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPull your ears away from that cell phone: Multitasking is a myth. New research shows we can’t really concentrate on two things at once; rather, the executive functions of the brain sweep quickly between multiple tasks. It’s thought that survival and the hunt made this rapid refocusing of attention an...http://www.newser.com/story/38997/multitasking-is-a-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Oct 2008 9:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38795/10-most-buzzed-about-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInstitutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners: Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of California, Berkeley Stanford Universityhttp://www.newser.com/story/38795/10-most-buzzed-about-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 15:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36059/northwestern-using-emails-to-combat-file-sharing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorthwestern University has a way to decrease peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files: send students emails. The system, called Be Aware You’re Uploading, delivers email notifications to active p2p users on the network, Ars Technica reports. BAYU has a successful track record of reducing p2p usage and copyright violations. It’s not...http://www.newser.com/story/36059/northwestern-using-emails-to-combat-file-sharing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 20:18:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33579/live-in-lovers-hit-record-number.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe number of unmarried heterosexual couples living together reached a record 6.4 million in 2007, or 10% of all hetero couples who share a home, according to the Census Bureau. It's a snapshot of the changing American family. Some 2.5 million of the couples—45.5%—are raising...http://www.newser.com/story/33579/live-in-lovers-hit-record-number.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jul 2008 7:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25690/google-book-scans-go-slow-at-research-libraries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn its ongoing effort to digitize the world's 50-100 million books for online book searching, Google is funding scanning efforts for rare volumes at leading libraries. The AP observed one such digitizing—the oldest Bible with Arabic type, scanned manually at 600 pages per day—which, to protect the work,...http://www.newser.com/story/25690/google-book-scans-go-slow-at-research-libraries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Apr 2008 18:30:51 CDT