UbE ffic1igan , IaiIlj Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 22, 2011 michigandaily.com UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Doctors, staff inspire design of newhospital Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, Federal Highway Administration Michigan Division Administrator Russell Jorgenson, Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle and U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) speak at the Ann Arbor Stadium Bridges groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. C fede officials celebr start of Stadium Bridges C.S. Mott features state-of-art kitchen, expanded conference rooms By MICHELE NAROV Daily StaffReporter When administrators and architects began planning the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, they turned to their staff to help make the facility a place where they couldn't wait to come to work each day. The $754 million, five-year project is a product of the ideas and needs of the hundreds of faculty,staff,doctorsand nurses who were consulted about the new hospital, which is expected to open Dec. 4. In an interview last month, the hospital's Executive Direc- tor Pat Warner said hospital officials asked staff members to suggest any improvement they could think of, regardless of scale. "When you brainstorm, you want people to give you every idea that pops into their head," Warner said. "Then you sort through them andsee if it's fea- sible from an operational design standpoint." CONSOLIDATING DEPARTMENT SPACES One staff member suggested the regrouping of facilities. In the past, many departments were split into various wings and floors. In the new children's hospital, the departments are grouped together in one.area with the intention of improving communication and streamlin- ing processes. Currently located on the eighth floor of the inpatient building in Mott, the Patient and Family Center Care Pro- gram is moving to the second floor. Additionally, the offices of the Patient and Family Center Care staff, many of which are currently across the street from the hospital in the Medical Pro- fessional Building, will be relo- cated to an office in the family See HOSPITAL, Page 3 Rep. John Dingell crack in the demolition of the East Stadium Boulevard bridges lauds new bridges, yesterday. A ground- construction to breaking cer- -r Atl9 emony marked ,0 10 begin Nov.28 the start of a con- struction project By ADAM RUBENFIRE that will rebuild Daily StaffReporter the diminishing bridges south U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D- of Michigan Stadium. City and Mich.), members of the Ann county officials also announced Arbor City Council and several a $3 million grant from the U.S. city employees made the first Department of Housing and Urban Development to improve transportation throughout Washtenaw County. Funding for the East Stadium Bridges Improvement Project, which will begin Nov. 28, will come from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of Transportation and the city of Ann Arbor's 2006 Street Reconstruction Millage. Dingell told a crowd under the bridge that obtaining funding for the project was a collaborative effort between city, state and federal officials. ' "It wasn't one of us that did it," Dingell said. "We did it, all of us' working together." Dingell pointed out that the deteriorating bridges posed a serious public safety risk and said he personally tries to avoid traveling on the structure. He added that it is important that damaged bridges around the country are fixed because they facilitate regional commerce. "We are allowing the whole of See BRIDGES, Page 2 UNIVERSITY FACULTY 'U' looks to improve global communication strategies BEAT THE BUCKEYES Lisa Rudgers talks to Senate Assembly about new media By MARY HANNAHAN Daily StaffReporter To keep up with ever- increasing globalization, the University is jumpstarting its communications strategies for international outreach. NOTEBOOK Lisa Rudgers, vice president for global communications and strategic initiatives, spoke yesterday before the Senate Assembly about the changing landscape of the University's communications initiatives. The assembly also discussed resolutions to expand the vot- ing system for the Faculty Sen- ate and changing term limits for some members. Rudgers told the 74-person faculty governing body that the University needs more glo- gal news content and multime- dia, such as videos and strong visuals, to go along with news stories. To fulfill these needs, the News Service hired a Man- See GLOBAL, Page 3 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Chemistry prof. uses tears to test glucose levels in diabetics AUSTEN HUFFORD/Daily Students attend a tailgate in front of the Michigan Union yesterday for Spirit Week leading up to the Ohio State game. CITY COUNCIL Proposed cuts to public art funding discussed at Ann Arbor City Council 'U' center also receives $6.2M grant for Type II diabetes research culate glucose levels for dia- betics. Chemistry Prof. Mark Mey- erhoff was among several Uni- versity scientists working to construct a sensor to measure glucose levels in tears. The device, which was tested on 12 rabbits, is a narrow capillary tube of glass constructed to collect tears "without perturb- ing the eye itself," Meyerhoff said. This is crucial because irritating the eye would lead to inaccurate glucose measure- ments, he said. Meyerhoff explained that researchers have been experi- menting with the use of tears as a substitute for blood in dia- betes testing since the 1950s, but a grant from the EyeLab Group, LLC made his team's recent work possible. In the study, researchers found that the ratio between tear and blood glucose levels See DIABETES, Page 3 If passed, public art City Council meeting last night clad in a multi-colored painted funding would be two-piece suit and tie with reduced by half matching shoes. o Tucker, who- By ADAM RUBENFIRE runs the popu- Daily StaffReporter lar Festifools 6 parade, made Mark Tucker, a lecturer for a plea to City the Lloyd Hall Scholars Pro- Council members for the city's gram, attended the Ann Arbor continued funding of public art in light of proposed amend- ments that would decrease funding for public art. Tucker told council members to envision him as "art itself," not a person who loves or makes art. While shedding a colorful bucket hat, his tie and eventu- ally his suit jacket, Tucker urged the council to continue to fund public art with at least 1 percent See PUBLIC ART, Page 3 By CHELSEA LANDRY Daily StaffReporter University researchers are experimenting with using tears, instead of blood, to cal- WEATHER H I: 48 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX AP N E W S.... Call 734-418-411s or e-mail City sees advantages of single-stream recycling Vol. CXXII, No. 54 NE W S ......... TOMORROW LO: 32 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE WIRE 12011 The Michigan Daily O PI N IO N.... michigondoily.com . 2 ARTS... .. S....5 ...........3 C LA SSIFIED S ...............6 ..........4 SPO RT S .......................7 I I 4 V I