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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

The University of Michigan 

announcedTuesday that the 

academic platform CTools — which 

was launched in 2004 — will be 

entirely phased out by the end of 2017.

According to the press release, 

CTools users, both faculty and 

students, will be able to set up 

CTools project sites to be used for 

research, information storage, 

and collaborative purposes with 

the permission of the office for 

Information and Technology 

Services from December to 

February, whereupon the ability to 

create new pages will be entirely 

disabled. However, all classes are 

not permitted to use CTools as their 

educational platform.

Already the process of switching 

from CTools to Canvas — which 

was piloted by all academic units at 

the University during the 2014-2015 

academic year — began September 

2014. Starting this year, all courses at 

the University were required to use 

Canvas over CTools.

Currently, CTools is being used 

for the creation and maintenance of 

project sites, according to the press 

release, which noted that about 

60,000 sites remain online. However, 

fewer than 6,000 were active during 

the last year.

This shift, according to Sean 

DeMonner, the executive director 

of ITS Teaching and Learning, is 

potentially a result of the convenience 

of other, more modern technologies.

 “Use of CTools Project Sites 

continues to decline — likely the 

result of several newer collaboration 

tools being available to campus.” 

DeMonner said. “Most people find 

that tools like U-M Google and U-M 

Box better meet their needs.”

 Throughout the University-wide 

shift to Canvas, there will be systems 

in place, such as the Migrations 

Champions program, to assist 

faculty and student site owners in 

transferring data from CTools to the 

new platform.

During the spring and fall of 2017, 

ITS is scheduled to transfer project 

site data from CTools to Box — which 

is a cloud-based data storage system 

that is available to all University 

faculty, staff and students. Any site 

manager will have the option to 

personally download their site data, 

or have their site deleted.

Site managers will also be 

presented with the option of having 

their CTools site data transferred 

to Canvas, where it will safe from 

deletion and can be accessed past the 

CTools elimination date.

DeMonner noted that transition 

to Canvas has already shown 

promise, and that the willingness 

of the faculty and students across 

the University to embrace the new 

platform will likely ensure a smooth 

phase-out for CTools.

“Any large-scale change requires 

support from many individuals 

across our campus,” DeMonner 

said. “Canvas was a success due in 

large part to our partnerships with 

individuals in each school and college. 

We plan to use a similar model as we 

move project sites to other solutions.”

— TIM COHN

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For 
Ashley 
Gearhardt, 

University of Michigan assistant 
professor of Psychology and 
winner 
of 
the 
prestigious 

2017 Henry Russel Award, her 
research on food addiction 
and eating disorders is deeply 
connected with the way humans 
interact with one another.

Gearhardt 
has 
a 
long 

history of involvement with 
the 
University 
Psychology 

Department, 
starting 
with 

her time as an undergraduate 
student majoring in psychology, 
and 
continuing 
when 
she 

entered the role of researcher 
and teacher at the University.

While pursuing her Ph.D. 

at Yale University in clinical 
psychology, 
Gearhardt 

researched alcohol use at Yale’s 

psychology 
laboratory. 
She 

decided to study food addiction 
using 
a 
similar 
technique, 

leading 
her 
to 
create The 

Food and Addiction Science 
Treatment Lab. The FASTLab 
includes a real-life fast food 
restaurant 
simulation 
that 

was inspired by Gearhardt’s 
doctoral research.

“Investigating what factors 

contributed 
to 
excessive 

drinking 
in 
a 
cue-rich, 

naturalistic 
environment 

allowed us to do much more 
real world research,” Gearhardt 
said. “I wanted to do the same 
thing with food, so we built the 
fast food restaurant.”

About 71 percent of 20+ 

year olds in the United States 
were overweight or obese in 
2014 according to the CDC, a 
chronic illness which could lead 
to death. Gearhardt said she 
believes national obesity must 

be addressed through gathering 
research about the nature of 
food addiction.

Food 
addiction 
and 

obesity are issues that have 
direct influences on college 
students. College students are 
a population at risk for weight 
gain, 
according 
to 
studies 

conducted 
by 
the 
National 

Institute of Health that found 
college 
freshmen 
are 
more 

likely to gain weight during 
their freshman year than the 
general population.

The purpose of her data 

analysis is to better understand 
how 
factors 
in 
the 
food 

environment, 
such 
as 
food 

product placements and food 
commercials, can encourage the 
onset of food addiction.

“The rates of obesity are 

going up all over the world and 
this is accompanied by changes 
in our food environment where 
foods high in fat, sugar and salt 
are now easily accessible, cheap, 
and heavily advertised,” she 
said.

FASTLab 
itself 
analyzes 

the effects of food addiction 
through various neurological 
and behavioral measures, such 
as brain imaging or observations 
from the field. Gearhardt said 
after she and her team visited 
and observed a number of fast 
food restaurants in the area, 
she developed a prototype for 
a typical fast food restaurant, 
including the color, menus, 
lighting and other aspects of 
those locations.

She also noted that media may 

impact the prevalence of obesity 
and 
fast 
food 
consumption 

among 
undergraduates, 

making research on marketing 
important, 
especially 
for 

college-aged 
students 
who 

are especially vulnerable to 
the messages conveyed on TV 
advertisements and in other 
forms of media.

“College-aged students and 

MADELINE GERSON

Daily Staff Reporter

Professor of psychology discusses 
research on obesity, eating disorders

 Ashley Gearhardt connects food with social connections

See RESEARCH, Page 2A

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Gender and Sexuality in 
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WHAT: This symposium 
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to discuss the intersection of 
human rights, gender and the 
LGBTQ movements in an Islamic 
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WHO: International Institute
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M Farmers Market

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Central Student Government 
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locally-sourced produce for 
purchase as well as providing 
healthy eating tips. 
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Law and Journalism

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WHERE: Harlan Hatcher 
Graduate Library, Gallery Lab

Tourism and Economic 
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WHAT: Ben Faber is presenting 
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ecosystems in Mexico and the 
effects of this relationship.
WHO: Department of 
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My Queer Lineage

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WHERE: Harlan Hatcher 
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Privacy and 
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WHERE: Michigan Union, 
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Free yoga class

WHAT: A free yoga class is 
offered through Trotter’s Health 
and Wellness initiative. All 
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relaxing yoga class.
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Haflaween party

WHAT: The Lebanese Student 
Association is hosting their 
annual Halfaween party. There 
will be food, beverages and 
a prize for the best costume. 
Admission is $10. 
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WHEN: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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