that affect the rank-and-file
Michigander.”
In the short term, students
at URC universities contribute
directly to the state and local
economies by buying goods and
services and boosting business.
In the long-term, their presence
is more important, according
to
Affolter-Caine.
Students
who attend these universities
frequently find career paths in the
state, often working on projects
and jobs that can improve the
lives of Michiganders.
Affolter-Caine also attributes
the success to innovative services
and projects developed by the
universities which directly
impact the state. She cites
the Perinatology Research
Branch, part of the Wayne
State School of Medicine,
as an excellent example of a
university project that helped
the general public. The PRB
has discovered a non-invasive
treatment for women at risk
for pre-term labor, which is
now part of standard practice
in hospitals across Michigan.
Affolter-Caine also cited
Mcity, a mock city in Ann
Arbor used to test driverless
cars, as another excellent
example.
“There are just not that
many really unique facilities
like Mcity,” Affolter-Caine
said. “And it is bringing
businesses from all over the
world to Ann Arbor. It gives
students an opportunity to
conduct research and get that
experience.”
Engineering
professor
Glen Daigger, who has been
acquainted with the URC for
three years and participated
in several cross-university
collaborations, said in addition to
the raw economic contributions,
the URC has helped significantly
in facilitating further cooperation
between the universities.
He noted that the three
universities have been working
together
to
improve
the
networking
between
state
researchers and practitioners in
and out of Michigan.
Like Affolter-Caine, Daigger
believes that innovation is central
to the success and impact of the
URC. He also credits researchers
and academics for their work.
“If you aren’t doing new things
and improving and so forth, you’re
actually going down,” Daigger
said. “In terms of economic
contribution, the dollars flowing
in for research are certainly a
contribution, but it’s the ideas and
the people and the enthusiasm
and so forth that are the biggest
contribution to continue the
economic development here in
Michigan.”
Daigger
also
emphasized
the
importance
of
students
to the research and economic
contributions from all three
universities.
“Every engine needs fuel. The
research engine needs money.
One of the other fuels is the
students,” Daigger said. “They’re
the hands and the minds and the
curiosity that really drive much of
this research.”
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Arul Chinnaiyan, a member of
the University of Michigan Rogel
Cancer Center, has received an
Outstanding Investigator Award
and $6.5 million grant from
the National Cancer Institute.
Over the next seven years, this
grant will fund Chinnaiyan in
his research on understanding
genetic markers and cancer
treatments that can be targeted
to specific markers.
“The grant will fund research
to create new bioinformatics
resources and identify new
cancer biomarkers to improve
diagnosis and ultimately to
develop new targeted therapies,”
a Michigan Medicine press
release said.
The Outstanding Investigator
Award, rather than funding a
specific project, presents leading
researchers
with
support
through a grant nearly three
times the amount of a traditional
individual investigator award.
Through R35, a grant program
developed
by
the
National
Cancer Institute, the seven-
year
extended
period
of
funding is designed to provide
flexible, long-term support to
investigators.
“The
field
of
precision
oncology continues to evolve
with
the
overarching
goal
of providing cancer patients
with enhanced diagnostic and
prognostic
capabilities
and
better treatments,” Chinnaiyan
said. “This grant will help us
identify new biomarkers and
understand their biological roles
in cancer progression.”
Chinnaiyan, who is also the
director of the Michigan Center
for
Translational
Pathology
and the S.P. Hicks Endowed
Professor
of
Pathology
and
Urology at the University of
Michigan Medical School, is
considered one of the nation’s
top researchers in precision
oncology.
He
founded
the
Michigan Oncology Sequencing
Program at the Rogel Cancer
Center in 2010, which has
enrolled over 3,000 patients
and
has
produced
several
publications.
The
program
researches the sequencing of
DNA and RNA of metastatic
cancers and normal tissue to
seek changes that could help to
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As candles flickered across
the Diag, members of the
campus community bowed
their heads to commemorate
the second anniversary of the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“The September 11 vigil was
a place for all members of the
University community to come
together, to remember and to
reflect on these tragic events,”
said MSA President Angela
Galardi.
The vigil was sponsored
by the Michigan Student
Assembly.
Although last year’s program
did not include music, Music
School senior Darnell Ishmel
sang the national anthem at last
night’s vigil.
LSA freshman Theresa
Bomer said, “(The national
anthem) is very important
because it’s not just the campus
coming together, it’s the entire
nation”
The decision to sing
the national anthem was
controversial, said Courtney
Skiles, MSA communication
chair.
But “the committee felt that
it was expected to be sung
tonight,” Skiles said.
LSA junior Deborah Kim, a
member of the vigil planning
committee said the anthem
should be included. “Even
though it talks about war, the
song symbolizes freedom,” Kim
said.
The vigil began with an
introduction from Galardi
followed by remarks from the
University President Mary Sue
Coleman.
“Some moments in our
lives are too deep for words,”
Coleman said, adding that
she believes that being in the
company of others is a great
comfort.
Following Coleman, Ann
Arbor Police Chief Daniel
Gates took the podium. Oates, a
former member of the…
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