The University of Michigan
introduced
a
new
study
to
investigate
the
relationship
between biosensors and health
results
earlier
this
month,
following a pilot program in
September.
The
Michigan
Predictive Activity and Clinical
Trajectories
(MIPACT)
study
is analyzing information from
Apple Watches to see if it can
offer accurate data on health and
wellness.
Dr.
Sachin
Kheterpal,
an
associate
professor
of
anesthesiology at the University’s
Medical School, is leading the
MIPACT team and is interested
in using biosensors like Apple
Watches
because
they
have
become a prevalent part of society.
In
an
email
interview,
Kheterpal said not much research
exists on the data devices like
Apple Watches collect.
“In recent years, wearable
technology has rapidly spread
into
consumer
markets
and
provides unique opportunities to
engage individuals on tracking
and
managing
their
health,”
Kheterpal said. “Utilization of
mobile applications in health care
research and administration can
streamline patient consent, data
collection and distribution of
health care interventions.”
Michigan Sahānā hosted an
energetic night of music and dance
on Saturday with its annual “That
Brown
Show.”
Approximately
300 hundred students, faculty
and residents gathered at Hill
Auditorium to watch Sahānā’s
and five other dance groups’
student dancers and musicians
blend classical and modern Indian
dance and music.
Michigan Sahānā is a student
group focused on the appreciation
and
performance
of
Indian
classical music and dance. This
year’s
production
of
“That
Brown Show” was the first “That
Brown Show Championship” in
which Sahānā opened the stage
to performances from five other
Indian dance groups including
Michigan Izzat, Michigan Taal,
Michigan
Manzil,
Michigan
Bhangra
Team,
Wolveraas,
Sahana Music, in addition to
performances by Sahānā’s own
dancers and musicians.
Sahānā Vice President Pranav
Vijay, LSA junior, described how
this event came to fruition.
“We do TBS every year, but
this year we really wanted to do
something special, something we
had never done before,” Vijay said.
“Around October/November, we
had the idea for Championship,
and, by luck, I guess, got probably
the best team we could have
asked for. Every single person
was so qualified and all of us came
together and put this show on and
it was just a blast.”
According to Sahānā dancer
Keshav
Akella,
Engineering
freshman,
this
year’s
“That
Brown Show” served as a way for
the various Indian dance groups
on campus to express their love
and passion for the art of Indian
dance in its various styles.
“Sure, all of our dance clubs are
different in what we do, because
there’s classical, there’s Raas,
there’s the hip-hop, Bollywood
type dances,” Akella said. “But
we’re kind of cut from the same
cloth of Indian dance and the
unity behind it.”
The
night
began
with
a
performance
by
Sahānā’s
musicians,
using
traditional
Indian
instruments
and
techniques. This performance
was quickly followed by the
dancers
of
the
all-female
Michigan Taal group, who fused
classical and modern Indian
dance, incorporating numerous
other styles of modern dance as
well.
Vijay explained the necessity of
this fusion of classical and modern
artforms.
“I think it’s really important
to preserve our roots and culture
and I think (That Brown Show) is
something that combines modern
elements of dance plus we’re still
sticking to our roots,” Vijay said.
“I think it combines that in an
amazing way.”
Engineering sophomore James
Pelkey said he came to the event
after seeing the passion his friend,
a dancer in the all-male Michigan
Izzat troupe, had for dance. Pelkey
echoed the ethos of the event
when describing the importance
of events like it.
At
Bethlehem
United
Church of Christ on Sunday
afternoon,
Sister
Simone
Campbell gave an interactive
lecture
addressing
poverty,
structural racism and income
disparity in the United States.
About 200 people attended the
lecture and fundraiser, which
was sponsored by the Ann
Arbor chapter of RESULTS, an
advocacy group that seeks to
end poverty.
Sister
Simone
is
the
Executive
Director
of
NETWORK,
a
Catholic
advocacy group that lobbies
to mend gaps in income and
wealth. She wrote the “Nun’s
Letter,”
a
letter
endorsing
Obamacare which some credit
as an important contribution in
convincing Congress to support
the Affordable Care Act. Sister
Simone also led five cross-
country “Nuns on the Bus” trips
to lobby members of Congress
on issues like economic justice,
immigration reform and voter
turnout.
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More than 150 students, local
Chinese-American
residents,
professors from around the country
and business leaders from around the
world gathered Saturday morning in
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The forum began with an opening
ceremony and the Sino-US panel.
Throughout the weekend, more than
1,300 people registered to participate
in these two events, a career fair,
a business pitch competition and
panels on sports, business, education
and the environment.
Michigan China Forum, a not for
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day conference with support from the
Ross Global Initiatives Program and
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On Friday, the Ann Arbor
chapter
of
the
Society
of
Professional
Journalists
hosted four panelists at the
Ann Arbor District Library for
their discussion, titled “Social
Media, Politics and the Fourth
Estate,” to share their opinions
on the fluctuating relationship
between politics, social media
and reporting.
Panelists
included
U.S.
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.,
Seema
Mehta,
political
writer for the Los Angeles
Times, Alex Kellogg, award-
winning journalist and regular
contributor to The Christian
Science Monitor, and Daniel
Rivkin,
communications
strategist and former Reuters
bureau chief manager.
Alexa St. John, SPJ President
and former Editor in Chief of
The Michigan Daily, began
the discussion by asking how
panelists felt about social media
bridging the gaps were many
media outlets failed.
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