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Sustainability concerns target animal farming

Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010

Approximately 15 professors and environmental leaders attended a discussion on environmental sustainability last Friday,. The event was organized by Chris Mayda, associate professor of geography at Eastern Michigan University.

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Downtown businesses could get $100K for developments

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010

The city of Ypsilanti’s Downtown Development Authority is coordinating a Façade Grant application for business and property owners in the DDA districts.  The competitive grant program, funded through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will afford property and business owners the opportunity to obtain up to a 50 percent match for façade improvements.

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Forum scheduled to talk Ypsilanti schools' budget

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010

Ypsilanti Public Schools announced it will be hosting a public forum Tuesday to discuss its pending budget cuts with the community. The announcement, made in a noon press release from the district, comes after the Board of Education decided to hold a series of meetings to involve the public in its decision-making process. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.

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President's Scholarship goes to 16

By Katrease Stafford · Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010

Sixteen Eastern Michigan University freshmen have been awarded the Presidential Scholarship, the largest academic award at EMU. The scholarship is a four-year full-ride award that pays 30 credit hours each year of in-state tuition, housing, food allowance and mandatory fees.

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Candidate talks of cannibalism

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010

Bronwyn H. Bleakley, a candidate seeking a professorial position at Eastern Michigan University in evolutionary biology and genetics, gave a lecture titled, “Evolutionary Genetics of Cooperation and Cannibalism.”

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Ypsilanti will get new city planner

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010

The city of Ypsilanti will have a new city planner beginning Feb. 15. Teresa Gillotti, Ypsilanti’s Michigan State University Extension Planner, will replace City Planner Richard Murphy as he takes a new job with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance. “It happened fairly quickly that Murphy was offered a job from the Michigan Suburbs Alliance and had to quickly take it,” Gillotti said of the city planner position Thursday afternoon.

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Proposal in Senate would ease college costs

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a phone conference Thursday with collegiate journalists to discuss President Barack Obama’s proposal to make college more accessible and affordable. The proposal, called the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 253-171 in September.

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EMU autism center featured on PBS

By Katrease Stafford · Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

The center is the only nonprofit, university-based autism center in the country that provides nutrition, therapeutic recreation and other extensive services for children and adults with autism.

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Panel rates Obama's performance thus far

By Akinbiyi Akinlude · Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

A panel composed of professors discussed President Barack Obama’s performance thus far Monday in the Student Center Ballroom. It also discussed how his presidency has affected race, the economy and the international image of the United States.

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EMU to combat poor retention rates

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010

Eastern Michigan University is in the process of implementing four initiatives to improve student retention rates. With the current graduation rate at 39 percent, EMU is taking a new approach to get students to graduate from the institution.

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Academic Awareness Week to offer opportunities, advising

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

The academic advising department’s Academic Awareness Week event series will begin on Feb. 8. There will be information available about prerequisites, majors, program planning, general education, retention support, academic actions, academic services and much more.

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