Five People Arrested for Excessive Intoxication

The Chicago Tribune reports that at least five people were taken to the hospital for dangerously high intoxication levels, and that was before the game had even started.

University of Michigan Robotics Team to Compete in Australia

The University of Michigan Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge is off to Australia to compete in a competition organize by the defense departments of the US and Australia. The competition is to build an unmanned robot that is capable of thinking for itself and defusing bombs. There is $750,000 of research money on the line.

UM to Partner with Western Michigan Hospitals

The University of Michigan Medical School has formed a partnership with several hospitals in the Western part of the state, which might lead Michigan to deploy more clinical services in that part of the state. This gives the university a foothold in the area, and will allow it to perform radiation oncology in the area, which is similar to agreements it has with other state hospitals.

Michigan Professor Discovers DC Voting Flaw

A University of Michigan professor has discovered a way to hack into a website provided by DC to allow military personnel to vote absentee. The website had been controversial, and finding it had security flaws has sealed its fate. Now users will have to download a form and mail it in.

Michigan Professor to Head National Science Foundation Division

Farnam Jahanian, the chair of the Michigan Computer Science department, has been tapped to head the NSF'scomputer science and information science and engineering division. He will still teach in the department, but will relinquish his position as chair.

Michigan, Peking University to Collaborate on Joint Institute

 In a press release sent out today, it was announced that the University of Michigan Medical School, and Peking University Medical School will partner for research and training. This is the first relationship of its kind between and American and Chinese university, and it is hoped that this partnership will create many new medical breakthroughs.

Michigan Researchers Develop Stem Cell Line

In an announcement today, the University of Michigan claimed to have developed a line of stem cells that was started from unused human embryos at fertility clinics. The eventual goal is to use them for research purposes at both the Ann Arbor campus, as well as giving them to other facilities throughout Michigan. The cells will be further discussed at the World Stem Cell Summit in Detroit this week.